Community fridges
A printed QR beats an open tin.
Cart upsells that grow the basket
Offer one more item at checkout - grow the average order without another app.
Subscriptions for recurring boxes
Weekly, fortnightly, or monthly boxes - predictable revenue without chasing DMs.
Set prices or a suggested amount. Neighbours scan, pay, and take - you see what moved without hovering over the fridge.
- Suggested amounts
- Clear log
- No attendant
New sale · A$12.00
Honey · just now
Stock updates itself
Large eggs: 4 left
Upsell
Add a jar of honey?
A$9.00 A$7.00 · at checkout
Print the poster · they scan and pay · you get the alert
Let customers pay the way they already prefer
- Cash
PayIDAU · free
PayToAU- Visa
- Mastercard
- Amex
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
Link- Klarna
- Zip
No card reader. Payments happen on the customer's phone. PayID is Australia-only and always free of Vendl fees.
Built-in tools that grow the basket
- Product or Customer Choice cart
- Cart upsell
- First-order discount
- Volume price breaks
- “Only N left” scarcity
- Restock alerts
Choose catalogue checkout or open dollar amounts, offer one more item at checkout, reward first visits, and nudge buyers when stock is low - without another app.
The honesty jar
The fridge is empty. The jar doesn’t explain what left.
A QR checkout logs each take with a payment method - useful for volunteers restocking and for donors who want to see the fridge working.
- Poster on the fridge door
- Simple product list or donation amount
- A record of confirmed payments
- Opens fridge
- Scans
- Pays
- Takes food
Three steps for the fridge
Keep the community model - add a cleaner payment path.
- 01
Add what’s usually stocked
Bread, milk, produce - or a single suggested contribution.
- 02
Stick the QR on the door
One clear poster: scan to pay for what you take.
- 03
Restock with data
See popular items and quiet days without guessing.
No card details required
Owner dashboard
See every sale, stock alert, and subscription in one place
The same view stall owners use every day - revenue, orders, low stock, pre-order pages, and live boxes.
Example dashboard
Neighbourhood fridge
This week
A$64.00
Takes
22
Bread
Low
Milk
6
Recent · A$3.00
Suggested amount · PayID
Built for volunteers
Know what to bring next time.
A light sales history helps organisers restock what people actually take - not what sits.
- Payment confirmations
- Simple product list
- Cash and PayID options
- Works without staff on site
Every feature is included on Free. Pro only changes the Vendl card fee.
Everything else you get
More than a checkout. Stock, your shop, customers and suppliers - all included on Free and Pro.
Stock & inventory
Know what you have, what's selling, and when it runs out.
- Inventory report: stock status, sold in 7 and 30 days, last sold
- Days of cover - see what runs out this week
- Stock value at cost and retail
- Stock count: count the shelves, fix every difference in one tap
- Spreadsheet import and export with a ready-made template
- Product status: In production, On order, Seasonal, Discontinued
- Search by name, SKU or barcode, with full stock history
Your online shop
A shop for every business is included - no website to build.
- Your own shop link with your logo, colours and socials
- Categories with their own pages and a Shop menu
- Show all products or category tiles on your shop page
- Choose the order products appear in
- Product pages with options, bundle prices and freshness notes
- Search-friendly titles, descriptions and share images
Customers & email
Turn one-off buyers into regulars.
- Customer list with orders, lifetime spend and notes
- Smart lists: bought a product recently, pre-order buyers, restock opt-ins
- Upload your own customer list from a spreadsheet
- Branded email campaigns with sent and click counts
- Email everyone collecting on a given day
- Unsubscribe and marketing consent handled for you
Subscriptions & memberships
Regular income from your regular customers.
- Weekly, fortnightly or monthly boxes on card
- Memberships for a set number of weeks with a member cap
- Weekly, monthly or pay-in-full plans with benefits
- Weekly collections created automatically
- Shoppers skip, pause or cancel themselves
Suppliers
Sell a neighbour's goods alongside your own.
- Invite a supplier to their own login
- They add stock to your products or list their own
- Approve stock before it goes on sale
- Oldest supplier stock sells first
- Running tally of what you owe, with Mark paid
Run it from your phone
Everything in one place, wherever you are.
- Notifications inbox for orders, low stock and failed payments
- Sale alerts by email and push to your phone
- Sales by channel - stall, pre-orders, subscriptions - vs last period
- Multiple businesses under one login
- QR poster editor with live preview, printed at A4, half or quarter A4
- Step-by-step guides for every feature
Fridge questions
For community fridges and shared pantries - keep it simple.
Can it be donation-based?
Yes. List a suggested amount as the product price, or multiple amounts.
Do people need to register?
No. Scan and pay - same as any honesty model.
Who gets the money?
Straight to the organiser’s Stripe or Square account, or cash - Vendl doesn’t hold funds.
Is this only for Australia?
Vendl works in multiple countries. PayID is Australia-only; other regions use local options.
“It was all so easy and fast to set up - your 10-minute setup was generous. I did it all in about three!”
“I was keen to try something that didn't have so many fees - like PayID.”
Start free. Pay only when a card sale is made.
A$0 per month, with every Vendl feature.
Cash and local bank payments have no Vendl fee - PayID in Australia, Pay by Bank in the UK & Europe, and other local options where available. Card, Tap & Go and pay-later sales on Free include a 2.5% + 30c Vendl fee via Stripe (2.5% via Square or PayPal), plus standard processing fees.
Outside Australia you can absorb the Vendl fee or pass it on to customers. Upgrade to Pro later to remove it.
- Printable QR poster
- Sale alerts and live stock tracking
- Cart upsell and first-order discount
- Volume price breaks and scarcity
- Restock notifications
- Your own stall branding
- Unlimited products and product options / variants (up to 3 groups, 12 choices each)
- Volume and bundle pricing (e.g. 2 for $9)
- Real stock counts, “Only N left” scarcity, and printable QR posters
- Product freshness notes and provenance lines
- Stall cart type: Product catalogue or Customer Choice (open dollar amounts)
- Cash self-confirmation
- Card / Tap & Go, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and wallets
- Local bank methods by region: PayID & PayTo (Australia), Pay by Bank (UK & Europe), Cash App (US)
- Pay-later where supported (Klarna, Zip, Affirm, and more)
- Sale alerts, low-stock and out-of-stock alerts, email and push notifications
- Orders, inventory report, stock counts, and spreadsheet stock import / export
- Product status (in production, on order, seasonal, discontinued) and product search
- Card-demand counter
- Customer restock notifications
- Pre-orders with order-by deadlines and collection days
- Shopper subscriptions - weekly, fortnightly, or monthly recurring boxes
- Memberships with member caps and pay-in-full plans
- Cart upsells, pre-order add-ons, and first-order discounts
- Collections - Ready and Collected, buyer messaging
- Your own online shop with categories, shop layout, and custom product order
- Customer list, smart lists, and branded email campaigns
- Supplier logins with shared stock and a record of what you owe
- Notifications inbox, sales by channel, and multiple businesses
- QR poster editor with live preview
- Stall branding - logo, colours, social and website links
Your fridge, clearer for everyone.
Put a QR on the door and stop relying on an empty jar.
A$0 monthly on Free · No attendant
A$0/mo on Free
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