Day one
Show pricing on, the catalogue on three iPads, and the first order for delivery taken before the hall has filled up.
Trade shows & events
A stand that sells, not just collects business cards.
At a design fair the stand takes real orders for delivery, on hall Wi-Fi that comes and goes. Staff sell from the same catalogue as the showroom and the website, with show pricing switched on for the week, and every order is already in Magento when the team gets home.
- Ordered at the standShow price · 2 items · 420.00 EUR
- Kept ordering while the hall Wi-Fi was down
- Orders synced for Monday delivery
Why it matters
What changes for the business.
Orders, not leads
The stand takes paid orders for delivery from the full catalogue. The fair pays for itself in the hall, not three months later.
Show pricing for the week
A Magento cart price rule scoped to the event dates, applied on the stand and nowhere else, switched off when the doors close.
Hall Wi-Fi is not your problem
Offline first. Orders queue on the device and sync on any connection, including a phone hotspot at the end of the day.
Temporary staff, temporary keys
Device keys for the show team, revoked the day after. Permissions from Magento roles mean no one on the stand can do what they should not.
How it works
Step by step, from the first switch-on.
- 1
Set the stand up as a store
A store view for the event, show pricing as a cart price rule with dates, and device keys issued to the stand iPads from the POS Admin portal.
- 2
Sell from the catalogue
The same products, images and stock as the showroom and website. Orders are for delivery, with the customer created on the spot for the website too.
- 3
Take payment any way
Card readers on the stand, pay-by-link for the buyer who wants to pay from the office, or Net terms for trade accounts.
- 4
Pack up, revoke, deliver
Orders sync when there is signal, keys are revoked after the show, and fulfilment runs from the warehouse queue on Monday.
Ways merchants use it
One stand, one fair, one Monday.
Brands that exhibit: furniture and lighting, fashion and accessories, food and drink, sports and outdoor, anything with a trade fair calendar.
The buyer who pays now
A boxed sample sold cash-and-carry on the stand reader, plus a trade order for forty units on account, both on the same Magento customer.
Pack-down
Hall Wi-Fi died at four. The last orders sync over a phone hotspot while the flight cases close, and the keys are revoked from the train.
What you need
Before you switch it on.
- A store view or device assignment for the event in Magento and the POS Admin portal
- Show pricing as a Magento cart price rule with start and end dates
- Device keys for the stand iPads, issued and revoked from the POS Admin portal
- A card reader on the integrated payments platform, plus pay-by-link and Net terms as needed
Also in Point of Sale
Offline and maintenance-mode sellingKeeps selling with no signal, and straight through Magento maintenance windows.Multi-source inventory and stock transfersLive stock across Magento inventory sources, and transfers between them from the iPad.B2B tenders and trade pricingAccount terms, layaway, store credit, split tenders and customer-group pricing at the counter.Pick, pack, ship and pickupShip from store, ship to store, click and collect and split shipments, all from the till.Endless aisleSend the basket to the customer's online cart or wishlist, or pull theirs into the till.Card payments at the tillIntegrated chip and PIN, contactless and wallets, plus a long list of regional terminals.All 16 Point of Sale featuresBack to the overview.
Questions
What merchants ask before they turn it on.
What happens when the hall Wi-Fi drops?
Nothing the customer notices. Orders queue on the device and sync on any connection, including a phone hotspot.
How do I do show-only pricing?
With a Magento cart price rule scoped to the event dates and store view. It applies on the stand and switches itself off.
Can temporary staff use the tills?
Yes. Issue device keys for the show and revoke them after. Their permissions come from Magento admin roles.
Are stand orders delivered from the warehouse?
Yes. They are Magento orders in the fulfilment queue of the store or warehouse you assign.
Can a customer created on the stand log in online?
Yes. Customers created at the till sync to Magento and can use the website with the same account.
See it on your own catalogue.
A demo takes half an hour and uses your products, your stores and your permissions, not ours.