Co-founder, Vendl
Jono Farrington is the co-founder of Vendl.
Vendl began at his daughter's roadside egg stall, about 500 metres from the family's front door in regional Australia. Two problems kept coming up: not knowing when the stall had sold out, and customers who wanted to pay but had no cash. Vendl was built to fix both, and the family still runs its own stall on it.
Jono writes about running unattended stalls, taking payments without standing at the table, pre-orders, and selling online as a small producer.
Roadside and farm stands · Unattended retail · QR code payments · Pre-orders for small producers · Selling online as a home producer
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