Phones are the tills
Vendors take payments on an NFC Android phone at the stall, or on a PC with the TapVent PC reader kit, so there is no card machine to hire.
CASHLESS EVENTS
Cashless event wristbands
that pay with a tap.
The wristband that gets a guest in can also be their wallet. They top it up from their phone and pay at bars and stalls with a tap, and what they do not spend stays in their wallet.
WHY CASHLESS
Less cash.
Shorter queues.
Cash slows a bar down. It needs a float and change, and at the end of the night someone has to count it, carry it and bank it. With TapVent wallet bands the guest has already topped up a wallet, and paying is a tap.
The band is the guest’s wallet
Guests open a wallet with their cell number and a PIN, add the band to it, and top up from their phone.
Every sale on record
Every payment is on record, and each vendor sees its own sales as they happen.
Getting vendors paid
Once TapAPI has checked it, a registered company is paid every business day to its business bank account, with a statement. A sole trader sends takings to the bank from the wallet.
One band for the event
The same band can carry entry, redemptions and payments, so guests have one thing to keep on their wrist.
You decide who trades
Payments run only for the vendors you switch on at your event, and only once their registration is complete.
HOW IT WORKS
From top-up
to payout.
01
Switch vendors on
Each vendor registers once in the TapVent vendor portal. You switch payments on for the vendors trading at your event.
02
Make the band a wallet
A guest taps the band with their phone, opens a wallet with their cell number and tops it up.
03
Tap to pay
At the bar or stall, the vendor’s phone reads the band and the payment comes off the guest’s wallet.
04
Paid out
Registered companies are paid every business day once TapAPI has checked them, with a statement. Sole traders send their takings to the bank from the wallet.
FOR VENDORS
Register once.
Then take payments.
Vendors register in the TapVent vendor portal, under Sales Vendor Registration. The first thing they choose is how they trade: as a registered company or as a sole trader.
01
A registered company gives its CIPC number, business bank account and documents, and once TapAPI has checked it, is paid every business day
02
A sole trader links their own TapVent shop wallet and pays out with Send to bank
03
Payments taken on any NFC Android phone, or a PC with the TapVent PC reader kit, at the stall
04
Registered companies get a statement by email with every settlement
Registration happens once. After that, a vendor takes payments at any event where the organiser has switched payments on for them.
QUESTIONS
Asked by
organisers.
How do guests put money on the band?
The first time a guest taps the band with their phone, it opens a page to make the band their wallet. They sign up with their cell number and choose a PIN, or add the band to a wallet they already have, and then top up from the wallet on their phone.
What happens to money left on the band after the event?
It stays in the guest’s wallet. The band is the guest’s way into the wallet, so the money is not lost when the event ends.
What do vendors need to take payments?
An NFC Android phone at the stall, or a PC with the TapVent PC reader kit, and a completed registration in the TapVent vendor portal. Payments run only for the vendors the organiser has switched on for that event.
How are vendors paid?
Once TapAPI has checked the company, a registered company is paid every business day to its business bank account, with a statement of the transactions behind each payout. A sole trader’s takings stay in their shop wallet until they send them to their bank with Send to bank.
Who runs the wallets?
TapVent’s wallets run on TapAPI, a South African closed-loop prepaid wallet platform. TapVent runs the event side: the bands, the vendors and the organiser’s controls.
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