Best card machine for post offices and newsagents

Post Office branches (independently operated) and newsagents. Multi-revenue: postal services, mail-order, retail, lottery, bill-pay, e-top-up. High transaction count, low average ticket.

Our pick

Dojo Go

Acquirer: Dojo

Post Office branches run high transaction counts (50-200 per hour at busy branches). Dojo handles the throughput plus integration with Post Office Horizon-NG (the new Post Office IT system). Same-next-day settlement helps the daily cash float. Multi-network connectivity reduces dropout risk on a high-volume counter.

Why this trade matters

Cashflow shape: Daily cycle with morning rush and end-of-day post collection. Christmas-card and benefit-payment-day spikes. Local-event lottery surges.
Average transaction: £5 to £25
Contactless share: ~80%

Watch outs

Post Office Horizon-NG integration with the acquirer is the key spec for sub-postmasters.
Lottery and gaming transactions have separate processing rails (Camelot, then Allwyn from 2024).
High contactless share means rate impact is acute on every transaction.
Multi-counter branches need terminals to share a daily cash-up flow.

Alternatives

Square Terminal (smaller newsagents)
SumUp Solo (single-counter newsagents)

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Take your trade. We do the rest.

Named UK account team for the life of the agreement. Acquirer pays our commission on completed introductions, so it costs you nothing on top.

24/7 dedicated support
Direct line to a named UK account manager, not a generic acquirer helpline. When your terminal goes down on a Saturday night you call us.
Quarterly rate reviews
As your card volume grows your rate should drop. We renegotiate against the 80+ UK acquirer panel every quarter, so you never overpay because you forgot to ask.
Chargeback and dispute help
UK chargebacks cost £15 to £35 per case and 60-80% are friendly fraud you can win with the right evidence. We draft the response and escalate where the acquirer drags its feet.
Switching support when you outgrow
If a better acquirer fit emerges as you grow we manage the cutover. No exit-fee surprises, no dual-running gap. Same account team across acquirers.

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Last reviewed: 2026-05-10.