Sell tickets through self-checkout
Use this when customers should buy tickets at an unstaffed kiosk instead of the counter or the online shop.
The self-checkout runs on a KORONA POS Next kiosk. The kiosk device is one of your points of sale, so it works like any other sales channel A setting that controls where an offer can be sold, such as the online shop, POS, back office, or an external point of sale.: it only sells offers whose sales channel rules include it. Kiosk installation on the device itself is part of the KORONA POS Next setup; ask support to enable self-checkout for your account before configuring offers.
Before you start
Confirm:
- the kiosk's point of sale appears under Settings > Points of sale and is coupled — see Connect a POS to ticket sales
- the kiosk has a working card terminal, because self-checkout payment is by card
- you know which events or admissions the kiosk should sell
Make offers available on the kiosk
- Open the offer under Services and select the Sales channels tab.
- Add or edit a rule so it includes the kiosk's point of sale, and check that prices are visible for that channel.
- If the offer requires additional booking information, keep required fields simple. An offer that needs required information the kiosk cannot collect, such as a file upload, is refused at the kiosk with a message that it cannot be booked there.
Set kiosk hours
The kiosk sells only while it is open. Opening hours come from the organizational unit imported from KORONA; you adjust them per point of sale:
- Open Settings > Points of sale and edit the kiosk's point of sale.
- Under Kiosk hours, set Start selling relative to opening and Stop selling before closing. Positive values delay opening or stop sales earlier; negative values open sales earlier or keep them open longer.
Outside these hours, the kiosk shows a closed screen with the next reopening time instead of the sales flow.
What the customer does
- The welcome screen invites the customer to touch the screen or scan an item to start.
- The customer browses the events available today, selects one, chooses a start time and quantity where applicable, and selects Book. Remaining availability is shown, and quantities beyond the available capacity are refused.
- Where required, the customer completes an additional-information form on screen.
- The customer can scan vouchers to redeem them; the redeemed amount reduces the total to pay.
- The customer selects Card payment and follows the instructions on the card terminal.
- After payment, the kiosk offers an Electronic receipt: the customer scans a QR code to receive the receipt by email.
A Help button calls a staff member to the kiosk, and an inactivity prompt restarts the purchase when a customer walks away mid-flow.
Expected result
Offers with the kiosk in their sales channel rules appear on the kiosk during kiosk hours, customers pay by card, and each completed purchase creates a normal order attributed to the kiosk's point of sale.
Troubleshooting
| Problem | What to check |
|---|---|
| Kiosk shows the closed screen | Organizational-unit opening hours and the Kiosk hours offsets on the point of sale. |
| Offer is missing on the kiosk | The offer's sales channel rule includes the kiosk's point of sale, prices are visible, sales are open. |
| Offer refuses to book at the kiosk | Required booking fields the kiosk cannot collect; simplify the required fields or sell at the counter. |
| Payment fails repeatedly | The card terminal connected to the kiosk; direct the customer to the counter POS. |