Do I need a card reader to use Soopaspace?

No. Card payments are taken online through Stripe, and you can also accept bank transfer or cash. There is no hardware to buy.

A Square Appointments alternative

Quick answer

Looking at Square Appointments alternatives? Soopaspace takes card through Stripe, or cash and bank transfer, with invoices, clients and expenses alongside.

Taking payment, wherever you work

Looking at alternatives to Square Appointments? Here is what Soopaspace does. Whether your work happens in other people’s homes, on site or online, Soopaspace takes card payments online through your own Stripe account, records bank transfer and cash in the same place, and keeps the rest of the admin alongside.

What you get with Soopaspace

Get paid by card, bank transfer or cash, chosen for each kind of thing you sell
Invoices, expenses, a client CRM and a tax-year summary alongside your bookings
One flat UK price, simple to understand
Built in the UK for the self-employed, priced in pounds

1Card, online

Card payments with no hardware to buy

Card payments are taken online, through your own Stripe account, which you connect once from inside Soopaspace. A client pays when they book, or from a Pay by card button on an invoice or quote, and you get an email saying who paid and how much.

Your own Stripe account, connected from inside Soopaspace
No card reader or other hardware to buy
A Pay by card button on the invoices and quotes you choose
An email to you the moment a client pays

Find out moreInvoice payment links: let clients pay online by card

A woman on her sofa paying by card on her phone, a bank card in her other hand

Sam Patel paid the £500.00 deposit by card

Paid now: £500.00

Total: £2,000.00

Left to pay: £1,500.00

It is recorded as the deposit received.

The moment a client pays by card, you get an email saying who paid, how much, and what is left.

2Cash and bank transfer

The ways you already get paid, recorded in the same place

Some clients hand over cash at the door and some send a bank transfer. Tick the ways you accept for each kind of thing you sell, and mark a cash or transfer payment as paid in one tap, so it sits in the same records as the card payments.

Cash, bank transfer or card, your choice
Chosen for each kind of thing you sell
Cash and transfers marked paid in one tap
Your bank details on invoices for clients who prefer a transfer

Find out moreTake bookings without forcing anyone to pay by card

A dog walker being paid in cash at a client’s front door

Wednesday

Fortnightly clean · Mrs HalePaid in cash at the doorPaid
Deep clean · The ArnoldsBank transfer, invoice 0031Paid
Oven clean · Tom ReidCard deposit at bookingDeposit

Cash, transfer and card, side by side in one diary.

Cash, bank transfer and card payments recorded against the same bookings.

3Deposits

A deposit to hold the slot, taken by card

Set a fixed deposit on any service and it is taken by card at booking, with the balance shown as due on the day. Each service has its own deposit or none, so you only ask for one where it matters to you.

A fixed deposit per service
Taken by card at booking
The balance shown as due on the day
No deposit on the services that do not need one

Find out moreTake a deposit before a booking, and help cut no-shows

A tattoo artist and a client looking at pencil sketches together

Appointment, 90 min£60.00

A £15.00 deposit is taken now by card. The remaining £45.00 is paid on the day.

Pay £15.00 deposit

Deposits at booking: the client pays the deposit by card to secure the slot, and the rest on the day.

4Invoices and clients

Invoices and the client list, beside the bookings

Invoices are made in the same app as your bookings and clients, with your own details and numbering. Every client has their own page with each visit, what it cost and your private notes, and anything unpaid sits in one list marked Due or Overdue.

Invoices with your own details and numbering
A deposit already paid comes off what is left
Every visit and your private notes on the client’s page
Paid, due and overdue at a glance

Find out moreInvoicing software for sole traders that makes paying easy

A plumber chatting with a homeowner in her kitchen after finishing a job

Riverside Mobile Pet Grooming

12 Quay Street, Leith

Invoice

INV-0042

Fitted shelving£480.00

Materials£120.00

Total£600.00

Deposit paid−£150.00

Left to pay£450.00

Pay the £450.00 balance by card

An invoice with your numbering, address and bank details. A deposit already paid comes off what is left to pay.

5The year

Expenses and mileage, ready for the tax year

Take a photo of a receipt and the expense fills itself in, ready to check and save. Mileage sits alongside, income from your bookings is counted for you, and the tax-year summary downloads as a file for you or your accountant.