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Down Payment

Down payments are used in special cases where you want to allow a person to pay a partial payment on the total cost of a registration.

What you need to know:

1. Down payments apply to the form price ONLY. Any pricing associated with answers to questions is added to the down payment and must be paid when the person checks out.
2. Any person that chooses the down payment option when registering will owe a remaining balance. They cannot pay this balance online, it must be made by:

• Check or cash in person to the church. This can be applied directly to the remaining balance owed.
• A finance team member manually submits a payment request to the same card/checking account used to make the down payment purchase. The registrant must agree to this before submitting the down payment.

To add a down payment option

1. Click Payment settings in the Pricing area of the form summary. The Down Payment form appears.

   Note: If this option is not displayed, you must first configure form pricing. See the previous section of this lab.

2. Type the amount in the Down payment amount field.
3. Select one of the following:

• No cutoff date, down payment available for the life of the form—this option allows payment of the down payment for the entire date ranges the form is active. This selection is appropriate if there is a gap between the form's end date and the date of the activity/event to allow for subsequent balance payments or if the balance can be paid at the time of the event.

• Down payment available through—the default selection for down payments. Once selected, the date field becomes active and an end date can be configured. Once this date is reached, the down payment option will no longer be available for the form.

4. Type the date the balance is due in the Balance due date field. You can also click the calendar icon and select the date.
5. Click Save settings. The form summary appears.