Selling with TallyTill

What this does for you

The phone or tablet you already own becomes your checkout counter. A customer scans what they're buying, or you snap a photo of anything without a barcode and TallyTill's AI checks it against your catalog. They pay, you're done.

• No register to buy. Any phone or tablet works.
• Works staffed or not. Stand behind it, or set it on a stand and walk away.
• Every way to pay, from tap-to-pay to a cash drop box.
• Nothing to install to see a receipt. Card, cash, check or QR — it's all one flow.

⚠️ Watch Out! The camera reads barcodes live and lets you snap a photo for AI to identify — it does not watch a counter by itself and ring things up as customers set them down. Someone always scans, snaps, or picks the item.

Part 1 — Get a device selling

Step 1: Connect a device

1. In the Portal, click Devices.
2. Click Register New Device.
3. On the phone or tablet, open TallyTill and follow Scan QR Code. Point its camera at the code on your screen.

💡 Pro Tip: Once it's paired, the device stays paired. You only do this once per device.

Step 2: Make sure your products are ready

Your device sells whatever is in your catalog. See the Products manual for adding items, prices and photos (coming soon) — or if you're only selling CSA boxes or animal shares, those are covered in their own manuals.

Part 2 — Ring up a sale

Step 3: Add items to the cart

There are three ways, and a customer can mix all three in one visit:

1. Scan a barcode. Point the camera at it — TallyTill reads it live and adds the item.
2. No barcode? Snap a photo. Tap the camera button. AI checks the photo against your catalog and offers what it found.
3. Search or browse the product list.

Step 4: Take payment

The payment screen shows only the ways you've turned on: Card, Cash, Check, or a QR code for Cash App, Venmo or PayPal on the customer's own phone.

• Card: insert, tap or type it, depending on what you've connected.
• Cash: type what the customer handed you under Cash given — TallyTill works out Change due.
• Check: TallyTill shows a short code to write on the memo line, so you can match it later.
• QR: the customer points their own phone's camera at the code and pays through Cash App, Venmo or PayPal — scanning from inside those apps won't open it, it has to be the phone's regular camera.

Step 5: Offer a receipt

After payment, TallyTill asks Want a receipt? Type a Name and an Email or mobile number, and it sends itself — nothing to print unless you've connected a receipt printer.

Part 3 — Selling unattended (honor mode)

Set a device on a stand, turn on Honor mode, and customers check themselves out with nobody there.

1. In the Portal, go to Cash Payments.
2. Turn on Honor mode — customers deposit cash in a drop box (no cashier required).

With Honor mode on, a paying-cash customer sees Write this code on your envelope instead of a change calculator — they drop their cash and the code in your box, and you match it up later. A short note thanks them for their honesty.

💡 Pro Tip: Want the screen locked to checkout so nobody can back out to the phone's home screen? Turn on Kiosk Mode for that device under Devices → (your device) → Settings. It also has options to keep the screen from sleeping and to open in fullscreen automatically.

⚠️ Watch Out! Kiosk mode locks down the screen, not your money — it doesn't change how sales or cash are handled. It's purely about keeping the till on the checkout screen.

Part 4 — See how you did

• Reports shows your sales, filterable by payment type — including Prepaid (CSA) if you also run share programs.
• Payments matches card and QR payments to sales automatically. Anything it can't match sits in one place, waiting for you.
• Cash Payments lists what's been marked collected from a drop box, so you can reconcile an honor stand.

Troubleshooting

The camera won't start. Check that your browser has permission to use the camera — most phones ask the first time and remember your answer.

A barcode won't scan. Make sure there's enough light and the barcode isn't creased or glared over. If it still won't scan, search for the item by name instead.

A photo didn't identify the item. AI checks it against your own catalog — if the item has never been photographed or isn't in your catalog yet, it won't find a match. Search for it instead, or add it to Products with a photo.

A card was declined. That's between the customer's bank and their card — try again, or offer another way to pay.

A device shows as offline in the Portal. It still works for sales; they sync in once it's back online. Check the device still has power and a signal.

A sale is missing from Reports. Give it a minute — sales from a device sync in as soon as it has a connection. If it's been longer than that, check the device didn't go offline mid-sale.