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How to start a payments app for market traders, stallholders and pop-ups

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Market traders, stallholders and pop-up sellers are seeing fewer customers carry cash. A payments app built for them, under your own brand, can give each trader a payment link or QR code for the stall, pre-orders and an account for their takings, and you can offer it to traders across a market, town or region.

What traders need

  • A payment link shown as a QR code on the stall for customers to scan and pay.
  • Pre-order links so regulars can pay ahead and collect.
  • Invoices for wholesale and catering orders.
  • An account that keeps takings apart from personal money.
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Who could launch it

A market operator, a traders' association, a local council-run market team or an entrepreneur who knows the market scene.

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How to get your first users

Start with a handful of stalls at one market, print their QR codes and show customers the sign. Once shoppers get used to scanning, other traders will ask for the same.

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Where SendPay fits

SendPay lets you launch your own payments platform under your brand, with GBP, EUR and USD accounts, transfers, branded Visa cards, payment links, invoices and subscriptions, powered by licensed partners. SendPay doesn't offer card machines, isn't a bank and doesn't offer lending.

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How it works

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Questions people ask

What is a QR code payment?

Paying by scanning a code with your phone.

QR code payments →
Are there card machine alternatives?

Ways to take payment without a card machine.

Card machine alternatives →
What about restaurants?

A similar guide for places that serve food.

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