Acceptance method

Third-party integration: a non-first-party connection

Third-party integration

What a third-party integration is

A third-party integration links crypto to your POS through a supported but non-first-party path. It works, but it is not the seamless, officially recognized experience of an official integration. Expect partial data flow, some manual reconciliation, an external processor account, and more dependence on that third party if something breaks.

What to watch for

These connections often carry conditions: they may only work on certain plan tiers, in certain countries, with certain hardware, or through a developer API. When support is involved, it can be unclear who owns a problem when the POS and the processor each point at the other. We note these limits explicitly on any platform page that uses this method.

How it compares

A third-party integration usually means less manual work than parallel acceptance but more than an official integration. Whether the extra setup is worth it depends on your volume and how much you need sales to land in your POS automatically.

Native or integrated acceptance versus parallel acceptance Two flows compared. In the top flow, the customer pays and the POS itself records the crypto sale, so it appears in POS reports automatically. In the bottom flow, the customer pays a separate wallet or QR code beside the register; the POS is not involved, the cashier records the sale by hand, and reconciliation happens separately. Native or official integration: the POS records the sale POS is involved Customer pays POS requests + confirms the crypto payment Wallet / processor settles the payment POS report sale appears automatically One system. Parallel acceptance: the POS is not involved POS is NOT involved Customer scans a separate QR Wallet / QR beside the register POS cashier records sale by hand (other tender) Books reconciled separately dashed = manual, human step
Native or integrated vs. parallel acceptance. When acceptance is native or officially integrated (top), the POS itself handles the crypto payment and the sale lands in POS reports. With parallel acceptance (bottom), the payment runs beside the register through a separate wallet or QR code; the POS never sees it, so a person records and reconciles the sale by hand.

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