This is a very good question and if you're asking it you may well be on the way to increasing your profits significantly. Today there are still a surprising number of traders on the outdoor markets who are unable to accept debit and credit cards.
Market stall traders have been in existence for hundreds of years and have usually always got by with the exchange of cash and items, bartering and haggling away to make their living. However, nowadays the market stall holder must consider that times are changing and their customers want to pay for things in a different way.
The answer of course is that you need to find a debit card machine to take debit and credit card payments.
How can I begin using a debit card machine when I can't plug it in
It's true; when you're out in the middle of the street on a chilly morning you can't really visit the nearest shop and ask them to plug in your debit card machine every time you need to accept a payment.
Debit card machine technology has developed however, and now you can get mobile machines that make it possible for you to take payments virtually anywhere in the country. They only really depend on battery power and a mobile phone network to keep them going. All debit card machines that enable you to take payments in this way use GPRS technology.
What is GPRS technology?
GPRS permits you to use mobile phone networks to locate you anywhere in the UK. If you are in a location where you can obtain a mobile phone signal you'll be able to receive a payment on your GPRS mobile debit card machine; it's as easy as that really.
How do I obtain a GPRS debit card machine for market trading?
So when you decide you need to trade using a mobile debit card machine you need to open a merchant account via your bank, or better still a payment processing company who can sort you out with a debit card machine and transfer your payments directly into your business bank account.