Stall applications

This is the half of Popup Pal that generic ticketing platforms don’t have. Applications, decisions and payments for your traders live alongside your ticket sales, in one dashboard.

1. Set up stall categories

Categories are what traders apply for: “Craft table”, “Food vendor 3×3m”, “Trade stand with power”. Each has a price, an optional capacity and a description. Capacities stop you accepting more food vendors than the field has room for.

2. Build your application form

Add the questions you actually need: short text, long text, multiple choice, checkboxes and file uploads (product photos, insurance certificates, hygiene ratings). Set the form to open and close automatically on dates you choose, and write an intro that sets expectations about pricing and decision timelines.

3. Work the inbox

Applications land in a single inbox showing business name, contact, requested category and their answers. You can add private organiser notes, and every application is either accepted, declined or left pending while you balance the line-up. Traders can withdraw their own applications too.

4. Accept — and get paid

When you accept an application, Popup Pal provisions the stall and handles the money one of two ways:

• Invoice — an invoice is created and emailed with a secure pay link; the trader pays by card and the money lands in your Stripe account. You can set a due date and see paid/unpaid status at a glance.
• Charge on accept — the trader’s card is charged as part of acceptance, so a stall is never held without payment.

The trader also receives a claim link so they can manage their stall details — see the trader-side guide, Claiming your stall.

5. Place them on the plan

With Pro, accepted stalls can be dragged onto pitches on your floor plan, and each stall carries its pitch label (“A12”) into every email and check-in screen.