Egg Boxes

Card payments at your egg box

Keep the cash tin and add a QR code for people without coins. Customers scan and pay for their eggs on their phone. No card reader or monthly fee.

Set up your egg box
Free to create. No monthly fee. 5% per payment plus Stripe fees.
Wooden honesty box with fresh farm eggs and signs showing price £3.00 per dozen, cash only, and QR code for payment.
Example HonestyBox customer payment screen showing a product list, quantity controls and an order total.
Square black slate with a QR code in the center, text above reads 'Scan to pay,' below reads 'Honesty Box' and 'Box 999' with a small box icon.
Scan with your phone camera
Rustic wooden cart on a gravel country road displaying fresh carrots, eggs, potatoes, jars of honey, and a sign for Hill House Farm with a QR code for honesty box payment.
The problem

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.

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How it works

Set your prices. Display your code.

Create your box, connect Stripe and put the code beside your eggs. Customers need mobile data or Wi-Fi to pay.

Woman smiling and working on a laptop at a wooden desk with plants, a coffee mug, and a notebook in a cozy, well-lit room.
Set your prices

Name your box, connect Stripe and set the price per carton. Make the quantity clear on your sign and payment page.

A woman pays for eggs at an Honesty Box using her phone by scanning a QR code.
Fix the QR code to your box

Screw the engraved slate plaque to the lid or the gatepost, or print and laminate the code. Same code all year round.

Smiling woman sitting on a beige couch holding a phone that shows a £35 payment completed confirmation.
Get paid

Customers scan, check the amount and pay by card. View completed payments in your account; Stripe sends available funds to your bank according to your payout schedule.

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Made for eggs at the gate

Put card payments beside the cash tin, with prices that match your cartons and no card reader to charge.

Make the carton price clear

Show the price per half-dozen, dozen or tray. Use the same quantities on your sign and payment page so customers can check their total.

No monthly fee

You pay 5% per card payment plus Stripe fees. There is no HonestyBox subscription during quiet weeks.

No card reader to charge

Print your QR code or choose an optional slate plaque. Your customer's phone needs mobile data or Wi-Fi to pay.

Keep your cash tin

People with coins can pay as before. The QR code gives customers without change another way to pay for their eggs.

See completed card payments

Check your card transactions in your account. Use those records alongside stock checks and your cash takings.

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Transparent and honest

Simple pricing

Pay only when you get paid.

Per transaction
Just 5%
+ Stripe fees (1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards; other rates vary)
See examples
The weekend rental
The day rate car park
Farm stall
Boot fair
The weekend rental
Homemade picnic basket of £20.00
Honestybox.app fee (5%)
£1.00
Stripe fee (1.5% + 20p)
£0.50
Total fees
£1.50
You receive
£18.50
The day rate car park
One day of parking for £5.00
Honestybox.app fee (5%)
£0.25
Stripe fee (1.5% + 20p)
£0.28
Total fees
£0.53
You receive
£4.47
Farm stall
Selling a half-dozen eggs for £2.50
Honestybox.app fee (5%)
£0.13
Stripe fee (1.5% + 20p)
£0.24
Total fees
£0.37
You receive
£2.13
Boot fair / Market stall
Selling a lamp for £8
Honestybox.app fee (5%)
£0.40
Stripe fee (1.5% + 20p)
£0.32
Total fees
£0.72
You receive
£7.28
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Includes:
Card payments via QR code
Bank payouts through Stripe
Unlimited boxes
No monthly subscription
No contracts or hidden fees
Close your account anytime, no pressure
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Estimate what you keep from each sale

Estimate using 5% for HonestyBox plus Stripe's 1.5% + 20p standard UK card rate. Other cards and account rates may differ. Figures are estimates.

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Questions

Everything you need to know about taking card payments at your stall

Do I need to register to sell eggs at my gate?

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.

Do I have to pay tax on my egg money?

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.

What if the signal at my gate is patchy?

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.

Can people still pay cash?

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.

Do buyers need to download an app?

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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Never watch the eggs go back again

Start accepting card payments today. No monthly fees, no fuss, no contracts.

Set up your egg box