[Organizers] Re: Electronic admission payments

Great topic! I'm putting responses in Jim's email, below. Chrissy Fowler Belfast ME <><><><><><> belfastflyingshoes.org participatory dance & music From: jim saxe via Organizers Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2022 10:54 PM To:

[Organizers] Re: Electronic admission payments

Hi all, Ours is very similar to Seth's. The local First Saturday Contra in Carrboro that I run takes: - Payments through the website (WooCommerce) - Venmo - PayPal - CashApp - Checks (to me) - Cash I post a QR code for the website at the door, and am stealing the idea to have

[Organizers] Re: Electronic admission payments

This is a fine topic for this list. Please use reply-all as we usually do. (For anyone not interested, please just delete the emails, or use your mail client to mute the topic or filter the messages directly to trash.) Seth (moderator) > On Aug 29, 2022, at 9:54 AM, Patrick McDonnell via

[Organizers] Re: Electronic admission payments

We started accepting Venmo with our most recent dance (we're "BIDA-dance" on Venmo). There's a fee, so we don't advertise this prominently, but we do have it for people who ask. About 10% of our income was Venmo on Saturday night. Previously we'd do this ad-hoc, where someone would send money

[Organizers] Re: Electronic admission payments

PLEASE DO NOT 'RESPOND ALL' TO THIS. -Original Message- From: jim saxe via Organizers Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2022 10:54 PM To: organizers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: [Organizers] Electronic admission payments As local dances begin starting up again in the "post-pandemic" (?)

[Organizers] Re: Electronic admission payments

We very successfully use a Zettle Card Reader linked to a Smartphone. The only customer data we get on their reports is the last four digits of their card number. So, in case we have to follow up on any errors, we log everyone's name and the last four digits of their card. We only have one

[Organizers] Re: Electronic admission payments

Thanks, Jim, for starting this thread. We have not restarted yet but are researching electronic payments, too. Dancers have specifically requested Venmo. One thing I’m curious about is what we get as data and whether the payment data provides user email and thus could also be used for contact