Bars & floor

Bar Tabs & Pre-Auth

A card held, a tab open, three drinks in two taps.

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What it does for you

• Tabs opened on a pre-authorization
• Closed automatically at the end of the night

+2 more we walk through on the call, with your own numbers — including what it would cost you and what we’d leave alone.

Systems we set up that do this

We place and support these. Which one fits depends on how you run the place — that’s what the walkthrough is for.

• SpotOn Restaurant POS with the support reputation that actually shows up in the reviews.
• Oracle MICROS The enterprise standard, placed by a dealer who only does MICROS.

Worth reading first

• Processing & FeesHow to Actually Read Your Credit Card Processing StatementFind your effective rate first. Everything else follows from it.
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