Collecting stall fees: card, cash and bank transfer

Payment confirms the stall

The single most useful policy a market can adopt: approval reserves a stall, payment locks it in, and an approval that goes unpaid lapses back to the waitlist. It converts "probably coming" into a number you can plan a site around.

StallsApp runs exactly this: approving a booking opens a payment window (seven days by default — each market sets its own), the stallholder pays by card from an email link, and an unpaid hold is released automatically — the next waitlisted stallholder is offered the spot without you touching anything.

Card payments settle to you, not to us

Card payments on StallsApp run through your own Stripe account, connected from your payment settings in a few minutes. You're the merchant of record: money settles directly to your account on Stripe's normal payout schedule, and StallsApp never holds your funds. Our booking fee (set by your plan) comes out per transaction — or, if you prefer, can be passed through to the stallholder as its own line at checkout.

Cash and bank transfer still work

Plenty of markets run partly on cash and always will. Card payments are built in, not compulsory: you can mark any booking as paid — or waive it, for the community group or the charity stall — and it sits in the same list as the card payments. The point isn't card-only; it's one list that's actually true.

Where GST fits

Whether GST applies to your stall fees depends on your organisation's own circumstances — many smaller markets aren't GST-registered and legitimately charge no GST, while council and larger operators usually are. Don't copy another market's treatment: confirm your own position with your accountant, and make sure whatever you charge says the same thing your paperwork does. The same goes for stallholders — many are hobbyists, not registered businesses, and nothing about a market stall requires them to be.