Gift cards and eGift cards for zoos and aquariums

Sell gift cards and gift memberships. 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.
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Payment solutions for zoos & aquariums

How each solution supports zoos & aquariums

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

Square for Restaurants

For zoos & aquariums: Organize attraction food orders, snacks and concessions with menu modifiers, kitchen routing and front-of-house checks in one restaurant workflow. Run cafés and snack stands on Square's restaurant POS. 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 for Retail

For zoos & aquariums: Connect souvenirs, attraction merchandise and packaged goods to a retail catalog, stock tracking and customer purchase history. Stock the gift shop with real-time inventory. Square's retail POS keeps stock in sync across locations and channels, with purchase orders, vendor profiles, barcode labels and cost-of-goods tracking. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We import your catalog, variants and barcodes
  • We set up vendors, reorder points and low-stock alerts
  • We configure scanners and label printers and train shop staff
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Square Kiosk

For zoos & aquariums: Let customers select and pay for attraction food orders, snacks and concessions at a self-service ordering station. Add Square Kiosks at busy cafés. Square Kiosk is an iPad-run self-ordering station with built-in contactless and chip payments that sends orders to your primary Square POS. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We design the kiosk menu and upsell flow
  • We choose mounting and placement and configure the device (bought from Square)
  • Roots Payments is an independent Square Reseller, not Square.
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Square Appointments

For zoos & aquariums: Schedule group-visit consultations and attraction appointments, collect appointment payments and keep staff calendars aligned. Book animal encounters and behind-the-scenes tours with capacity limits. 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 Online (websites)

For zoos & aquariums: Give customers an online storefront for admission tickets, concessions and activity passes, with ordering and fulfillment choices suited to your business. Sell memberships and encounters online. Square Online builds a website or online store synced with your Square item library, including non-physical item types for event tickets, memberships and donations. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, sets it up and supports it.
  • We build and configure your Square Online site and item types
  • We write confirmation emails with redemption details, since Square doesn't generate tickets automatically
  • We connect your domain, SEO settings and analytics
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Square Gift Cards

For zoos & aquariums: Offer gift cards redeemable toward admission tickets, concessions and activity passes and track purchased and redeemed balances. Sell gift cards and gift memberships. 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.

Recurring Billing

For zoos & aquariums: Schedule and manage payments for season passes and attraction memberships, including renewals and customer account balances. Bill memberships monthly or annually. Recurring billing charges memberships, installments and monthly fees automatically to a card or bank account on file.
  • We set up plans and migrate existing customers
  • We write clear billing terms and receipts
  • We monitor failed payments
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E-commerce Payments

For zoos & aquariums: Add online checkout for admission tickets, concessions and activity passes, with order references carried through payment and fulfillment. Sell timed admission online. A hosted or embedded checkout takes bookings and orders on your own website with fraud screening and 3-D Secure.
  • We connect checkout to your site or booking engine
  • We tune fraud rules to cut false declines
  • We support launch and testing
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Custom Payment Integration

For zoos & aquariums: 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 payments to your ticketing and membership system. 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 Gift Cards questions

Questions attraction operators ask about payments.
Yes. Square offers physical and eGift cards that can be sold in person or online. Roots helps configure the customer and staff workflow.
Square includes gift-card sales in POS reporting. We help organize how staff sell, redeem and reconcile gift cards.
Bring your gift-card design, selling channels and redemption workflow. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for zoos & aquariums 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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