Angie’s List merchants can now accept payments with Square
#SuryaRay #Surya Consumer review service Angie’s List is partnering with Square to let merchants — service providers like plumbers, housecleaners and painters — accept credit card payments from their iPhones. In what appears to be a first for Square (I’m checking with the company but haven’t been able to reach them yet), its technology will be integrated into Angie’s List’s iOS app, Angie’s List Business Center, which also lets companies respond to consumer reviews. “We’re proud to work with Angie’s List to make life easier for businesses of all sizes,” Square cofounder and CEO Jack Dorsey said in a statement. Angie’s List has about 1.7 million subscribers, most of whom pay a membership fee that varies depending on their location (in New York City, it’s $3.60 a month). The company had previously announced in its October earnings call that it would be working with Square, but hadn’t explained the specifics. “The Square relationship fits into a much bigger and more important activity set that’s around deconstructing the local service transactions – measuring it, monitoring it, improving it, and enforcing it,” CEO Bill Oesterle said at the time. Square, based in Silicon Valley, has raised over $340 million in funding and has a reported valuation of $3.25 billion. Angie’s List Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro: Subscriber content. Sign up for a free trial. * Analyzing the wearable computing market * Startup growth and the new recruiting ecosystem * NewNet Q4: Platform mania and social commerce shakeout http://dlvr.it/2sn72X @suryaray
