Checkout, however you sell
Staffed counter or unattended stand, one product or a hundred — practical guides to taking payments, plus honest comparisons to help you choose.
GuideAdding a New Till: QR Code Device Setup, Step by Step
Adding a till should not need an IT visit. Register the device in the portal, scan one QR code with the new tablet's camera, and it claims itself — catalog, settings and card reader included.
Use caseSelf-Checkout and Entry Passes for a U-Pick Farm
Peak Saturday, one person on the till. Here's how a u-pick can sell entry passes as printed wristbands, validate them at the gate without a connection, and let guests check themselves out in the shop.
Use caseFrom Zero to First Sale: Your TallyTill Setup Checklist
Launch a self-serve checkout system in under an hour by following the order TallyTill actually asks for—with a Stripe prep checklist.
GuideThe Self-Serve Farm Stand Checkout: How to Get Paid When Customers Don't Carry Cash
A slotted cash box loses every customer who stopped carrying bills — and a personal Venmo QR taped to the box creates its own mess. Here's the difference between a payment link and a real self-serve checkout, and how to turn a device you already own into one.
GuideHow to Sell Tickets and Print Wristbands at a Pumpkin Patch (Even With No Signal)
Your fall window is only 8–12 weeks, and the gate is where you win or lose it. Here's how to sell admission, take any payment, and print wristbands you can verify at the gate even with no signal — from a phone you already own.
Use caseHow to Start a Self-Serve Fridge Without a $10,000 Smart Fridge
Search "smart fridge" and every result tries to sell you a $10,000 AI cooler or a $25,000 micro-market install. But if you run a gym, office, farm, or apartment building and just want to sell cold drinks and snacks unattended, you don't need any of that. Here's how to turn an ordinary glass-door cooler and a tablet you already own into a working self-serve fridge — what it costs, how customers check out, and where it pays off.
GuideHow to Setup an Affordable Self-Checkout Kiosk at an Unattended Farm Stand
The honor system works better than most people fear — but "works" hides a real leak, and a growing share of customers simply don't carry cash. Here's the honest math on what an honor box costs, your real options for taking cards unattended, and how a phone or tablet self-checkout actually works at a roadside stand.
Use caseMicro market "lite": when an unattended market pays off in a small location
The unattended-market opportunity is moving down-market to locations under 50 people. When a tablet-based "micro market lite" pays off — and an honest look at when it doesn't.
GuideTaking card payments when the internet goes down
Your internet will go down at some point. Whether you can still take card payments depends almost entirely on one decision you make before it happens: which card reader you bought.