Card machine guide · Personal services
For personal trainers the Clover Flex Pocket is the usual starting point: packages, recurring sessions and outdoor sessions. The sections below cover sizing, the usual traps and what installation looks like.
✓ Installed by our team and supported by phone. Rates and equipment are quoted to your business.
At Merchant Fund Express, we set up Clover for which credit card machine is best for a personal trainer: the right devices, the features that matter in your workflow and on-site training for your staff.
For most personal trainers we start with the Clover Flex Pocket. A Flex Pocket rides in a pocket or bag and takes tap, chip and swipe payments, sending receipts by email or text rather than printing.
Trainers sell packages and recurring sessions, and often meet clients at gyms, parks or homes, so a payment tool must travel.
Packages (5, 10, 20 sessions), single sessions and monthly memberships. The package count has to be trackable so clients know how many sessions remain.
Cards and wallets, usually on file for recurring sessions. Online invoices handle packages sold before the first meeting.
Mostly solo or a small team with split arrangements; reports by trainer make payouts easy.
A Flex Pocket in a pocket or gym bag with cellular and digital receipts, plus invoicing for packages sold remotely.
Setup is done with you in the room: devices placed where they will really be used, items and modifiers entered in your language, a test of each payment type and a short training session for opening and closing.
| Role | Device | Why it earns its place |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Flex Pocket | Pocket terminal for outdoor sessions |
| Add-on | Flex | With printer if you want paper receipts |
| Add-on | Mini | Studio desk |
Collecting payment by app transfer and tracking it in a spreadsheet leaves no record for your accountant.
With Merchant Fund Express you deal with the people who set the system up. We come on site, train your team and stay reachable by phone, and our funding side is there if you later need capital or equipment financing.
Yes. Invoicing lets you send a payment link so the client pays by card before you meet.
A Flex Pocket works on cellular, so you can take payment anywhere you train.
Yes. Deposits can be recorded as partial payments and applied at the appointment.
At Merchant Fund Express, once your account is approved the hardware is configured and scheduled for on-site installation. We give you a real date when you call, and we stay with you through the first service.
Tell us the term and the equipment arrangement. We will explain what switching would involve and tell you honestly if waiting makes more sense.
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.
