Match-day and event venues near the Principality Stadium and the Bay — take payment in seconds when a few hundred people arrive at once.
City-centre cafés and the student spots around Cathays and Roath — tap-and-go at the counter keeps the queue from spilling out the door.
Workshops and MOT centres in Llanishen, Splott and Leckwith — a rugged machine that takes payment in the bay, not just at a fixed till.
Retailers in St David's, the Victorian arcades and Cardiff Market — one free device that handles every card and wallet your shoppers carry.
Salons and barbers in Pontcanna, Whitchurch and the city centre — settle up and add a tip right at the chair.
Independent traders working Cardiff Bay events, Bute Park markets and pop-ups across to Penarth — 4G means it pays wherever you set up.
Five minutes on the phone is all it takes. Tell us how and where your Cardiff business trades and we'll get the right Shift4 One out to you, ready to take its first payment.
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The Shift4 One |
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| Card machine | £29-£189 upfront, or monthly rental | Free Shift4 One. No monthly fee. |
| Transaction rates | Fixed 1.69% to 1.75% for everyone | Bespoke rates based on your volume |
| Setup time | Weeks | 3-5 working days, free install |
| Money in your bank | 3-5 working days | Next working day, every day |
| Support | Overseas call centre, long waits | 24/7 UK support + a local face |
| Hardware warranty | 12 months, then you pay | Lifetime warranty included |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi only — drops out mid-sale | Built-in 4G + Wi-Fi, always connected |
The Shift4 One turned up free, set up in minutes, and we've not paid a penny in rental since. Our card fees are down by around £180 a month.
No wires, no monthly bill, and the money's in our account by the next morning. After years of renting a clunky terminal, it almost felt too easy.
It lives in my apron pocket. Markets, festivals, the lot — the built-in 4G means it just works wherever I'm trading.
Customers tap, the receipt prints, done. Switching over from our old provider took one quick call and saved us a small fortune.
Taking card at the table instead of walking people back to the till has genuinely sped up our service on busy nights.
Nothing. There's no rental, no monthly fee and no upfront charge for the machine — that's the whole point of it. The only thing you ever pay is a per-transaction rate on the card payments you take, and we set that to suit your Cardiff business rather than applying a flat percentage.
Yes. Contactless taps clear in a second or two, and because the 4G is built in you're not fighting for venue wifi when a few thousand people hit the area at once. Plenty of our busiest customers are exactly these high-surge, event-led businesses.
It runs on 4G first and Wi-Fi as backup, so it keeps working in spots where a wifi-only terminal would drop — thick-walled units around Cardiff Bay, cellar bars and the back of a busy kitchen included.
Absolutely — it's designed to travel. The same machine you use behind the counter goes in a pocket or an apron for Bute Park markets, Bay events and food festivals, with no separate 'mobile' contract to bolt on.
The whole of it, across the CF postcodes — from the centre, Bay and Cathays out to Whitchurch, Llanishen, Llandaff, Canton, Grangetown, Splott and over to Penarth. If you're trading anywhere in or around the city, we can reach you.
Usually, yes, and the savings statement tells you in minutes. Most people who switch are surprised how much the old rental and creeping rates were costing them. There's no obligation in looking — we'll show you the comparison before you decide anything.
The next working day. Take a payment in your Cardiff venue today and it's in the account tomorrow, which is a noticeable difference if you've been used to waiting several days for funds to clear.
Yes — if one device won't cover a big restaurant floor or a multi-till shop, we'll set you up with however many you need so service doesn't bottleneck at a single point.
Payments run on Shift4's own platform and the machine is PCI-DSS Level 1 certified — the highest card-security standard there is — so every transaction is handled to bank-grade security.
Use the form on this page or give us a ring. We'll have a quick chat about your business, make sure the Shift4 One is the right fit and arrange to get it to you — free, set up and ready to go.
Shift4 Dine & Venue supplies free Shift4 One card machines to businesses across Cardiff — from the Bay, the centre and Cathays out to Whitchurch, Llandaff, Canton and Penarth. A South Wales Shift4 partner: no rental, no monthly fee, free setup and 24/7 UK support.
Shift4 Dine & Venue · 126 Vicarage Road, Morriston, Swansea SA6 6DR · 07944 389958
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