Custom tender—Use cases and design requirements
Overview
Custom tenders are supported by all Clover devices and allow you to build additional payment methods for a merchant-facing experience, such as a loyalty program, or for a customer-facing experience, such as a mobile app. To successfully build a custom tender, you must consider the intended Clover hardware configuration.
Use cases
| Clover device/Semi-integration | Interface | Custom tender | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Flex, Mini, or Mobile | Merchant-facing | Initiated through the Register or Sale apps. | Custom tender for a loyalty program that lets customers redeem points. |
| Customer-facing | Initiated through the Secure Payments app. | Custom tender that lets customers pay their bills through a mobile app. | |
| Clover Station Family with a Mini tether or Clover Mini with a Mini tether | Merchant-facing | Initiated through the Register or Sale apps. | |
| Customer-facing | Initiated through the Secure Payments app. | ||
| Semi-integrated approach of a third-party POS with a tethered Clover Mini | Customer-facing | Initiated through the Secure Payments app. |
Design requirements
- Include a Cancel button so the customer or merchant can exit the payment flow.
- The logo graphic must have one of the following resolutions:
| Type | Resolution |
|---|---|
| MDPI | 230 x 104px |
| HDPI | 345 x 156px |
- Include a logo asset corresponding to each experience (customer and/or merchant), as follows:
-
A white (
#FFFFFF) logo with a transparent background for the Secure Payments app in a customer-facing experience.
White logo for Secure Payments app
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A gray (
#666666) logo with a transparent background for the Sale app in a merchant-facing experience.
Gray logo for Sales app
If you don't provide a logo, the button displays the name of the custom tender.
Sample
Review the Example App in the Android Examples repository to see how Clover has implemented these features.
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