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Ringing up a sale
On the Register page, tap products to add them, or use Custom item for something not in your catalog. Use the search box to find a product.
- Discounts - give a line a discount as an amount or a percent. Staff can discount up to the limit set in Register settings. A larger discount needs an Admin.
- Customer - pick an existing customer or quick-add one. A sale does not need a customer.
- Tax - pick a tax rate. Tax is worked out line by line, the same as on an invoice.
Taking payment
Choose a payment method in the payment panel:
- Cash - enter the amount handed over and the register shows the change.
- Check.
- Card - the customer's card is typed into your gateway's secure card field. Card numbers never pass through PayMidWare. This works when your default gateway is Stripe, Square or Authorize.Net.
- Saved card - a card already saved on the customer.
- Card reader - the amount goes to a Stripe card reader and the customer inserts, taps or swipes (see Pay on a card reader).
- QR - the customer scans a code and pays on their own phone (see Pay by QR code).
Splitting the bill
Change the amount on each payment to split a sale between people or methods. Each payment is its own leg. The sale is complete when the balance reaches zero.
Unfinished sales
A sale you walk away from stays open. Use the open-sales list on the Register page to resume it, or void it if nothing was paid.
Collecting on an invoice
To take payment on an invoice you already sent, find it by invoice number on the Register page. You can take the full balance or, if the invoice allows partial payments, part of it. The payment is recorded on the invoice. Tips are not offered on these.