Apple Pay vs. Venmo for Business

If you accept payments while selling goods and services, Apple Pay can help you speed up the payment process while securely accepting payments. Since there is no need to stick a card into a machine, users won't have to fumble looking for a card when they can put their whole wallet on Apple Pay and check out easily.

Incentivized

I had a customer who wanted me to do his wife's birthday party. I sent him the estimate and he gave me a deposit from his Venmo account. When the party was done, he forgot to pay for a week. I reminded him with an invoice and he sent a deposit. It wasn't immediately deposited, but it [arrived the next day].

• The double click which launches it couldn't be easier; you don't even have to open your phone and find the app.
• It's pretty much fool proof from there, as just holding your phone near the reader is sufficient for success.
• Haptic feedback ensures that I know the payment registered.
• I have full faith and confidence that the transaction was executed securely.

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• Timely payout
• Ease of use
• Visibility at all times

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• At times, my Apple Pay will pop up unintentionally. Perhaps there can be more safeguards around that.
• Apple Pay is not super great if I need to make a return. For any return, I've found that paper receipts are superior.
• Apple Pay sometimes requires very specific positioning when scanning the phone, which is frustrating.

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• Take out transaction fee. They are not PayPal
• More understanding with bitcoin
• Invoicing would be a good feature

It's now a standard.

Incentivized

Love the simplicity, i think it's a good way of getting apple-lovers to purchase things from the palm of their hand

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I find that it is very easy to use, manipulate and I've had no issues at all whenever using it for Business or even personal purposes as well. I've never received any complaints or questions on either side whenever using it as well, and have only heard others speak about it in a positive manner too.

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When I had my Android/Samsung phone, I tried Samsung's version of Apple Pay and it was terrible. It was very glitchy, and sometimes I would get a notification that I paid for something when I wasn't even in a checkout screen, like I was just browsing the internet or something and I'd get a notification! It was alarming and I quickly uninstalled the app and never used it again.

Incentivized

PayPal has more work items for businesses. It has invoicing, time tracking, and marketing strategies. I could [use] PayPal to run my business like I do with QuickBooks. Affiliates with other business is crazy. Plus, they also carry debit and credit cards for business and personal purposes. Venmo is the little brother [of PayPal].

• Able to provide employees with digital company cards.
• Convenient tracking of money spent.
• Caring for others in our workplace and community through gifts and purchases.

Incentivized

• Positive impact only as it’s enhanced our effectiveness.
• No negative impact.
• Simple, easy to use and well worth the $ investment.

Incentivized