Hello,
I have recently moved to an Albert terminal in my business. Some aspects of the terminal are an improvement coming form the smaller Leo/Emmy terminals, however some are lacking and making it much slower to use and reconcile with accounts. I wonder why the "Small Business App" cannot be enabled for the Albert terminal, as it has some good features for a SMB user.
The payment app in Albert is very limited in functionality by comparison. Is it possible to request these basic features from the developers of the the Albert payment app:
-1) Add an external reference string to the payment. For example, I would like to add eithert a customer PO reference and my invoice number to the transaction.
-2) Customise the text in the receipt email, to at least include the external reference from (1) above. In the Emmy Small Business App, it would simply draft an email with receipt attached and we could add our own text to it before sending.
-3) Set a default receipient for emails. In the Emmy Small Business App, we had it set to cc all receipt emails to our internal accounts people, but in Albert we need to manually type the email address every time with the on-screen keyboard.
I understand that I could embark on joining as a developer and trying to write a custom app for my business, but I think these should be core functions and useful to many service industries, and not require unique development.
Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi auspressurelab,
We the developers of echidna.pay on Albert can confirm that our app covers the functional requirements you mentioned.
Some of the features available:
- Add an external reference to a payment and it will appear on receipts & daily reports (i.e. your PO reference, invoice number)
- Send digitial receipts to your customers/staff
- In addtion to card, perform cash/cheque/voucher/third-party card payments
- Apply discounts, surcharges, tips and/or cashout to payments
- Add your product catalogue (SKUs) and run in POS mode
- Receive daily transaction summaries as CSVs
- Use our APIs to receive transaction information as they occur
- Integrates with third-party payment providers
- Offline capabilities - will still facilitate transactions in the event of internet outages
- Web portal to view & export transactions at any time
To find out more visit http://pay.echidnait.com.au or call us on 1300 324 436 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm ACST). We are always open to suggestions regarding any additional features and ways to leverege the Albert's capabilities to suit your business.
We the developers of echidna.pay on Albert can confirm that our app covers the functional requirements you mentioned.
Some of the features available:
- Add an external reference to a payment and it will appear on receipts & daily reports (i.e. your PO reference, invoice number)
- Send digitial receipts to your customers/staff
- In addtion to card, perform cash/cheque/voucher/third-party card payments
- Apply discounts, surcharges, tips and/or cashout to payments
- Add your product catalogue (SKUs) and run in POS mode
- Receive daily transaction summaries as CSVs
- Use our APIs to receive transaction information as they occur
- Integrates with third-party payment providers
- Offline capabilities - will still facilitate transactions in the event of internet outages
- Web portal to view & export transactions at any time
To find out more visit http://pay.echidnait.com.au or call us on 1300 324 436 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm ACST). We are always open to suggestions regarding any additional features and ways to leverege the Albert's capabilities to suit your business.