--- title: Creating Payments For Events and Preferences description: Payments for events and preferences is the ability to allow restaurants to charge a price for any preference set to a table. 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To set up a payment rule: \- go to [Table Manager](https://app.eatapp.co/)and - Select the setup button on the left hand side menu - Search for *'payment'* - Select *'take payments online'* ![](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-13-2023-02-21-15-2459-PM.png?width=268&height=203&name=image-png-Oct-13-2023-02-21-15-2459-PM.png) 2\. Click on **Add New Payment Rule** at the bottom left corner of the screen or the middle of the screen if you don't have any payment rules just yet ![](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-13-2023-02-23-20-9082-PM.png?width=234&height=203&name=image-png-Oct-13-2023-02-23-20-9082-PM.png) 3\. Fill out the required details and click on **Create payment rule**   ![payment rule](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Mitos%20New%20Upload%20for%20KB/payment%20rule.png?width=451&height=620&name=payment%20rule.png) #### **B. Attach the payment rule to a shift** 1\. Go to app.eatapp.co, click the **Availability** section on the side menu then select Events, Packages and Seating Options ![payment rule 2](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Mitos%20New%20Upload%20for%20KB/payment%20rule%202.png?width=254&height=346&name=payment%20rule%202.png) 2\. Click on **New Preference**  ![Payment rule 3](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/hs-fs/hubfs/Mitos%20New%20Upload%20for%20KB/Payment%20rule%203.png?width=573&height=211&name=Payment%20rule%203.png) 3\. You can now create a new preference by entering the details required. Please make sure to ALWAYS attach the payment rule to the preference as highlighted below. ![](https://restaurant.eatapp.co/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-13-2023-02-26-35-3798-PM.png?width=401&height=238&name=image-png-Oct-13-2023-02-26-35-3798-PM.png) Make sure you have at least one active shift at the time you set the preference time and date availability.   4\. Click on **Create Preference** to save the changes. 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