Best card machine for Post Offices and newsagents
Post Office branches (independently operated) and newsagents. Multi-revenue: postal services, mail-order, retail, lottery, bill-pay, e-top-up. High transaction count, low average ticket.
Our pick
Dojo Go
Acquirer: Dojo
Post Office branches run high transaction counts (50-200 per hour at busy branches). Dojo handles the throughput plus integration with Post Office Horizon-NG (the new Post Office IT system). Same-next-day settlement helps the daily cash float. Multi-network connectivity reduces dropout risk on a high-volume counter.
Why this trade matters
- Cashflow shape
- Daily cycle with morning rush and end-of-day post collection. Christmas-card and benefit-payment-day spikes. Local-event lottery surges.
- Average transaction
- £5 to £25
- Contactless share
- ~80%
Watch outs
- Post Office Horizon-NG integration with the acquirer is the key spec for sub-postmasters.
- Lottery and gaming transactions have separate processing rails (Camelot, then Allwyn from 2024).
- High contactless share means rate impact is acute on every transaction.
- Multi-counter branches need terminals to share a daily cash-up flow.
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How Dojo Go stacks up
Post Offices and newsagents by location
Locations we cover for Post Offices and newsagents.
- Leicester
- Southall (Ealing)
- Wembley (Brent)
- Harrow
- Birmingham (Handsworth and Soho Road)
- Smethwick (Sandwell)
- Slough
- Coventry (Foleshill and Stoney Stanton)
- East Ham (Newham)
- Manchester (Cheetham Hill and Rusholme)
- Leeds (Harehills and Chapeltown)
- Wolverhampton (Bilston Road and Whitmore Reans)
- Tooting (Wandsworth)
- Bradford
- Forest Gate (Newham)
- Hounslow
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Director, MerchantHQ
Oliver leads MerchantHQ's terminal testing and acquirer comparison. With a background in UK commercial finance and merchant payments, he oversees terminal reviews, switching guidance and high-risk vertical mapping.
Last reviewed: 10 May 2026