Square POS, set up for arcades

Sell game credits and prizes at the counter. Square Point of Sale accepts tap, dip and swipe payments, including digital wallets, with an item library, customer profiles and sales reports in one app. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
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Payment solutions for arcades & barcades

How each solution supports arcades & barcades

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square Point of Sale

For arcades & barcades: Bring admission tickets, concessions and activity passes into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around admission orders, wristband balances and daily totals. Sell game credits and prizes at the counter. Square Point of Sale accepts tap, dip and swipe payments, including digital wallets, with an item library, customer profiles and sales reports in one app. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We build your item library, taxes, discounts and device settings before day one
  • We recommend Square hardware for each station and configure it (you buy it from Square)
  • We train your staff and stay on call as your named contact

Square for Restaurants

For arcades & barcades: Organize attraction food orders, snacks and concessions with menu modifiers, kitchen routing and front-of-house checks in one restaurant workflow. Run the bar and kitchen with preauthorized tabs. Square's restaurant POS handles preauthorized bar tabs, coursing, table and seat management, split checks, auto-gratuity and kitchen routing to Square KDS. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We build menus, modifiers, printers and KDS routing for each outlet
  • We set up tabs, tip rules and permissions for bartenders and servers
  • We configure Square Handheld or Register at each station and train staff
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Square Appointments

For arcades & barcades: Schedule group-visit consultations and attraction appointments, collect appointment payments and keep staff calendars aligned. Book party areas and private events. Square Appointments gives you a free booking site, staff and resource scheduling, recurring classes, automated reminders, and cards on file for prepayments and no-show fees. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We model your services, resources and capacity in Square Appointments
  • We write cancellation and no-show policies into the booking flow
  • We connect your booking site to your website and Google Business Profile
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Square Loyalty

For arcades & barcades: Create a rewards program around admission tickets, concessions and activity passes, with earning rules tied to how customers shop. Reward regulars with bonus credits. Square Loyalty rewards visits, spend or specific items, with tiers, promotions, Apple Wallet passes and text notifications tied to your POS. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We design reward rules that fit your margins
  • We set up sign-up prompts and staff scripts
  • We link loyalty to Square Marketing campaigns
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Square Gift Cards

For arcades & barcades: Offer gift cards redeemable toward admission tickets, concessions and activity passes and track purchased and redeemed balances. Sell arcade gift cards. Square Gift Cards lets you sell physical and digital gift cards in person and online; they don't expire and redeem like any other payment. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We set up designs, denominations and holiday promotions
  • We connect gift cards to your website and booking flow
  • Roots Payments is an independent Square Reseller, not Square.
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Square Marketing

For arcades & barcades: Build opt-in campaigns for admission tickets, concessions and activity passes, from new offerings to reminders for returning customers. Promote tournaments and new games. Square Marketing sends email and text campaigns to your Square customer directory, including automated campaigns and review requests. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We build segments from your Square customer data
  • We write your first seasonal and event campaigns
  • We make sure text messages follow opt-in rules
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Unattended Payments

For arcades & barcades: Build self-service checkout for admission tickets, concessions and activity passes at kiosks, stations or access points that operate without a staffed counter. Put tap-to-play card readers on cabinets. Unattended readers and pay stations take cards on machines, kiosks and gates without staff.
  • We match hardware to each machine
  • We set up processing and reporting
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Custom Payment Integration

For arcades & barcades: Connect the payment flow for admission tickets, concessions and activity passes with your software and the operational records behind admission orders, wristband balances and daily totals. Connect game-card systems to your payments. We connect payments to the industry software you already run, from reservation and ticketing systems to access control.
  • We scope, build and maintain the integration
  • We test with real workflows before go-live
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Square Point of Sale questions

Questions attraction operators ask about payments.
Square POS combines payment acceptance with item and customer records. Roots configures the catalog, staff workflow and reporting around your business.
Yes. We help test checkout, receipts, refunds and daily reporting, then train your team on the selected Square setup.
Bring your item or service catalog, checkout stations and staff roles. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for arcades & barcades and prepare a clear setup scope.
See Square’s official pages for current software, hardware and processing prices. Request a quote for your Roots setup or custom project. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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