Card machine guide · Home & field services
For painters the Clover Flex Pocket is the usual starting point: deposits and final payments. Read on for the layout we would quote and the mistakes we see most.
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At Merchant Fund Express, we set up Clover for which credit card machine is best for a painter: the right devices, the features that matter in your workflow and on-site training for your staff.
For most painters we start with the Clover Flex Pocket. The Flex Pocket is the lightest device in the lineup: pocket-sized, Wi-Fi and cellular, tap, chip and swipe, with digital receipts by email or text.
Painting jobs run over days, with a deposit for supplies and a final payment on a walk-through.
Estimates by room or square footage, with a deposit, a progress payment and a final payment after the punch list.
Cards by invoice and handheld, with a final payment tied to client sign-off.
A small crew with the owner handling quotes and customers.
A Flex Pocket in the van and invoicing from a phone for each stage.
We configure your account and hardware before anything ships, then come to you to install, load your items, connect the extras and walk your staff through the first rush, with a phone number for anything that comes up afterward.
| Role | Device | Why it earns its place |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Flex Pocket | Van terminal |
| Add-on | Flex | With printer |
| Add-on | Mini | Office desk |
Collecting the whole payment at the end puts the cost of paint and labor on your cash flow.
rooms and surfaces are quoted.
supplies are covered by a deposit.
coats are done and a mid payment is requested.
walk-through and the final payment.
Small crew; the owner handles quotes and customers.
Estimates by room or square foot; paint and supplies are lines.
Painting jobs are won on the estimate and lost on the scope. Writing the rooms, coats and prep on the quote, collecting a deposit for materials and invoicing the balance at the walk-through gives both sides a shared document; an extra room added mid-job is easy to handle when it becomes a new line on the invoice instead of a conversation.
Merchant Fund Express is the team behind your terminal: we install on site, train your staff and answer the phone after launch. When you want funding or equipment financing, it is available from the same company.
Yes. Deposits can be invoiced when the job is booked.
You can send the final invoice at completion and collect on the spot with a handheld.
Yes. A handheld with cellular takes payment right after the work and sends the receipt by text or email.
The Merchant Fund Express team installs on site, configures your items and trains your staff, then stays available by phone after launch.
It helps but is not required. A recent processing statement lets us compare your effective rate to what a Clover setup would look like for your sales mix.
Invoices can collect a deposit for supplies when the job is booked, so paint and materials are paid for before the first coat.
Send the final invoice at completion and collect on site.
Call Merchant Fund Express. We install it, train your staff and stay on the line after launch. Ask for a free rate review while you are at it.
