Laundromat, car wash, massage chair, kiddie ride, and claw machine operators have one thing in common: the pulse protocol. Pulse machines are designed to receive electrical pulses and to activate according to these pulses. This technology opens the door to many pricing possibilities which help business operators drive more sales. Card readers can be configured to reflect a specific pricing model which will appear on their screen, making it clear to customers how much the product or service costs. This article will take a deep dive into the four different pulse modes; single price, multi-pulse, multi-price, and pay-as-you-go, and will help operators understand which mode is best for their business.
Single Price Mode
What Is Single Price Mode?
Single price mode allows you to set a single price for every service that your machine offers.
What Are the Benefits of Single Price Mode?
Single price mode is simple for both you and your customers. With single price mode, you won’t need to spend time and effort managing and updating prices, and your customers will have a simple straightforward experience. This convenient pricing structure helps attract more customers by setting clear expectations.
What Machines Is Single Price Best For?
Single price mode is most popular for kiddie rides, prize win machines, claw machines, and pay toilets.
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Multi-Pulse Mode
What Is Multi-Pulse Mode?
Multi-pulse mode allows you to connect up to six machines to one single payment device and set a specific price for your service.
What Are the Benefits of Multi-Pulse Mode?
Multi-Pulse mode enables operational flexibility and cost-effectiveness, allowing you to manage diverse machines with one payment device and maximize revenue potential.
What Machines Is Multi-Pulse Best For?
Multi-pulse mode is most popular for laundromats and air/vac machines, and can also be applied at self-service car washes and other businesses with multiple machines.
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Multi-Price Mode
What Is Multi-Price Mode?
Multi-price mode allows you to offer a tailored and customizable pricing structure by adding up to six different pricing options for different services.
What Are the Benefits of Multi-Price Mode?
Multi-price mode allows you to easily upsell customers by offering different options. This pricing strategy has helped businesses increase sales by up to 350% because it gives customers a better experience by addressing different customer preferences and maximize revenue by increasing average transaction value.
What Machines Is Multi-Price Best For?
Multi-price mode’s flexible, customizable pricing is popular for many kinds of businesses including car washes, coffee machines, ticket machines, massage chairs, photo booths, arcades, and more.
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Pay-As-You-Go Mode
What Is Pay-As-You-Go Mode?
Pay-as-you-go mode enables customers to pay for the exact time they use the service. Customers tap their cards or mobile phones on the card reader to initiate the transaction, and a set payment amount is preauthorized. When a customer wishes to stop using the service, they hit “stop” on the screen and are charged for the exact amount of time that they used the service.
What Are the Benefits of Pay-As-You-Go Mode?
Pay-as-you-go mode allows added flexibility for customers that other modes don’t. With pay-as-you-go, you only need to set up and manage one time-based pricing option, and you leave it up to customers to decide how long they want to use the service for. This simplifies operations on your side and helps you easily upsell customers.
What Machines Is Pay-As-You-Go Best For?
Pay-as-you-go is most popular for car washes, massage chairs, kiddie rides, and amusement machines such as prize or claw machines.
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Nayax allows pulse machine operators to configure their card readers as they choose, offering any of the four modes listed above. According to a recently conducted survey, 21% of Nayax operators chose Nayax because of these modes, and 28% agree that this is their favorite Nayax feature. If you’d like to get started with Nayax’s solutions for pulse businesses, get your free consultation today.
