Balances can be enabled in the Settings > Locations > select your location > Payments & Tax Rates - there you can add the payment option labelled Balance
The Balance checkbox option in the location settings
To add a cart as a balance select the Balance payment option during checkout, this will put the entire cart on clients profile as a Balance
The Balance payment option in the SimpleSpa POS
Accessing client deposits can be done in two places, the first is the Clients page which can be sorted by Balance amount on their profile (amounts > 0 are credits & amounts < 0 are balances)
Accessing Client Balances quickly from the SimpleSpa Dashboard
To checkout using a clients balance when adding a client in the POS or if the client is already populated
The prompt when the client has a credit
The Credit amount showing if a client has an active credit
Credits can be applied towards a cart which will remove the amount due
Balances can be applied to a cart which will be a new line item to pay for the balance
The Balance amount showing if a client has an active balance
The Balance line item in the SimpleSpa POS
Editing a balance to collect a different amount against it
Editing the balanace amount to collect to $100 from $200 that is due
Deposits
Deposits have been designed for single service bookings when booked online, this can be enabled in the Settings > Locations > select your location > Website Tools - Stripe will need to be connected and you can set the option to require payment for online bookings & the deposit amount as a percentage
Deposits can also be captured manually using hte POS ideally single service appointment bookings with a simple checkout, i.e. a deposit of $10 against a receipt of $20, this will reflect both on the receipt and also in the client's respective appointment
Discounts cannot be applied when closing our a deposit and tax will be calculated during checkout
The Accept Deposit
There are two places to access deposits in the system
The Clients Appointment
From the clients appointment if there has been a deposit captured either online or using the POS it will reflect on the appointment
The Dashboard
From the dashboard all receipt deposits can be viewed in the lower right, showing both a total but a detailed list of all deposits. From here the receipt can be accessed & closed out
Accessing Open Receipts (deposits) from the SimpleSpa Dashboard
