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How to allow a deposit payment and ask for the balance later

You can use the integration between YITH Booking and Appointment for WooCommerce and YITH WooCommerce Deposits / Down Payments to allow customers to pay a deposit when booking, instead of paying for the entire booking at once. Let’s see how to do it…  

      1. After installing and activating both plugins, make sure you enable the Deposits / Down Payments plugin features in your dashboard > Deposits / Down Payments > General Options > Deposit Options and configure the plugin (you can refer to this guide to learn how to do it):

      Enable Deposits feature

      1. In the same section, you can enter the default deposit for all of the products in your shop (of course, that option can be overridden at a product level). The deposit value can be set as a fixed amount or a percentage:

      Default deposit rate

    1. In the next subtab, Balance Options, you can enable the option to request the balance payment to customers. By doing so and thanks to the integration between both plugins, you’ll get a new option to decide when to request it. This is a great new feature already used by popular websites like Airbnb that request the balance payment seven days before the booking start date:      Request balance payment
      1. For example, if you choose to request the balance payment a specific time range before the booking start date, you’ll get a new option to enter the number of days before the booking to request that payment:

      Request balance payment a specific number of days before the booking start date

    2. Once you’re done configuring the Deposit / Down Payments options, your customers will see the bookable products pages with the related information, that is, the deposit value and the timeframe to pay for the balance:  
       

      Deposit options on the product page

    3. Finally, In YITH > Booking and Appointment > Settings > Cart & Orders, you’ll find a helpful option to decide when to mark the bookings as paid, either when the deposit is paid or when the balance is: 

When to mark the order with a deposit as paid