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AUG 2015

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The Perks Of Pre-Pay By Adrienne Zimmer, Managing Editor The advantages of implementing pre-paid micro market accounts far exceed liability and security concerns that accompany them. he benefts of operating a micro market include the ability to offer fresh food, to provide larger sizes and a wider variety of products and, in most cases, favorable revenues. In fact, NAMA data reports that the average micro market sales per opera- tor are $427,500 per year. Yet there is one outstanding perk of the micro market that gets overlooked: pre-paid micro market accounts. Most micro market providers offer pre-paid account solutions (also known as stored value accounts) where users simply log into their spe- cifc account and are prompted to load funds using cash or credit/debit for future use at the micro market. Ways to access those pre-paid accounts can include physical micro market cards, key tags, employee badges with linked micro market accounts, pin codes and passwords, and biometrics such as fn- gerprints. For the micro market user, pre- paid purchases can result in loyalty points that lead to future rewards. For the micro market operator, pre-paid accounts provide a plethora of benefts that include minimized card processing fees, increased con- sumer engagement and loyalty, higher spending per transaction than cash and being paid in advance of the purchase. The perks of operating pre-paid micro market accounts far exceed the liabilities and challenges that accompany them. Free up capital One of the most important factors of pre-paid market accounts is that in most cases, micro market provid- ers allow the operator to receive the T '' One of the biggest struggles in vending and OCS for years — for both small and large operators — is creating cash fow. With account balances in micro markets we are fnally able to remove some of this burden. '' Kevin Searcy, president of deORO Markets and owner of vending/OCS company Golden Brew Beverage 18 Automatic Merchandiser VendingMarketWatch.com August 2015 M I C R O M A R K E T S E C U R I T Y

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