# Support unattended readers

Allow customers to self-serve payments without onsite staff.

> This feature is in private preview in the US, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. To join the preview, you must [contact the Sales team](https://stripe.com/contact/sales).

Stripe Terminal allows you to use unattended readers to accept card payments in locations such as parking garages, car washes, and self-serve kiosks. An unattended transaction occurs when a business representative isn’t present to oversee the transaction.

## Before you begin

- This feature is only available on the Verifone UX700. This guide assumes you have a UX700 reader.
- At this time, only Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover support unattended payments.
- You must ensure your unattended deployment complies with all applicable laws and card network rules. This includes providing all mandatory disclosures and signage before transaction completion, and providing your customers with a physical or digital receipt as required. Non-compliance might lead to fines, chargebacks, and other penalties.

## Create an unattended location

Configure unattended payments on Terminal through the [Location](https://docs.stripe.com/api/terminal/locations.md) object. When creating a `Location` object, you can mark the **Location** as `unattended`. The default setting for Terminal locations is `attended`. All card readers registered to an unattended location are set to `unattended` and download the necessary configurations to support unattended payments. You don’t need to make any changes when creating PaymentIntents.

You must also indicate the type of unattended setting of each reader:

- **On-Premise**: Employee managed location with some staff presence (for example, a self-checkout station)
- **Off-Premise**: Fully self-serve location, managed remotely (for example, a vending machine or a fully autonomous parking garage)

```curl
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/terminal/locations \
  -u "<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>:" \
  -d "display_name=EV Charging Station - Main St" \
  -d "address[line1]=123 Main Street" \
  -d "address[city]=San Francisco" \
  -d "address[state]=CA" \
  -d "address[country]=US" \
  -d "address[postal_code]=94111" \
  -d attended_type=UNATTENDED \
  -d "unattended[premise_type]=OFF_PREMISE"
```

After you create a location, you can’t change from one state (`unattended` or `attended`) to the other. To change the location state, create a new `Location` object, and delete the one you don’t want. To switch a reader between `unattended` and `attended`, unregister the reader from the initial location and reregister it to the new location. Create unattended and attended locations as needed to support both types of payments at the same physical address.

## Register readers to accept payments

Next, register your reader to accept payments. Complete all the steps in [Connect a reader](https://docs.stripe.com/terminal/payments/connect-reader.md?terminal-sdk-platform=android&reader-type=internet#register-reader). Verifone readers are compatible with all generally available Terminal integrations.

After you register your readers, you can collect unattended payments. You don’t need to make any changes to PaymentIntents.