Hamilton DAN, worth adding if using cryptopay?

[Dan-Ark]

As mentioned in another post. I purchased "salvage rights" to a closed down wash. It has a D.A.N installed. I"m not fully familiar with what it does, other than cost a lot to buy. This one is likely 2006 and may be totally obsolete. My current wash is 35 miles away and runs a goldline on my D&S 5000 that is set up with cryptopay. With that set up is it worthwile to consider installing the DAN. If not anyone have an idea what it might bring if I sold it?

 

[MEP001]

At 13 years old, it's most likely obsolete, no longer supported, and I doubt Hamilton would even repair it. It may not even be something you can buy and use or sell outright as the cost of the D.A.N. console is 90% software owned by Hamilton. The computer is something you can get new online for about $400. Hamilton also has very high processing fees, at least as high as Cryptopay, so you'd gain nothing for money spent.

 

[Dan-Ark]

that is pretty much what I expected. I plan to stay with cyrptopay, just spent 1200 converting the goldline. My existing wash was set up for credit cards but did not have a dan installed when I bought it, looks like it used a dial up to do credit cards. I was just wondering if there would be anything gained if I installed (other functions it has other than credit card processing) and whether it needed to go in the scrap dumpster or keep it. probably lots of things like that I'll come across in this project.

 

[Rainway]

I use DAN for water wizard 2.0s. It’s old not user friendly. But the DAN enables processing cards through e-xact — but my processor is a bank and negotiated lower fees than I can get from cryptopay or fatmerchant.com.

 

[Dan-Ark]

I'm pretty tied down to cryptopay both on self serve and the goldline. Fees are not too bad, especially for our low volume.

 

[Randy]

A DAN computer from 2006 is worth just about nothing. They are expensive to buy and the monthly subscription fees are rather high. I've had people offer me used DAN computers for as little as $50 and I won't touch them, there obsolete.

 

[Dan-Ark]

Don't suppose being a 2009 model helps? I don't really need it, I'm fine with cryptopay so far. It seems do be just a small PC in a big cabinet.

 

[MEP001]

Don't suppose being a 2009 model helps? I don't really need it, I'm fine with cryptopay so far. It seems do be just a small PC in a big cabinet.

It is. If you don't plan on taking advantage of a lot of what they offer besides accepting credit cards, it's a waste of money. Cryptopay is just as fast and a fraction of the hardware cost. Dial-up only takes 10-15 seconds longer and there aren't any fees going direct to Hamilton. Also being ten years old, the hard drive is on borrowed time, and it's unlikely they can or will repair it.

 

[Rainway]

It is. If you don't plan on taking advantage of a lot of what they offer besides accepting credit cards, it's a waste of money. Cryptopay is just as fast and a fraction of the hardware cost. Dial-up only takes 10-15 seconds longer and there aren't any fees going direct to Hamilton. Also being ten years old, the hard drive is on borrowed time, and it's unlikely they can or will repair it.

I use DAN, I'm not paying any fees to Hamilton. I pay a small fee to e-Xact who processes transactions and of course all the fees my actual processor collects which are the big ones / varies depending on what type of card the customer uses (if they use some visa signature rewards card it is a higher fee than if they use their debit card as a credit card).

 

[Randy]

I use DAN, I'm not paying any fees to Hamilton. I pay a small fee to e-Xact who processes transactions and of course all the fees my actual processor collects which are the big ones / varies depending on what type of card the customer uses (if they use some visa signature rewards card it is a higher fee than if they use their debit card as a credit card).

A portion of your E-xact fee's go to Hamilton.