New business leads for payment processing and point-of-sale providers in Portland & Vancouver, WA

A new business picks its card processor and point-of-sale system before its first sale, and most keep what they start with. A new registration means a company that may not have a merchant account yet; a new liquor license means a bar or restaurant that needs a POS with tabs, tips and inventory; a sign permit means a storefront weeks from its first customer.

Launch Lookout pulls new business registrations from the Oregon Secretary of State, new liquor licenses, health practices, contractors and trucking companies, and sign permits from Portland Permitting & Development and Clark County every day, and maps them around you. Hundreds of new businesses show up each week.

The record tells you what kind of business it is, which decides the pitch: a restaurant POS, a retail register, a clinic's patient payments, a contractor's mobile reader. Registrations are the volume; sign permits are the timing, since a sign usually goes up in the last weeks before opening. A short note that offers to have payments ready by opening day is a useful first contact.