The egg honesty box that takes card payments
Your hens don't take days off, and most drivers don't carry change. A QR code on the box lets people pay by card from the car window, straight to your bank account.
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The eggs are there. The change isn't.
The box goes out full at eight, and by teatime there's an IOU on a receipt and a couple of coins that don't quite add up. Nobody's being unkind — hardly anyone carries cash any more. People pull over, pat their pockets, and put the eggs back.
Set your prices. They scan. The hens get the credit.
Set up your egg box in minutes. No app to download, no card reader, nothing to plug in.
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£2.50 a half-dozen, £4.50 a dozen, a bit more for the duck eggs. Whatever your setup, it takes about two minutes.
Screw the engraved slate plaque to the lid or the gatepost, or print and laminate the code. Same code all year round.
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People scan with their phone camera, tap the box they're taking, and pay from the car window. A notification for every sale tells you when to send fresh cartons down.
Built for how boot fairs actually work
Boot sales move fast. Buyers haggle, bundle items, change their minds. You need something that keeps up with the pace, not slows it down. Honesty Box does exactly that.
You agree a price face to face, they type it in. No need to pre-list hundreds of random items at fixed prices. It works the way boot fairs already work — just without the cash.
You only pay when someone buys. If you skip a month, it costs you nothing. No subscription ticking away between boot fairs.
No card reader, no battery, no Bluetooth pairing, no "hold on, let me turn this thing on." It's a piece of paper with a QR code. Weighs nothing.
A QR code payment sign says "I take cards" without the faff of a terminal setup. Buyers are more likely to stop and browse when they know they can pay.
Car boot sales, flea markets, craft fairs, charity stalls, village fetes, table-top sales — anywhere you're selling in person without a permanent setup.
Simple pricing
Pay only when you get paid.
See how much you'll earn with the cost calculator.
Enter your product or services price to see how much you'll earn after Honesty Box and Stripe fees.
Questions
Everything you need to know about taking card payments at your stall
If you're selling your own ungraded eggs straight to the person eating them, you generally don't need to grade or stamp them. Rules on cleanliness and best-before information still apply, and larger flocks have registration requirements, so it's worth a quick check of the current DEFRA guidance for your flock size.
HMRC's trading allowance means the first £1,000 of trading income in a tax year is generally tax-free with nothing to declare. If your egg box does better than that, check HMRC's guidance on registering as self-employed.
People need enough signal to load a payment page, which most roadside spots manage. If yours is a genuine notspot, keep the tin front and centre and let the code catch the rest.
Absolutely. Most egg boxes run the tin and the plaque side by side. The code is for the people who haven't carried coins in years.
No. They scan the code with their phone camera and pay in their browser. Ten seconds, eggs in the passenger footwell, everyone's happy.
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