Accept payments with no codePublic preview
Use standalone mode to collect in-person payments on a Stripe Terminal reader without writing code.
Available for: Stripe Reader S700/S710 and Verifone V660p
Standalone mode lets you accept payments in-person without building your own point-of-sale (POS):
- Order a reader compatible with standalone mode.
- Register the reader to your Stripe account and assign it to a Location.
- Enable standalone mode in the Dashboard.
- Reboot the reader to enter standalone mode.
- Enter an amount. You can optionally add a tip.
- Collect a payment from your customer using a card, digital wallet, or other supported payment methods.
- Payment processes through Stripe and appears in your Dashboard and is retrievable via the API.
Standalone mode requires an internet connection and doesn’t support offline payments.
Note
If you want to get started accepting in-person payments without a smart reader, use Tap to Pay with the Stripe Dashboard app.
Feature availability
Caution
Standalone mode requires a production reader and doesn’t work on developer kit devices or readers running an app on device. To test standalone mode, register a supported reader in test mode or a sandbox and use a test card.
Provide customer receipts
Standalone mode can send email receipts and can print physical receipts with the V660p. On the V660p, the reader prompts customers to select if they want a printed or emailed receipt for successful and failed payments as well as for refunds. For all other supported readers, customers are automatically offered the ability to enter an email address after each successful payment and refund. Email receipts for failed transactions are not supported.
Caution
Standalone mode isn’t a point-of-sale system, cash register, or fiscal system. Any receipts it issues are card-payment confirmations only; not fiscal receipts, tax invoices, or legally compliant sales documents. Stripe doesn’t accept any responsibility for your compliance with applicable fiscal, tax, or cash register laws in your jurisdiction.
Receipts in testing environments
Test payments don’t automatically send receipts unless the associated email belongs to you or to another user with a verified email and access to the testing environment. For test payments associated with other email addresses, you can view or manually send a receipt using the Dashboard.
Refunds
You can initiate refunds directly on the reader in standalone mode, through the Dashboard, or through the Refunds API. You can optionally require a PIN to authorize refunds on the reader.