Can I take a booking without taking a card payment?

Yes. You can confirm a booking and be paid by cash or bank transfer, take a card deposit and settle the rest in person, or take full payment by card. Card is only offered where you switch it on.

Can different services have different payment rules?

Yes. Each appointment can have its own deposit or none, and the ways to pay are chosen separately for appointments, on-demand services, bundles, memberships and gift vouchers.

Take bookings without forcing card payments

Quick answer

Soopaspace lets you choose how you get paid: cash, bank transfer, card through your own Stripe account, or any mix. A client picks from the ways you offer when they book, and each way can be switched on or off separately for appointments, on-demand services, bundles, memberships and gift vouchers.

Get paid the way you already do

Some clients would rather hand over cash at the door or send a bank transfer, and some businesses are happy to work that way. Soopaspace lets you choose: cash, bank transfer, card through your own Stripe account, or any mix, and a client picks from the ways you offer when they book.

1Your choice

Tick the ways you accept

In your payment settings, tick the ways you take money. Card appears once your Stripe account is connected, and it is only offered where you switch it on.

Cash, bank transfer or card, your choice
Card through your own Stripe account
Card only offered where you switch it on
A client picks from the ways you offer

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Ways to pay · Appointments

Your choice

CashPaid in personOn
Bank transferYour bank details shown to the clientOn
CardThrough your own Stripe accountOff

The ways you accept, ticked in your payment settings. Card is only offered where you switch it on.

2For each thing you sell

Different ways to pay for different things

Each way to pay is switched on or off separately for appointments, on-demand services, bundles, memberships and gift vouchers. Take cash for a regular visit and card for a gift voucher, if that is how you like to work.

Ways to pay for appointments
Ways to pay for on-demand services
Ways to pay for bundles
Ways to pay for gift vouchers

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Ways to pay, by what you sell

AppointmentsCash · Bank transfer
BundlesCard · Bank transfer
Gift vouchersCard · Cash

Each kind of thing you sell has its own ways to pay, chosen separately.

3Deposits

A card deposit now, the rest in person

Set a deposit on a service and it is taken by card at booking, with the rest settled on the day. Each appointment can have its own deposit or none, so the services that need one have one, and the rest do not.

A deposit set per service, taken by card
The balance shown as due on the day
Each appointment with its own deposit, or none
The rest paid in person

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

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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.

4Bank transfer

Your bank details, shown when they choose a transfer

Clients who choose a bank transfer are shown the bank details you save. Invoices carry your own details and numbering, and you can see what has been paid, what is due and what is overdue.

Bank details shown to clients who choose a transfer
Invoices with your own details and numbering
Paid, due and overdue at a glance
Automatic payment reminders, or send them yourself

Find out moreInvoicing software for sole traders that makes paying easy

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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.

5In person

Confirm the booking, and be paid on the day

Confirm a booking with nothing taken online and be paid in person by cash or transfer. A gift voucher paid by cash or bank transfer starts working when you mark the money as received.