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Recording a payment

Learn how to record payments and refunds, and what to do to stop a ticket showing as ‘unpaid’

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Written by Anni
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✨ Please note: Payments are available on the Lite plan or above.

This article covers:


When to record payment

You may need to record payment after a booking is completed for the following reasons:


Recording payment on a completed booking

To record a payment after a booking has been made:

  1. Select Bookings from the left-hand menu on your account.

  2. Use the search filters at the top and select Search to generate the search, or scroll through the list to find the booking.

    • If you select the Owes box in the Bookings page search bar, you can filter to display only bookings with outstanding, unrecorded payments:

      Bookings page with the 'Attendance status' section highlighted

  3. Once found, select the hyperlinked booking reference to open the booking:

    Bookings tab with an arrow pointing at a booking reference hyperlink.

  4. If we show that they have an amount outstanding, you can select the Record payment button:

    Booking screen with the 'Record payment' section highlighted

  5. In the record payment screen, you can:

    • Enter the Paid amount

    • The date it was Received on

    • The Payment type (cash, cheque, transfer, card machine or other)

    • Any additional Notes

    Booking screen with the record payment screen highlighted

  6. Select Save once finished.


When completing a booking as an administrator

The payments screen will appear at the very end of the checkout process.

💡 The record offline payment option always appears for team members, regardless of your payment settings.

For example:

Payment screen within the checkout process with the offline payment section highlighted

To do this:

  1. Select Yes under Record payment now?

  2. Select the Payment method, i.e.:

    • Cash

    • Cheque

    • Transfer

    • Card machine

    • Online payment

    • Other

  3. Add any notes you wish to include in the Admin note field.

    Payment screen of the checkout with the 'record payment now' section highlighted

  4. Once complete, select Complete booking.


Recording a refund

Issuing a refund through your payment provider or offline doesn't translate to booking on Bookwhen.

To record a refund on Bookwhen:

  1. Ensure you have cancelled the ticket or booking first.

  2. Open the booking by selecting Bookings from the left-hand menu on your account. Use the search filters at the top and select Search to generate the search, or scroll through the list to find the booking.

  3. Select the hyperlinked booking reference to open the booking. For cancelled bookings, you will have the option to Record refund:

    Cancelled booking with arrow pointing at the 'Record refund' button

  4. In the Refund amount section, you can record:

    • The Refund amount

    • When the refund was Received on

    • The Payment type of the refund

    • Any additional Notes

      Refund amount section showing refund amount, received on, payment type and notes sections highlighted

  5. Select Save when completed.

The booking will then show the payment and refund information:

Payment section of a booking with the 'Cash refund' information highlighted


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