How do you only receive a partial payment of the full price?

[Jigstar]

Customer sometimes pay half with a check and the other half with cash or card. The full price is the only way it will let.me complete any transactions. Any advice?

[VanKalkerFarms]

use split payment.  https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/5097-process-split-tender-payments-with-square

[Jigstar]

I understand you can split payments. I'm trying to split payment over the course of a project. Let's say I send my customers an invoice. They pay me half today and the remaining 2 weeks from now. Square won't let me break the payments down of the course of the project. It only wants the payment in full.

[VanKalkerFarms]

ok, it didn't say payments were at different times in the question.  there is not a way to take a deposit, or partial payment, on a transaction.  You would have to either ring up an item for 1/2 price and say it is a 1/2 payment or create an item called deposit and use that for the amount you want.  you would have to keep track of the balance either by using open tickets or making an invoice that shows the balance or just keeping track of it outside of Square.

[Jigstar]

That seems to be a lot of work especially if I have a few projects like that going on. This is a huge problem as many businesses (construction/skilled trade) operate like this. i feel that it shouldn't be hard to program that. Once you charge the partial payment the remaining stays on the invoice until the next payment is made. This system should know when the invoice is paid in full.. 

[Helen]

@Jigstar Helen here from the Community team. Thanks for your post letting us know how and why you need to be able to take deposits for your business. I just wanted to let you know that we are definitely aware of this need! I'll share your interest in this with the Payments team.

Any time we build a new feature we announce it here in the Seller Community, but we'll also update this thread to let you know if there are any developments. 

[katieand]

Hi all - If you're using invoices, the team is now testing a beta. Find out more here! https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/General-Discussion/Test-Partial-Payments-in-the-Invoices-Request-...