Square is a popular payment processor for Australian small businesses. It works alongside Petboost as an external payment method.
Card-present rate
1.6%
Settlement
Next business day
Contracts
No lock-in, no early termination
Hardware
~$65
Use Square for walk-ins
Accept walk-in payments on your Square terminal while using Petboost + Stripe for all booked appointments.
Record in Petboost
Mark appointments as "paid externally" so your booking records stay complete even when payment goes through Square.
Keep Stripe for automation
Auto-charging, pre-authorisation, and Xero Bank Feeds only work through Stripe. Square payments require manual reconciliation.
No link between payment and booking
Square processes the payment but does not know which appointment, service, or pet it was for. You match them manually.
Manual invoicing
You create invoices separately in Word, Canva, or your accounting software. No auto-generation from booking data.
No pre-authorisation
Square does not validate cards before the appointment. No-shows and declined cards are discovered at checkout.
Separate reconciliation
Square deposits appear in your bank as lump sums. Matching each deposit to specific clients and services is manual work.
No business intelligence
Revenue by service type, by staff member, rebooking rates, and average client spend are not available when payments are separate from bookings.
When payments live inside your booking system, every dollar tells a story. Standalone terminals create data silos.
Every transaction automatically links to the appointment, the staff member who delivered the service, and the client and pet it was for. No manual tagging.
Professional PDF invoices created the moment a payment is recorded. Your logo, your ABN, itemised GST. Sent to the client automatically.
Stripe connects directly to Xero. Every transaction appears pre-labelled and reconciliation-ready. Zero manual data entry for your accountant.
See revenue broken down by service type, by staff member, by day of the week, and by individual client. Average spend, rebooking rates, and trends at a glance.
Integrated payments that connect every transaction to your bookings, staff, and clients. No data silos, no manual reconciliation.
