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Collect payments in person without writing code.

Accept in-person payments with no code in one of the following ways:

• Enable standalone mode on a compatible Stripe Terminal reader.
• Use the Stripe Terminal app on a supported iPhone or Android device.

Standalone mode requires a reader configuration, while the Stripe Terminal app requires no configuration.

Set up

Enable standalone mode on a compatible Stripe Terminal reader.

Create or update a Configuration in the Stripe Dashboard to enable and customise standalone mode. After applying the configuration, reboot the reader to enter standalone mode.

1. From the Terminal Locations page, click Manage locations .
2. On the Manage locations page, find the location where you want to accept payments.
3. In the overflow menu ( ), click Add configuration or Edit configuration .
4. Use the filter to select Standalone mode .
5. Enter a name for the configuration.
6. Toggle standalone mode to Enabled . To customize defaults, see Customize ready-made apps .
7. Click Done .
8. Click Apply changes .
9. Reboot the reader to enter standalone mode.

You can start accepting payments immediately, or customize ready-made apps by location and account.

Collect payments

After you set up standalone mode or the Stripe Terminal app, you’re ready to accept payments.

1. Open the Stripe Terminal app, or enter standalone mode by tapping the reader’s splash screen.
2. Enter an amount. You can enter a single amount or use the plus icon ( ) to add multiple amounts. The minimum and maximum charge amounts vary by currency and payment method.
3. Collect a payment. Your customer pays with a card, digital wallet or other supported payment methods .

Payment reconciliation

When entering a payment in standalone mode or the Stripe Terminal app, you can add an internal note to help reconcile payments later for tax or audit purposes. The note is stored in the PaymentIntent metadata under the key x_terminal_standalone_note and is only visible to you in the Dashboard and API. It isn’t shown to customers.

You can also listen to PaymentIntent events to reconcile payments on your server, filtering for PaymentIntents with metadata['x_terminal_standalone_note'].

Next steps

• Customise settings : Configure payment methods, tipping, capture method and Connect settings.
• Use standalone mode with Connect : Enable connected accounts to accept in-person payments with standalone mode.

Optional Disable standalone mode