Events with deposits and installments
Corsizio provides you with the ability to accept online deposit payments for your events. This feature is configured and enabled per event, not account-wide. You can use it to collect a partial amount of the full price as an online payment on the initial registration.
Note: To accept deposit payments as part of the online registration process, you must enable online credit card payments on the event, and have your Corsizio account connected to your bank account via Stripe.
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Deposit payment uses
Here are some examples of when deposit or partial payments may be required for an event:
- You would like to secure a commitment from your attendees for your event, and give them the option of paying a deposit only or the full payment upfront.
- Your event has a big-ticket price or requires a large financial commitment. In this case, you would like to break it up into two payments: an initial deposit payment and a final remainder payment.
- You would like to save on online processing fees while you secure a commitment from your attendees. In this case, you would charge a (small) deposit as online payment, and collect the (large) reminder as offline payment.
- You wish to offer your attendees the option to pay in installments. (See the installment and manual payment section below.)
How to use the deposit payment feature
To enable this feature for an event, follow these steps:
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- Go to Step 2 – Pricing & Payment when you are creating or editing the event that you want to have the deposit feature.
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- Check the box " Enable online deposit payments" and fill in the deposit amount you would like to collect. You can enable or disable this feature on an event at any time.
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- You have the option of configuring an effective before date for the deposit payment, as well as the option to "Enable pending payments automatic email reminders" that would be sent to attendees who owe funds as part of their event registration.
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When you are finished with this event step be sure to
Save & Exit or proceed to the next event step.
Note: Be sure to set up your event pricing accurately before you start accepting registrations for most efficient reporting and business practices.
Installment and manual payments
While Corsizio does not have a specific installment payment feature, it provides you with an automated flow for the initial deposit payment and final payment online, which are essentially two installments.
If you require more installment payments, then you can collect as many installments as you need manually. These can be in the form of online payments and offline payments. It is best practice to add and enter these payments manually on the attendee’s registration panel in Corsizio to ensure that attendees are sent a receipt, and your reports and records are most accurate.
For example, if an event is $500 and someone gives you $100 in the form of cash or a direct money transfer each month, then you would apply that to their registration manually each month. After each payment is applied, you have the option of sending the latest, updated receipt that shows all amounts paid and any amounts still owing. This receipt can be re-sent at any other time as well.
Note: Each online credit card payment, whether it is a deposit, final, full, or manual card payment, that is processed on Corsizio is subject to online payment service fees. If you process a credit card payment through your own payment terminal on location or accept cash, check, or any other payment form, these are not subject to any online payment service fees when you record them in Corsizio.
How deposit payments are displayed
The first place that your audience would normally learn about the option to pay a deposit for your event is on the public event page. When you are creating your event, as part of Step 3 – Description & Content, you may wish to share with your audience information about the deposit option, such as the amount and date until when it is accepted.
Then, when people register to the event, they will be presented with the deposit option on the event registration form. If they check this option, they will only pay the deposit instead of the full amount.
If you are collecting taxes and have enabled this on the event with the deposit feature, it will be reflected in the total deposit price as well. This means that any applicable taxes are split accordingly between any partial payments.
Upon registering, the attendee is emailed a confirmation receipt, which breaks down their payment details, and provides them with the option to pay the remainder at any time online, or offline if you enable that option for them.
As mentioned in step 3 of "how to use the deposit feature" above, you have the option to have Corsizio send them an automated payment request at a time of your choosing. This will target only those attendees who have not yet paid you the balance owing.
Note: For optimum security, Corsizio does not save your customers' credit card data. If your customer pays in installments or requires some additional charge, which they would like on their credit card, they must input or give you the card number directly each time. It is your responsibility to handle that credit card number with utmost security.