Vend is a Point of Sale software made for retail, that easily integrates with Yoco. Manage your sales, stock and track profitability in real-time.
Integrating Vend and Yoco payments gives you a speedier checkout with automated payments, keeps staff happy with tip collection and helps you cash out in minutes.
Requirements for Yoco and Vend Integration
To set up your Yoco/ Vend integration, you'll need the following:
Yoco login details;
Yoco: Please make sure you have your Yoco username and password on hand;
Vend: Please make sure you have your Vend Register username and password on hand;
iPad: Please make sure you know the unlock code for your iPad;
Apple App Store: Please make sure you know your App Store ID and password in the event of any required software updates;
An active Vend account;
Operating on the latest version of the Vend Register ;
Apple iPad, running the latest iOS version;
An active Yoco account;
A Yoco wireless card machine.
Steps to Set Up Yoco with Vend
To start accepting payments with Yoco through the Vend iPad app, first add the Yoco payment type to your Vend store. Here's how:
Adding Yoco as a payment type
On your Vend home page, select the Setup option, and the following screen will display.
Select the Payment Types tab.
You'll navigate to the Payment Types screen.
Select Add Payment Types, and then select Yoco from the drop down on the next screen. Once you've selected Yoco, you'll see the following screen.
Select Save Payment Type, which will create the payment type. Once successfully created, a Payment type created pop up will display.
Then select Save Payment Type again, which will save it to your Payment Types. When Payment type updated displays, you've successfully added Yoco as a payment type for your business.
How to Use Yoco and Vend Together
Log in and Connect Yoco Machine in Vend Register App
Log into your Yoco account in the Vend Register app, select the Menu option, then Settings.
Once you've selected Settings, select the Hardware option.
Once you have opened Hardware, select Terminal Pairing
Location Permissions for your device will appear. Select 'Allow While using App'
Enter you Yoco login credentials, and select 'Login'. These are the details you created for your Yoco profile when signing up.
Find your card machine and select 'This is my card machine'
Select your card machine serial number, and select 'Connect'.
Once your card machine is connected, select 'Done'.
Log Out of Yoco in Vend Register App
Once you've successfully logged in, you'll see an option to Logout of Yoco.
Add Yoco as a Payment Type in Vend Register App
You can add the payment type directly from the Vend Register app in 6 easy steps. Here's how:
Navigate to the Dashboard in the menu to the left.
Click on the Menu button.
Once here, select Setup > Payment Types.
In the payments type screen, click on Add Payment Type and then select Yoco from the Payment Type drop-down.
Once this has been completed, tap on the Save Payment Type button.
Once you've added Yoco as a payment type to Vend, you'll need to pair your Yoco Wireless Card Machine to your iPad.
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