Accept payments with a printed QR code

Traditional parking meters cost $500-$5,000 per unit. They break down. They need coin collection. They require cellular connectivity contracts. A single pay station serving 50 spaces costs $15,000-$30,000 installed, plus $200/month in maintenance and connectivity fees. Over five years, a 100-space lot with two pay stations will spend $60,000-$84,000 on hardware, maintenance, and connectivity alone.

A Park Graph QR code costs nothing. Print it on a standard printer. Laminate it for weather protection. Mount it on any surface. Total hardware cost: the price of a lamination pouch. If it gets damaged, print another one. If you want to update your pricing, the QR code stays the same — the payment page updates automatically. No technician visits, no firmware updates, no cellular SIM replacements.

Beyond cost savings, QR codes provide a dramatically better driver experience. No one enjoys feeding coins into a meter or navigating a pay station touchscreen in the rain. With Park Graph, drivers pay from the comfort of their car using their own phone, with a payment method they already trust — and there are no broken touchscreens, jammed coin slots, or out-of-paper receipt printers to generate complaints.

QR codes also unlock capabilities that physical meters never could: dynamic pricing, real-time occupancy tracking, session extensions from anywhere, AI chat support, and integration with every navigation app and AI agent on the planet. Each of these features is available to every QR-enabled lot with zero additional hardware and no marginal cost per feature.

On Pro and Enterprise plans, your QR codes feature your own logo in the center. This builds brand recognition and trust with drivers who scan your codes regularly. The logo is automatically optimized for QR code readability — no blurry or broken scans. Park Graph uses error correction level H, the highest available, which means up to 30% of the QR code surface can be obscured by your logo and the code will still scan reliably.

Enterprise customers get full white-label capabilities. The payment page, digital pass, and all driver-facing communications carry your branding exclusively. Drivers see your parking brand, not Park Graph. This is essential for hospitality operators and property management companies that need a seamless brand experience across their entire guest journey.

Upload your logo through the dashboard in PNG, SVG, or WebP format. Park Graph automatically resizes and optimizes it for QR code embedding while maintaining scan reliability across all lighting conditions and camera qualities. The logo upload takes seconds and updates every QR code across your entire portfolio instantly — no reprinting required for existing codes because the branding appears on the payment page, not within the QR pattern itself.

One of the biggest advantages of QR-based parking over traditional meters is the ability for drivers to extend their sessions from anywhere. When a driver's session is nearing its end, Park Graph sends a 15-minute reminder notification through the browser. The driver can tap a single button to add more time — without walking back to the lot, without finding a meter, without interrupting whatever they are doing. The extension is authorized on the same payment method instantly.

Session extensions generate incremental revenue that would otherwise be lost with traditional meters. When a driver at a traditional meter runs out of time, they either leave (lost revenue) or risk a ticket. With Park Graph, they simply extend and keep parking — money that would not exist without the QR payment model. The exact share of revenue captured through extensions varies by lot type and surrounding demand, and is reported per-lot in your analytics dashboard.

Operators can configure extension rules per lot: maximum extensions allowed per session, minimum and maximum extension durations, and whether dynamic pricing applies to extensions. Some operators offer a slight discount on extensions as an incentive to keep spaces occupied rather than risk turnover during peak hours. These rules are set in the dashboard and take effect immediately.

The extension flow uses the same Stripe manual capture pattern as the initial session. A new authorization is created for the extension amount, and the original authorization plus extension are captured together when the session finally ends. The driver sees a single combined charge on their statement rather than multiple small transactions, which reduces confusion and chargeback disputes.