Various payment methods are available in your campaign. Users can self-checkout with a credit card added to their account. Admins can assist with checkout and reflect payment methods of cash, check, other, or pledged. Payments can also be split between two or more methods. Visit Check out a User: Check Out a Partial Balance to learn more.
Credit Card
Expedite checkout by allowing users to pay by credit card directly from their personal devices. Admins can also secure a credit card payment. Payments are batched nightly, Monday through Saturday, excluding holidays.
Visit Global Settings to enable self-checkout.
Note: A CardConnect merchant account is required. Visit Merchant Account FAQs for more information.
Credit Card Fees
A credit card processing fee of 3.95% for AMEX and 3.5% for all other credit card purchases are combined daily. The fees are deducted prior to the funds being transferred to your bank account.
Batch Reports
Batch Reports show the batch dates, gross raised, deducted fees/adjustments, possible reversals, and the funding total. From the Summary table, click a batch to show a detailed list of all transactions within the batch.
Tip: Retroactive batch data is not displayed for funding activity prior to December 2015.
Deposits
Deposits are issued directly, within five business days of the event, to the account associated with your merchant account. Deposits are shown as MERCHANT BANK CD DEPOSIT.
Refunds
Credit card refunds and chargebacks are withdrawn from the account associated with your merchant account. If an ACH block in place, add CardConnect's ACH ID to the account.
Visit Issue a Refund to a User for more details.
Cash or Checks
Acceptable payment methods and reflect as paid on both the user's account and in the Payments Received Report.
Other
Payments methods other than credit, cash, or check can be marked as Other. Include notes to indicate payment method and who authorized. Other payments are reflected in the Payments Received report.
Pledged
Outstanding balances can be marked as Pledged. Include notes to show the intended payment method, who authorized, and when payment should be received. Pledged payments remain in the oOutstanding Balance report until updated as received.
Visit Update a Pledged Payment to update.