Anybody have experience with point-of-sale services? I did enjoy doing the fair, and I think I probably should do more events like this. Payment services seem to be a moving target, though.

I have the square app installed on my Android phone (and had to delete about half of my useful apps to get it on there -- why the hell do they need 676 MB for this?)

A quick look at Zelle and Venmo makes me think I would need to keep a proprietary Android phone just for POS use if I wanted to take those.

I don't think they're going to work with LineageOS are they?

I wonder, would I be better off to get some kind of dedicated device for this?

#eCommerce #PointOfSale #Zelle #Venmo #SquareUp #Android #AskFedi

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has returned to a hands-on role at the Chinese tech and e-commerce giant after vanishing from the public eye amid an antitrust investigation in late 2020. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/tech/jack-ma-make-alibaba-great-again/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jackma #china #ecommerce #alibaba

Amid the rapid growth of cross-border e-commerce, there is increasing global momentum to review systems that allow tax exemptions for low-value imports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/21/economy/japan-low-value-imports-duty-exemption-revision/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #trade #ecommerce #china #financeministry

Oh. So, Stripe - the online payment company, owned by the Collison brothers - is refusing to process payments for any LGBTQ+ content, apparently.

#Stripe#MastoDaoine#eCommerce#LGBTQ#Homophobia#Divest

A large number of Japanese World War II relics have found their way to online auction sites, raising concerns among those trying to preserve such items, with Japan set to mark 80 years since the end of the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/japan/war-relics-auctioned-online/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #internet #ecommerce

heise übernimmt Hardware-Shop Mindfactory: Bundeskartellamt gibt grünes Licht

Das Bundeskartellamt stimmt der Übernahme von Mindfactory zu. Gute Nachrichten gibt es für Kunden im Vorfeld der Insolvenz.

https://www.heise.de/news/heise-uebernimmt-Hardware-Shop-Mindfactory-Bundeskartellamt-gibt-gruenes-Licht-10488519.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Hardware#IT#eCommerce#Wirtschaft #news

heise übernimmt Hardware-Shop Mindfactory: Bundeskartellamt gibt grünes Licht

Das Bundeskartellamt stimmt der Übernahme von Mindfactory zu. Gute Nachrichten gibt es für Kunden im Vorfeld der Insolvenz.

https://www.heise.de/news/heise-uebernimmt-Hardware-Shop-Mindfactory-Bundeskartellamt-gibt-gruenes-Licht-10488519.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Hardware#IT#eCommerce#Wirtschaft #news

China is preparing to counter the threat of U.S.-backed digital dollars by leveraging its powerful e-commerce firms and Hong Kong’s crypto-friendly financial system to promote stablecoins tied to local currencies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/06/30/world/china-ready-for-us-stablecoins/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #hongkong #stablecoin #crypto #blockchain #ecommerce #libra #digitaldollars #cryptocurrencies