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…
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- 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):
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- 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:
- 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:
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- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
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