Recommended: Dojo Go with 4G or Tap to Pay on iPhone

Stop chasing invoices. Get paid on the spot.

Whether you're a plumber finishing a job, a market trader at a Saturday fair, or catering at a festival, Dojo takes payment wherever you are. 4G terminal or just your iPhone. Money in your account the next day.

Free terminal. No Wi-Fi needed. We handle everything.

The invoice chase costs you more than you think

You finish the job, send the invoice, and then spend the next week chasing payment. Some pay in a day. Some take a week. Some forget entirely. Meanwhile you're out buying materials for the next job with money you haven't been paid yet.

Lost revenue

Late or forgotten payments quietly drain revenue for a typical sole trader

Next day

Dojo pays you the next working day. Take payment on-site, money in your account tomorrow morning

No hardware

Tap to Pay on iPhone means you don't even need a separate machine. Customer taps on your phone

Two ways to take payments anywhere

Hardware

Dojo Go with 4G

Standalone terminal with a built-in 4G SIM. Works anywhere with mobile signal. All-day battery. Accepts contactless, chip and PIN, Apple Pay, Google Pay. Prints or emails receipts.

Best for: Tradespeople who want a dedicated device, market traders who need printed receipts, anyone who prefers physical hardware
Battery: Lasts a full working day. Charge overnight, take payments all day
Cost: Free terminal rental. No setup fees
Software

Tap to Pay on iPhone

Turn your iPhone into a card machine. No extra hardware to carry or charge. Customer taps their card or phone on your screen. Set up in minutes. Same competitive rates as Dojo Go.

Best for: Sole traders who travel light, delivery drivers, personal trainers, anyone who already carries an iPhone
Setup: Download the app, link your account, start accepting payments in minutes
Cost: No hardware cost at all. Just the app and your existing phone

A market stall - UK

I was initially uncertain about the need for a card reader as I started out to revive my business after a two-year closure. My market colleagues persuaded me - and they were right.

Market trader

Market stall, UK

2 years
Business gap
Eliminated
Lost sales from cash-only
Same week
Setup

Built for people who work on the move

Tradespeople

Plumbers, electricians, builders, gardeners. Take payment when the job is done, not three weeks later when you've finally chased the invoice. No more "I'll transfer it tonight" that never comes.

Market traders and pop-ups

Farmers markets, craft fairs, car boots, food markets. Accept card payments without a fixed setup or venue Wi-Fi. Dojo Go's 4G SIM means you're not dependent on anyone's hotspot.

Delivery and couriers

Fewer customers carry cash every year. Tap to Pay lets you accept contactless at the door without carrying anything extra. Get paid instantly, settle the next working day.

Events and mobile catering

Pop-up bars, food trucks, festival stalls, corporate catering. You need something that works in a field, in a car park, in the rain. 4G and all-day battery help you take every sale.

Personal trainers and therapists

Mobile massage therapists, personal trainers, dog groomers. Tap to Pay on your iPhone means you take payment at the client's house without carrying extra equipment.

Anyone who's tired of chasing money

If you've ever finished a job, sent an invoice, and spent the next week wondering when you'll get paid, mobile payments change everything. On-the-spot collection. Next-day payout.

Dojo is rated independently on Trustpilot

A brilliant product, fast, sleek, modern and flexible service. The big brands in merchant services are so far behind in their offering. You won't regret switching to Dojo!

Dojo customer · Switched from a major provider

The card reader works reliably and very quickly. I've been using it without any issues, and the whole system is smooth and efficient. I highly recommend this company.

Dojo customer · Daily business use

Easy set up and great communication, machines work perfect for all our needs.

Royal British Legion, Upton · Community organisation

Set up in 48 hours

1

Fill in a 2-minute form

Tell us what you do, roughly how much you take in card payments (or want to), and which option interests you.

2

Your account manager calls you

Talks you through the rate, recommends Dojo Go or Tap to Pay based on your situation, and answers any questions.

3

Start taking payments

Dojo Go arrives next working day. Tap to Pay sets up in minutes. Either way, you're collecting payments before the week is out.

Get paid on the spot

2-minute form. Free terminal or use your iPhone. Next-day payouts.

Get your free quote

What it costs to take the card at the door

The fee is the easy part to price. At Dojo's published all-in rate of 1.2% for businesses under £100,000 a year in card turnover, read from its own pricing page in August 2026, a £2,000 job costs £24 to take on the card. On £4,000 a month of card work the whole fee bill is £48. One unpaid £600 invoice costs more than a year of it.

Two parts of any rate are not the provider's to set. Interchange, the share paid to the customer's bank, is capped at 0.2% on consumer debit and 0.3% on consumer credit under the Interchange Fee Regulation, in force since 9 December 2015. And the £100 limit on a single contactless tap, with £300 as the running total before a PIN is asked for, comes from the card issuer. A £2,000 job is always going to be chip and PIN or a payment link, whatever machine you are holding.

Payouts land the next working day, weekends included, so a Saturday call-out is in the account on Sunday morning. For a sole trader buying materials on a personal card that is the difference between funding the next job and waiting on the last one.

Where a terminal is the wrong tool: work quoted and won weeks in advance. There a payment link sent with the quote gets the deposit in before you load the van, and the terminal only handles the balance.

Alex Beardsley
Alex Beardsley
Updated September 2026

CapExpand Ltd (Company No. 14433858) is an authorised Dojo partner, not a card machine manufacturer. Card machine pricing and availability are subject to change. Our card machine services are not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and fall outside our appointment as an Appointed Representative of White Rose Finance Group Limited, which covers credit broking only.