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Scentsy Smells Success with PayAnywhere Mobile Payment Partnership

TROY -- Scentsy,  the direct selling international fragrance firm, announced Wednesday the selection of PayAnywhere as its exclusive mobile processing partner.

As part of Scentsy Select, the company's partnership program, the PayAnywhere mobile app and credit card reader will now be the mobile credit card processing tool of choice for Scentsy Independent Consultants across the United States.

Founded in 2004, Scentsy Fragrance is a direct selling company offering a variety of home and personal care fragrance products, including its signature wickless candle. Headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, and owned by Orville and Heidi Thompson, the company sells its products through a field sales force of more than 200,000 independent sales representatives known as Scentsy Independent Consultants, who market and sell Scentsy products through home parties.

With the PayAnywhere app and reader, Scentsy Independent Consultants can now securely process credit and debit transactions right from their mobile device, anytime, anywhere.

Created to give both buyers and sellers a fast, easy and engaging transaction experience, PayAnywhere offers Scentsy Independent Consultants the most comprehensive set of features available, backed by live customer support. The PayAnywhere solution works with iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android and BlackBerry devices.

Scentsy Independent Consultants can now sign up for a free PayAnywhere account at www.payanywhere.com/scentsy. After signing up, Consultants will receive a complimentary PayAnywhere mobile credit card reader and an exclusive Scentsy neoprene pouch that can store both the PayAnywhere reader and their preferred mobile device.

With PayAnywhere there are no hidden fees: no setup, monthly or cancellation fees. PayAnywhere customers enjoy a low 2.69 percent rate for swiped transactions with funds deposited in their bank account within one business day.

In addition to the mobile app and card reader, PayAnywhere offers Independent Scentsy Consultants an online portal for creating extensive custom transaction reports, setting up business intelligence alerts via text message or email, viewing customer receipts, monthly statements and more. Real-time transaction reporting is available both in-app and on the online portal, providing access to critical business analytics that let Scentsy Independent Consultants manage and grow their businesses more successfully.

For a case study detailing the ways current Scentsy Independent Consultants are benefiting from the PayAnywhere mobile point of sale solution visit http://mopr.co/YMJOPx.

Created by a the multi-billion dollar credit card processing company North American Bancard, PayAnywhere is powering a payments revolution with its enterprise-grade, "pay-as-you-go" mobile payments system. PayAnywhere's mobile point of sale (mPOS) technology and payments industry expertise delivers the industry's most comprehensive enterprise-grade mPOS features with live customer support. For more information visit www.payanywhere.com.

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