Store settings & hardware

Payment types, tipping, surcharges and fees

Choose which ways of paying the register offers, turn on tipping, see your card-surcharge settings, and set up bottle deposits and other fees — all under Admin.

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Steps

  1. Open Admin → Payment types and untick any way of paying you never take (Cash, Card, Gift card, Other). Click Save payment types.
  2. Open Admin → Payments to turn on Ask customers if they'd like to add a tip, set the Suggested tip percentages, choose where to ask, and click Save tipping settings.
  3. To add a bottle deposit or item fee, open Admin → Fees & deposits, type a name and amount, and click Add. Then assign it to products in the product editor.
  4. To record delivery-marketplace sales, open Admin → Third-party sales, type the marketplace (for example DoorDash) and click Add.

Good to know

1. Ways to pay

Every type is on by default. Turn off any you never take — every extra button is one a cashier can tap by mistake.

Payment types with Cash, Card, Gift card and Other checked.12
  1. 1Untick a way of paying you never take.
  2. 2Save your choice.

2. Surcharge and tipping

Surcharge settings are set by FoolProof with your processor. Tipping is yours to turn on.

The Payments page with the Credit card surcharge card and the Tipping card.12
  1. 1Set by FoolProof with your processor.
  2. 2Turn tipping on and pick the suggested percentages.

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