Cape Town, 28 October 2026. Card payments cost small businesses a slice of every sale, and crypto wallets were never built to run a business. Solid, the payments app built on Solana, is now on Google Play to fix both: free to use, no percentage of sales, and the tools a business actually needs.
Anyone can request, send and split money in any chat, and see everything they’ve received and spent, without paying Solid a cent. Shops, freelancers and consultants can add a point of sale, invoicing and business analytics when they’re ready.
The problem: card fees and clunky wallets
In many markets, card payments cost a business 1.5% to 3% of every sale, before fixed fees, payouts and hardware. On $5,000 a month in card sales, that is $900 to $1,800 a year gone, and the smallest businesses feel it most.
Crypto payments should be the answer, but most wallets are built for holding and trading tokens, not running a business. They’re crowded with features a shop or consultant doesn’t need, and missing the ones they do: invoices, sales tracking and a clear view of the numbers.
How Solid works
Solid comes with its own Android keyboard. In WhatsApp or any other chat, tap the Solid mark, type an amount, and a payment link lands in the conversation. The other person checks the amount and destination, then approves it in their own Solana wallet.
The money settles in seconds, straight into the seller’s wallet. Solid takes no percentage, network fees are under a cent, and there is nothing to withdraw because the money never passes through Solid.
Run your business on Solana
Solid is built for business first. It understands your payments: what each one was for, which invoices are paid, and what is still waiting, all checked on the chain.
A freelancer or consultant can send invoices that close themselves when paid, keep a client list on their phone and see money in, out and outstanding, month by month. A shop gets a point of sale with items, stock, staff devices and loyalty stamps, plus a web dashboard for the admin. An accountant can read and export the books, including a VAT report, but can never move money.
It’s everything a business needs to get paid and stay on top of its numbers, without juggling a wallet, a card machine, an invoicing tool and a spreadsheet.
Who it’s for
Solid is built for small businesses that want to keep more of every sale: shops, salons, cafés, market stalls, freelancers and consultants. It works just as well for friends splitting dinner, families sending each other money and savings clubs collecting contributions.
Free for everyone, with more when you need it
Every Solid user gets, for free:
- Requests, payments and bill splits in any chat
- A clear record of everything you’ve received and spent
- Dollar stablecoins, SOL and SKR anywhere, plus local money where it lives on Solana: rands today, with the Brazilian real and the euro next
- Swaps at Jupiter’s price and savings in ORE, with no fee from Solid
- Claim links that send money to someone with no wallet yet
- Fingerprint lock, spending limits and a one-tap switch to turn payments off
Solid Business unlocks the point of sale, invoicing, analytics and staff tools. It’s free for the first 30 days, then $18 a month, with optional add-ons for full books and advanced invoicing. Solid still takes no cut of sales.
Solid never sees a seed phrase or private key, carries no analytics, and its keyboard has no internet code. See how Solid stays safe.
Get Solid
Solid is free on Google Play for any phone running Android 10 or later, on the Solana dApp Store for Seeker and Saga, and as a direct download from sendsolid.app. An iOS version will follow. Businesses can start a free 30-day Solid Business trial at sendsolid.app/join, with no card needed.
About Solid
Solid is a payments and business app built on Solana, free to use. It lets anyone request, send and split money in any chat, and gives businesses a point of sale, invoicing and analytics, with every payment settling wallet to wallet. Learn more at sendsolid.app.
Disclosure. Blockrora is published by the team behind Solid.
Trade marks. Solid is not affiliated with Solana Labs, the Solana Foundation, Solana Mobile or any wallet it connects to. Other product names belong to their owners.
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