Stripe & Square Integration
How local businesses use Stripe & Square Integration in Blinko — setup guides, playbooks, and real examples.
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How to Get Paid in Blinko: Invoices and Requests
The complete guide to collecting payments in Blinko — bill a customer, take a deposit, get paid in person by QR, or raise contributions — with step-by-step setup. 0% platform fee.
How to Invoice a Customer in Blinko: Dictate It, Send It, Get Paid
Dictate an itemised invoice by voice inside a customer chat, send it with a payment request, and get paid. Blinko nudges unpaid customers. 0% platform fee.
How to Connect Stripe or Square to Blinko
Link Stripe or Square once at local.blinko.ai/payments before Blinko Automations collect payments. Here is the setup, and why Blinko never takes a cut.
Podium Alternative for Small Business: Retention
Podium manages how new customers find you. It has no loyalty, no automated win-backs, and no campaign when a regular goes quiet. Blinko covers that.
Blinko vs Rinsed: Car Wash Loyalty Compared
Rinsed is built for multi-location chains with POS integration. Here is the car wash loyalty option for a single-site independent operator.
Blinko vs PayPal: The Retention Layer It Lacks
PayPal handles the payments. It cannot fire a win-back when a client goes 45 days without booking. Blinko stacks on top at a 0% platform fee.
Blinko vs Stripe: The Retention Layer It Lacks
Stripe is excellent payment infrastructure, but it cannot fire a win-back when a customer goes quiet. Blinko stacks on top at a 0% platform fee.
Blinko vs Square: The Gap Between Appointments
Square Appointments books the session and takes the payment. It cannot spot a client who has not rebooked in six weeks. Here is what fills that gap.
Blinko vs Toast, Square, and Clover: What POS Loyalty Can't Do
Toast, Square and Clover give you a loyalty tab. They do not give you behavioural triggers, connected payment flows, or automations that run without you.
How to Add Loyalty to Your POS (Without Replacing It)
Keep Square, Clover, or Toast. Add AI loyalty with QR codes and zero integration fees — a step-by-step guide. Free forever plan, 0% platform fee.
Food Truck Loyalty on Your Payment Processor
Most food trucks have Stripe or Square accounts already. Blinko integrates with your existing processor—no new payment infrastructure, no new fees.
Extend Stripe Into Physical Spaces: Turn Mobile + Blinko Into Your POS
Blinko extends Stripe from online to in person. Take Stripe payments anywhere without a POS terminal, with engagement and payment in a single action.
Extend Square Beyond Your Location: Pay Anywhere
Blinko extends Square from in-store payments to anywhere. Engagement and payment in one action, built for mobile businesses, delivery and off-site sales.
The Restaurant Loyalty Program That Runs Itself
Most restaurant loyalty programs die because nobody can babysit them. Blinko spots lapsed regulars and sends the win-back while you are still on the line.
Why POS Marketing Tools Miss Your Customers
Toast, Square and Clover all ship built-in marketing tools. Here is why they underperform for local businesses, and what actually reaches your regulars.
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