No problem. We have been setting up EBT for 30 years. We help you get your FNS number, sometimes in as little as 48 hours, and we put a free card machine for EBT and credit cards in your store.
Most store owners don't know where to start. We do it with you, step by step.
Fill out the application online, upload the one we email you, or call us.
We fill out your FNS application with you and send it within 24 hours.
The USDA reviews it, may visit your store, and issues your FNS number.
Your free EBT and credit card machine is in your store within 48 hours.
⚡ Some of our stores have had their FNS number in as little as 48 hours.
*Machine within 48 hours of the USDA issuing your FNS number. The USDA has up to 45 days to decide on an application, so times vary.
The USDA asks every store for the same things. We tell you exactly what to send and fill out the application with you.
In your name: a business license, health permit, sales tax or seller's permit.
Plus each owner's home address and Social Security number.
Basic information about what your store sells.
Stores that sell staple foods every day.
Customers pay for groceries with their EBT card.
Cash benefits run on the same machine.
Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.
Tap a phone or a watch to pay.
The receipt shows the customer's EBT balance.
Add our cash discount program on credit card sales.
It is the number the USDA gives your store when you are approved to accept SNAP (food stamp) benefits. You need it before a card machine can take EBT food benefits.
We fill out and send your FNS application within 24 hours. As soon as the USDA issues your FNS number, your free card machine with EBT and credit cards is in your store within 48 hours. Some of our stores have had their FNS number in as little as 48 hours. The USDA has up to 45 days to decide and may visit your store first, so times vary.
Yes. Your EBT and credit card machine is free with a PosNerd Payments account. Call 800-915-0411 for the details.
Stores that sell staple foods every day, like breads and cereals, dairy, meat, poultry and fish, and fruits and vegetables. Convenience stores, grocery stores, gas station markets, meat markets, produce stands and more. We check your store before we apply.
A business license or permit in your name, a photo ID for every owner, each owner's home address and Social Security number, and your store's sales information. We tell you exactly what to send.
No. Applying to the USDA for SNAP is free.
Yes. One machine for EBT food, EBT cash, credit, debit, Apple Pay and Google Pay. You can add 0% processing with our cash discount program, too.
30 years of EBT setups. Apply online in about 10 minutes, or upload the application we emailed you.