Payments for events and preferences is the ability to allow restaurants to charge a price for any preference set to a table. This means when a customer books online and chooses their preference, they will have to checkout by card.
How to enable payments by preference?
A. Create a payment rule
1. To set up a payment rule:
- go to app.eatapp.co and
- Select the setup button on the left hand side menu
- Search for 'payment'
- Select 'take payments online'
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
3. Fill out the required details and click on Create
4. Once the payment rule has been successfully created it will appear on the left-hand side of the screen along with the other active rules you have
B. Attach the payment rule to a shift
1. Go to app.eatapp.co, click the Availability section on the side menu then Preference management
2. Click on New Preference
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.
❗ 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. Once created, the new preference will show up on the list on the right side of the screen it will show the preference as active.
5. Perform a test booking to confirm that everything is working
