{"id":6874,"date":"2026-09-29T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/?p=6874"},"modified":"2026-11-03T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T12:49:00","slug":"mobile-pos-events-fairs-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/mobile-pos-events-fairs-deliveries\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile POS for events, fairs and deliveries: what to check before you go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15rem;line-height:1.65;color:#2A2F33;margin:0 0 1.4em\">A three-day fair, a village festival, an end-of-season tournament, Saturday deliveries. When you take payments away from the shop, the terminal has to work anywhere, with no surprises. Here&#8217;s what to look for.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(1.4rem,4vw,1.9rem);line-height:1.25;margin:1.6em 0 .6em;color:#1D3D78\">The 4 features that matter<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\"><strong>Built-in SIM<\/strong>: you don&#8217;t depend on the organiser&#8217;s Wi-Fi, which is often slow or overloaded. 1pay.ch terminals include the SIM in the monthly price.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\"><strong>A battery that lasts the day<\/strong>: plus a base or cable to recharge between shifts.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\"><strong>Light weight<\/strong>: for deliveries, a compact model without a printer fits in your pocket.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\"><strong>Every method<\/strong>: cards, TWINT and wallets on the same device, so you never have to tell anyone &#8220;no TWINT&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(1.4rem,4vw,1.9rem);line-height:1.25;margin:1.6em 0 .6em;color:#1D3D78\">The checks to do before every event<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\">Charge the terminal the night before.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\">Make a CHF 1.- test transaction.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\">Make sure your staff know how to use it (two minutes of practice are worth a calm day).<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\">Bring a plan B: a printed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/features\/qr-payments\/\">QR code<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/features\/tap-to-pay\/\">Tap to Pay<\/a> on your phone, which accepts cards, wallets and even TWINT with a QR created for the exact amount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background:#EEF6F5;border-radius:14px;padding:18px 22px;margin:1.4em 0\">\n<p style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1D3D78;margin:0 0 .3em\">The simplest plan B<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0\">A printed QR code has no battery and doesn&#8217;t depend on the terminal&#8217;s signal: the customer pays with their own connection. Always keep one in your bag.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background:#EAF1FB;border-radius:14px;padding:20px 22px;margin:1.6em 0\">\n<p style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1D3D78;margin:0 0 .3em\">Got an event coming up?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0\">Call or message us: we&#8217;ll help you choose the terminal and get it ready in time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:.6em 0 0\"><strong>Phone<\/strong> <a href=\"tel:+41918574737\">+41 91 857 47 37<\/a> \u00b7 <strong>WhatsApp<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/41798574737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">+41 79 857 47 37<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"mailto:info@1pay.ch\">info@1pay.ch<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(1.4rem,4vw,1.9rem);line-height:1.25;margin:1.6em 0 .6em;color:#1D3D78\">What it costs<\/h2>\n<p>The 1pay.ch terminal costs CHF 25.- a month, SIM included, with no upfront costs. If you only run events at certain times of year, you can add Tap to Pay, which is free on one device on every plan.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#1D3D78;color:#fff;border-radius:16px;padding:26px 24px;margin:2em 0\">\n<p style=\"color:#fff;font-size:1.3rem;font-weight:700;margin:0 0 .4em\">Ready for your next event?<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#E8EEF7;margin:0 0 1em\">Sign up for free and choose the terminal that suits the way you work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/signup.1pay.ch\/en\/?product=Starter-all\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#fff;color:#1D3D78;font-weight:700;border-radius:12px;padding:12px 20px;text-decoration:none\">Sign up for free<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"background:#EEF6F5;border-radius:14px;padding:18px 22px;margin:1.4em 0\">\n<p style=\"font-weight:700;color:#1D3D78;margin:0 0 .3em\">You might also like<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:1.2em\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/tap-to-pay-smartphone-terminal\/\">Tap to Pay: your smartphone becomes a payment terminal<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/benefits-pos-terminal-small-business\/\">7 real benefits of a POS terminal for a small business<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:.4em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/pos-per-bar\/\">POS for bars: taking payments at the counter, at the tables and on the terrace<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fairs, village festivals, tournaments, home deliveries: what a mobile POS needs to work away from the till, and the checks to do before every event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6903,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions\/6903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.1pay.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}