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- How Invoices Work — Statuses & Lifecycle
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Invoicing & Payments
Get paid for every shoot — Stripe checkout, payment timing, automatic invoices, sales tax, refunds, and gating downloads until the balance clears.
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Getting Paid: How Payments Work How Spatiko handles payments for real estate photography — online checkout, payment timing, numbered invoices, deposits, and a pay-to-download gate.More in Invoicing & Payments
- Accepting Online Payments with Stripe Accept cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, and PayPal in Spatiko — connect Stripe once to collect payment at booking, gate media, and get paid online.
- Accepting Card Payments with Square Connect Square to Spatiko and take credit card payments for real estate photography — the connect flow, locations, and the active card processor choice.
- When Clients Pay — Payment Timing Options Collect full payment upfront, gate downloads until you're paid, or invoice with net terms — set when clients pay per real estate photography order form.
- Creating & Sending an Invoice How to create a real estate photography invoice in Spatiko — draft it from an order, edit lines, issue a permanent number, and email it with a payment link.
- How Invoices Work — Statuses & Lifecycle The Spatiko invoice lifecycle for real estate photography — draft, open, paid, void, and uncollectible, plus the Invoices list and payment tracking.
- Deposits & Balance Invoices Take a deposit on a real estate photography order and bill the remaining balance later — two ordinary Spatiko invoices on one order, tracked automatically.
- Pay-to-Download — Gating Media on Payment Require payment before download in Spatiko. The media payment gate lets clients browse the gallery but keeps every download locked until you're paid.
- Recording Cash, Check & Other Manual Payments How to record a cash, check, bank transfer, or other offline payment on a Spatiko order — payment status updates instantly and gated downloads unlock.
- Sales Tax on Photography Invoices How to charge sales tax on real estate photography invoices in Spatiko — set your rates once, exempt what isn't taxable, and override a single order.
- Invoice Reminders & Overdue Invoices Spatiko chases unpaid real estate photography invoices for you — automatic payment reminders after the due date, net terms, and overdue tracking on one list.
- Credit Notes & Write-Offs Issue a credit note in Spatiko — refund the payer, hold the amount as account credit, or write off a real estate photography invoice that will never be paid.
- Refunding a Client — Full & Partial Refunds How to refund a client in Spatiko — issue full or partial refunds to the original payment method, with order status and balances updating automatically.