Market stalls and fairs
A till that fits in the apron.
You trade in a different postcode every weekend, you set up in twenty minutes and you pack down in ten. What you need is a reader that charges off a power bank, stock that stays right across two stands, and takings you can read on the drive home.
Always the same deal
£5 a month, per business
0.4% + 1p on top of Stripe
The reader is yours, bought once
Free shipping with a plan
A day on this counter
What the job actually asks of a till, before anyone talks about features.
Set up in the dark
No cables to run and no router to find. The reader pairs to the phone already in your pocket and you are trading.
Two people, one stand
Both phones ring into the same stock count, so the last of a line disappears from both at once.
Signal that comes and goes
Sales queue when the field drops out and sync when it comes back, without you watching for it.
Cash as well as cards
Cash sales go through the app too, so the day’s total is the day’s total rather than two half-records.
What most stallholders buy
Almost always the cheap one. A stall does not need a screen it has to keep dry.
Free shipping when you buy hardware with the plan. Compare all three readers.
What it costs
Seventy-nine pounds and five a month.
A market stall is the cheapest counter there is to run, so the software should not be the expensive part of it.
Hardware
£79
The WisePad 3, bought outright. It is yours whether or not you keep the account.
Account
£5 / month
The app, your products, stock across stands and the day’s takings.
Per payment
0.4% + 1p
On top of Stripe’s published rate. The same on a £4 coffee and a £400 commission.
Stripe rates vary by country, card type and payment method. The 0.4% + 1p does not change, and neither does the £5.
Worth adding after a good season
Not on day one. These are what you turn on once the weekends are reliably busy.
Upgrade
Marketplace listing
A listing carrying the fair you are at this weekend, so people search the market and find your stall in it.
Upgrade
Visual Site Builder
Sell the same stock between markets, on your own domain, without re-keying the catalogue.
Upgrade
Customer tools
Digital receipts collect emails with consent, so you can tell regulars which fair you are at next.
See what each upgrade costs. None of them are needed to take a payment.
Questions from this trade
Will it work in a field with no Wi-Fi?
On your phone’s mobile data, yes. Card authorisation needs a signal; when it drops, sales queue and sync once it returns.
Can I use one account across two stalls?
Yes, and you should. One account, two phones, one stock count and one day’s takings.
How long does the reader last on a charge?
A full trading day. Take a power bank for a three-day fair and charge it overnight.
Do I have to print receipts?
No. Receipts go out by email or SMS, which is also how the customer-contact upgrade collects details.
Can I stop paying over the winter?
Cancel the account for the quiet months and start it again in spring. The reader stays yours and your catalogue is waiting.
Buy the cheap one first.
A WisePad 3 and an account is a working till for seventy-nine pounds and change.