---
title: "Set up Stripe Express checkout in Jovvie Point of Sale"
description: "Start the Stripe card reader automatically so staff skip steps at checkout."
url: https://docs.jovvie.com/point-of-sale/set-up/express-checkout/
section: "Jovvie Point of Sale > Set up"
last_updated: 2026-10-26
---

# Set up Stripe Express checkout in Jovvie Point of Sale

Section: Jovvie Point of Sale > Set up

> Start the Stripe card reader automatically so staff skip steps at checkout.

Set up Express checkout in Jovvie Point of Sale to start Stripe payments automatically. For web terminals, staff skip reader selection only when an enabled default reader is available. You can set it up in two ways, and use one or both:

- **Express checkout** on **Swipe/Insert/Tap**: the reader starts as soon as staff choose that payment method.
- **Express Checkout button**: the **Checkout** button skips the payment method screen and goes straight to the reader.

Express checkout works with the Stripe card payment method, **Swipe/Insert/Tap** (or the name you gave it). It is not available for NMI terminals.

## Before you start

- Connect Stripe. See [Connect Stripe to Jovvie Point of Sale](https://docs.jovvie.com/point-of-sale/set-up/connect-stripe/).
- Turn on **Swipe/Insert/Tap** in **POS** > **Settings** > **Gateway**. See [Choose payment methods](https://docs.jovvie.com/point-of-sale/set-up/payment-methods/).
- If staff use a [web terminal](https://docs.jovvie.com/start-here/glossary/#web-terminal), register it and turn it on for the station. See [Set up card readers for a station](https://docs.jovvie.com/point-of-sale/set-up/card-readers/).
- You need to be an administrator or shop manager.

If a station uses its own payment methods (**Gateway Source** set to **Use Station-Level**), make these changes on the station’s **Gateway** tab instead of in **POS** > **Settings** > **Gateway**, and click **Save** instead of **Save Changes**.

## Step 1: Choose one terminal type

Express checkout only works when **Swipe/Insert/Tap** allows one terminal type. If it allows both, staff still have to choose between them.

1. In your dashboard, go to **POS** > **Settings** > **Gateway**.

2. Click **Setting** next to **Swipe/Insert/Tap**.

3. Under **Terminal Types**, select one of these:

   - **Web terminal**, if staff use the register in a browser with an internet-connected reader.
   - **iOS/Android app terminal**, if staff use the register in the Jovvie app.

4. Click **Save Changes**.

To learn which type your reader is, see [Web terminals and app terminals](https://docs.jovvie.com/hardware/web-and-app-terminals/).

## Step 2: Turn on Express checkout for the payment method

Skip this step if you only want the **Express Checkout button**.

1. On the same **Setting** screen for **Swipe/Insert/Tap**, under **Express checkout**, select **On**.
2. Click **Save Changes**.

If **Express checkout** cannot be changed, **Terminal Types** is still set to **iOS/Android app and Web terminal**. Go back to Step 1.

## Step 3: Point the Checkout button at the reader (optional)

1. Go back to **POS** > **Settings** > **Gateway**.
2. Under **Express Checkout button**, select **Swipe/Insert/Tap** (or the name you gave it).
3. Click **Save Changes**.

To turn this off, select **None (show payment method screen)**.

## Step 4: Choose a default reader (web terminals only)

With **Web terminal**, Express checkout needs a default reader for each station. Without one, staff see the reader list as usual.

1. Go to **POS** > **Stations**.
2. Find the station and click **Edit Station**.
3. Open the **Stripe** tab.
4. Under **Default reader (Web terminal Express checkout)**, select a reader.
5. Click **Save**.

For more about this setting, see [Set up card readers for a station](https://docs.jovvie.com/point-of-sale/set-up/card-readers/#optional-choose-a-default-reader-for-express-checkout).

## What staff see

- With **Express checkout** on, staff choose **Swipe/Insert/Tap** and the reader starts right away.
- With the **Express Checkout button** set, staff tap **Checkout** and the reader starts without the payment method screen.
- With **iOS/Android app terminal**, the payment starts in the Jovvie app. Staff must use the register in the Jovvie app.

Express checkout falls back to the normal steps in these cases:

- The payment is a [split payment](https://docs.jovvie.com/start-here/glossary/#split-payment).
- The default reader is not set, not turned on for the station, or not found when checkout opens. Staff pick a reader from the list instead.
- **Terminal Types** allows both types.

## Related pages

- [Take a Stripe card reader payment in Jovvie Point of Sale](https://docs.jovvie.com/point-of-sale/sell/card-payment-stripe/)
- [Card reader payment problems](https://docs.jovvie.com/point-of-sale/troubleshooting/card-readers/)