Seasonal business:
do you pay during the closed months?
With Colgo, no. A business that closes completely for part of the year pays eight monthly instalments for seven active months, charged once in the month it opens. During the five off months the public catalogue is paused, but the QR codes stay valid, the content stays where it is and the panel keeps working: when you reopen you don't start over, you switch back on what was already there.
How it works, in practice
You choose your opening and your closing month. The system counts seven active months wherever they fall: April to October by a lake, December to April in the mountains, June to December for a longer season. They can only be changed before you reopen, not once the season has started.
The charge is a single one and falls in the month you open, not in January: you pay when the business starts taking money, not while it's shut. If you activate early to get everything ready, you still pay from the day you open, up to ninety days ahead. And if the season runs long, you add the extra month yourself at the full monthly rate, without contacting anyone and without renegotiating anything.
What happens during the five off months
The public catalogue is paused: a guest scanning a QR sees that the business is closed, not a broken page. Everything else stays in place. Printed QR codes stay valid — you don't reprint them when you reopen. Items, prices, photos, translations and staff access stay saved. The panel and the guest preview stay accessible, so you can redo the menu in December at your own pace instead of the day before opening.
The limits, stated up front
- It's reserved for businesses that close completely for part of the year, and you declare it when you activate. It isn't a discount for working all year at a slower pace.
- Seven active months, not seven months picked freely across the year: you choose an opening and a closing month, and the seven run consecutively.
- The months can only be changed before you reopen. Once the season has started they stay as they are.
- Eight instalments for seven months: over the year it costs more than seven full months and less than twelve. If you stay open all year, the annual plan is better value.