Bottom Line Up Front If you run a tire shop, tire shop PCI compliance is almost certainly simpler than you fear — but only if you handle payments the right way. Most tire shops accept cards in person at the counter and sometimes over the phone for special orders or fleet accounts, which means your … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front If you run an auto parts store, your PCI compliance picture is usually more manageable than you fear — but the one thing most auto parts retailers get wrong is treating their counter POS, their e-commerce catalog, and their phone orders as one undifferentiated payment system. They’re not. Each channel has … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front If you run a deli, deli PCI compliance is almost certainly more manageable than you fear — but only if you make the right technology choices up front. Most delis are small-ticket, high-volume card-present businesses, which means you’ll typically validate using SAQ B-IP (for standalone IP-connected terminals) or SAQ P2PE (if … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front If you run a distillery, distillery PCI compliance touches more of your business than you probably realize — your tasting room point-of-sale, your direct-to-consumer (DTC) bottle shop website, your wine-and-spirits club subscriptions, your event ticketing, and the phone orders you take for cases and gift sets all process cardholder data. Most … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front If you run a wine shop, wine shop PCI compliance is almost certainly more manageable than you fear — but the one thing most wine retailers get wrong is assuming their corner-store POS and their wine club website fall under the same simple questionnaire. They usually don’t. A typical wine shop … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front If you run a music store — whether you sell guitars and amps, rent band instruments to schools, repair vintage gear, or offer lessons — PCI compliance applies to you the moment you accept a credit card. The good news is that most music retailers fall into the simpler end of … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front If you run an art gallery, art gallery PCI compliance is almost certainly simpler than you fear — but only if you set up your payment environment deliberately. Most galleries process a mix of in-person sales at openings, high-value invoice payments for collectors, occasional phone orders, and a website that sells … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front If you run a summer camp, PCI compliance applies to you the moment you accept a credit card — whether that’s a parent paying tuition online, a deposit taken over the phone, or a card swipe at the camp store. The good news: most camps can land on one of the … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front If you run a driving school, driving school PCI compliance is almost certainly simpler than you fear — but only if you’ve set up your payments the right way. Most driving schools take payments for lessons, packages, and test bookings through a mix of online checkout, phone orders, and sometimes an … Read more
Bottom Line Up Front If you run a pest control business, pest control PCI compliance is probably simpler than you fear — but only if you’ve set up your payment environment the right way. Most pest control companies take payments in three or four ways at once: technicians swiping or tapping cards in the field, … Read more