Credit card processing in Charleston, SC
Charleston's historic district, restaurants and weddings draw visitors year-round, while its port and aerospace plant support a large industrial economy.
Charleston business, from King Street to French Quarter (Charleston)
King Street holds restaurants, bars and boutiques, and the historic district has inns and tours. Wedding venues on plantations and islands host events.
The port and aircraft manufacturing support suppliers selling to other businesses.
Business districts: King Street · French Quarter (Charleston) · Upper King · Mount Pleasant · James Island · North Charleston
Commercial corridors: King Street · Market Street · East Bay Street · Meeting Street · Coleman Boulevard
Can you add a card fee in Charleston?
For wedding venues in Charleston, the limits on a card fee come from the card networks rather than South Carolina law, since we found no state statute: credit cards only, capped at cost and at 3% for Visa, with notice and signs.
Surcharge laws in every state · not legal advice
Which pricing suits King Street restaurants?
Restaurants with premium cards benefit from interchange-plus. Wedding venues need deposits and clear contracts. Port suppliers should use ACH.
POS for wedding venues, port suppliers and more
- King Street restaurants
- Tip adjustment and reservations, set up around how King Street restaurants in Charleston sell.
- Wedding venues
- Deposits and signed contracts, set up around how wedding venues in Charleston sell.
- Port suppliers
- Invoicing and ACH, set up around how port suppliers in Charleston sell.
Send one statement. Every fee named, back, usually within 4 hours.
It is free, there is nothing to sign and nothing to cancel. We read your current merchant statement line by line, name every fee on it — including the ones buried in the fee schedule — work out your true effective rate, and send the written analysis back, usually within 4 hours. Do not want to wait? Call 1-888-705-7896 and we will read your statement with you on the call in about 5 minutes.
You asked, Charleston edition
Signed contracts and clear cancellation terms.
For wedding venues in Charleston, the limits on a card fee come from the card networks rather than South Carolina law, since we found no state statute: credit cards only, capped at cost and at 3% for Visa, with notice and signs.
Yes; interchange-plus shows it.
For King Street restaurants: ACH and Level 2 data.