thread Re: Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to. in Payments Troubleshooting

Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to.

MatRx — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:17:41 GMT

I have customers who I trade service with. How do I create an invoice that shows $0 or 100% discount so that I can show their booking in the calendar, etc?

Re: Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to.

Minion — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:20:11 GMT

Hi @MatRx

Welcome to the Square Community. An invoice must be a min of at least .01. I

Re: Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to.

ehflower — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:53:53 GMT

you can create a specified payment and call it Trade for services credit.

Create your invoice

apply at payment screen the trade for service credit (this will be listed on your end of day report under total collected "Other"

however it will show up as total collected you will have to ask your accountant on how to reconcile it with your accounting software it will also keep track of any sales taxes

go to dashboard

settings

payments toggle

payment methods custom payment method (i am in beta) so might not be released yet

add payment method

running:

square for retail plus and invoices plus

hope that helps

Re: Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to.

MatRx — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:53:21 GMT

But, why?

Re: Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to.

MatRx — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:53:35 GMT

I was able to add one, thank you!

Re: Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to.

MatRx — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:10:25 GMT

This was marked as the solution. While it's definitely a workaround, it's not a solution. This should be something that is built into the platform.

Re: Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to.

Bronze_Palms — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:12:06 GMT

I schedule their service as if they were a normal client, then have a discount called GIVEAWAY or TradeForServices at 100% off. I mark that when the service is completed so it shows up in my service calendar and sends appointment reminders.

Re: Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to.

MatRx — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:59:05 GMT

But, wouldn't it be prudent to send them the $0.00 invoice? Mine will not let me send them out unless they are $0.01 or more.

Re: Need $0 Invoice for customers who I trade my service to.

Clucas — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:05:46 GMT

I agree. I sell a subscription for a seasonal snowplowing service and then I need to send out a zero dollar invoice to indicate that I provided service on that day to that customer.