Charging with the QR code on the charge point

Anyone without a charge card can charge at a public or semi-public Wattify charge point by scanning the QR code on the charge point. The code opens a mobile web page on which the session is started and paid for. No account and no app are involved.

• What the driver goes through
• What the driver pays
• The QR code itself
• What the AFIR rules ask of you
• Discount codes and the QR code

#What the driver goes through

1. Welcome page. Shows the prices and the opening hours of the charge point. The Start charging button only appears when the charge point is ready to charge.
2. Email address. The driver enters their email address.
3. Confirmation. The email address is verified.
4. Surname and first name. These details appear on the payment overview later.
5. PIN code. A four-digit code with which the driver starts faster next time, at other Wattify charge points too.
6. Terms and conditions. Acceptance of the general terms and conditions, with the confirmation that electricity once delivered cannot be taken back.
7. Discount code. Optional: a code handed out by the owner of the charge point. See Discount codes.
8. Payment. The driver is sent to the Mollie payment page. There they pay 1 euro activation cost and give a mandate, with which the actual session amount is settled afterwards.

As soon as the payment has gone through, the session starts. Stopping happens at the charge point: unplug the cable or, with a fixed cable, end the session on the charge point.

Ad-hoc charging creates no account. The session is processed anonymously, so an invoice in someone's name is not possible.

#What the driver pays

The driver pays the tariff you set on the charge site, plus the Wattify surcharge that comes with your subscription. See Setting your prices for the surcharge per subscription and a worked example.

The payment goes through Mollie. In your charging sessions overview you see such a session with the status Mollie open for as long as the payment is still being processed; that can take up to two weeks. After that it becomes paid, or charged back when the driver disputed the payment.

#The QR code itself

The address in the QR code is https://charging.wattify.be/ followed by the name of the charge point, exactly as it appears in the portal. For a charge point with the name ZAP1234567 that becomes https://charging.wattify.be/ZAP1234567.

Two ways to create a code:

• Yourself, free of charge, for instance at gratisqrcode.nl. Print the code on weatherproof material.
• Through Wattify: request a weather- and uv-resistant printed sticker through a ticket at support@wattify.be.

#What the AFIR rules ask of you

Since 13 April 2024 the European AFIR regulation also applies to AC charge points (chargers up to 22 kW) that are semi-publicly accessible. For charge points with a public subscription (Occasional Public, Low Public or Public) a QR code is therefore mandatory. The code has to:

• show the public prices of your charge point;
• let a session be started without a charge card;
• make payment possible with debit card, credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.

The Wattify QR page meets those three conditions. For fast chargers from 50 kW on, a QR code is not enough: a payment terminal is needed there, see the Payter integration in Setting your prices.

#Discount codes and the QR code

Only someone charging through the QR code can enter a discount code. Charge cards and roaming cards cannot. The code has to be filled in before the session starts; it cannot be applied afterwards.