Category Archive: General

General information about the blog and canoe polo that doesn’t fit in any other category.

• Accepting debit and credit cards

  November 18, 2014 08:39 Comments Off

  Are you a customer of ours and want us to accept bank cards? Feel free to leave a comment.

  As a small shop, it’s not easy to start accepting cards for payment.

  Especially for the Kajakpolo Shop, which operates only several months per year on less than 10 competitions, it’s expensive to use a regular account for accepting cards. Prices are around € 100 per month in rent of the device and the required 4G connection. Including the 1-2% transaction fee, you are looking at about € 700 in costs for accepting about € 6000 in payments, which is ridiculous.

  We are currently looking at a new payment provider that works with your tablet or smartphone to allow you to accept payments without renting an expensive device. The Payleven device costs € 79 and connects to your smartphone or tablet. After that, there is a 2.75% transaction fee. Total cost to accept € 6000 in payments: only € 244. The next year even less.

  Have a look at Payleven if you have a shop and want to try it yourself.

• Starting canoe polo in your own club

  December 31, 2013 10:15 1 Comment

  A sport can grow when attracting new players in an existing team, but it can grow even more when attracting entire new teams and clubs.
  Here is what you need if you are a canoe polo enthusiast and you want to start a team in your club. It’s a list of gear, organizational support and motivation to get you going. (more…)

• Waxing your kayak

  August 16, 2013 10:55 Comments Off

  Does it help to wax your kayak? Does it boost speed, prolong life or increase the visual look?
  Every paddler has his own look on the matter, but here are some objective findings.

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• Presence at 2013 canoe polo events

  March 13, 2013 14:23 2 Comments

  The Kajakpolo Shop will have gear at several events, a list is supplied below. There are even more events that we will join but not actively sell, if you want some gear at those events ask us to bring something via mail. (more…)

• The Kajakpolo Shop blog

  October 22, 2012 15:01 Comments Off

  If you are looking for information about canoe polo, ranging from team tactics to gear maintenance, you have come to the right place.

  This blog will be updated from time to time with a new article covering a random canoe polo subject.
  If you have suggestions for a topic or want to write something for this blog, feel free to contact me at blog@kajakpolo.be.