🎄 Market-Stall Survival Guide for the Pre-Christmas Rush
Tips to keep you calm, charging, and cashing in.
Pre-Christmas is pure magic for creative market stall Solmates: crowds buzzing, gift hunters everywhere, and your stall right in the middle of it all.
To help you sail through those long (but glorious) days, here are our best tips to keep things smooth, stress-free, and sales-ready.
🔋 1. Backup batteries = your festive bestie
Long days mean long hours on your device. Pack your backup batteries and charging cables — future you will thank past you.
💳 2. Tap to Pay tips (and why your phone case might be the culprit)
Tap to pay helps makes market payments quick and fuss free. But here’s the catch: tough cases can block your NFC chip.
If you're getting “tap not working” vibes, try popping your case off — it often fixes things instantly.
You can also check our Tap to Pay Help articles here.
📱 3. Bring a backup device
Your phone is the MVP, but even MVPs have off days. If you’ve got a second mobile phone* bring it along (*check it’s got a compatible NFC chip so it can take payments). One glitch shouldn’t stop your sales.
😬 4. Tech drama? Keep calm and invoice on
Even when everything should work perfectly… sometimes it just doesn’t. If tech gremlins strike, here’s your market-day rescue plan:
Step 1: Create a quick customer contact
- Go to More → Customers and suppliers → +
- Choose Customer
- Pick Individual or Business
- Add their email and phone (you can add more than one email)
- Save
Step 2: Send them an invoice they can pay online
Create an invoice with Online Payments and/or PayID turned on, then email it to your customer. They can pay immediately using the Pay now button — no tapping required.
(And yes… there’s always cash as a backup!)
✨ 5. Most importantly — enjoy the moment
People stop at your stall because your work speaks to them. They love what you make. So breathe, smile, and soak it all in. The rest will work itself out.
