Getting Paid: How Payments Work

Getting paid shouldn’t mean a separate invoicing tool and a trail of follow-up emails. Spatiko handles the money side of a shoot end to end — collecting payment from the client, generating the paperwork, and tracking who still owes what — all from the order itself.

Clients pay through Spatiko

Connect Stripe and clients pay right where they booked or picked up their media — never a separate payment link. Checkout leads with one-tap wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, and PayPal where the client’s device supports them, with a card form underneath.

The client's payment sheet — one-tap wallet buttons on top, a card form underneath, and a clear total before they confirm.

You set when payment is due

Payment timing isn’t a single site-wide setting — it’s a choice you make on each order form. Require full payment upfront to hold a slot, let the booking confirm now and collect on delivery, or invoice after the shoot with net terms. See when clients pay for how to pick per form.

Payment timing lives on the order form itself — upfront, on delivery, or invoiced with net terms.

Invoices and receipts, generated for you

Every order produces its own paperwork — an invoice if a balance is due, a receipt once it’s paid — numbered, rendered as a PDF, and attached to the order and the client’s confirmation email automatically. Each order also carries a payment status (unpaid, awaiting payment, partial, paid, overdue, refunded, or partially refunded), so you can see what’s outstanding at a glance. Details in invoices and payment tracking.

The order's Invoice Summary — balance, payment status, and one-click Download Invoice, alongside the pay-to-download gate.

Media stays gated until you’re paid

Pair payment timing with the pay-to-download gate: clients can preview their gallery any time, but full-resolution downloads unlock only once the order is paid — whether that payment came through Stripe or you recorded it yourself.

Until the balance is paid, the client sees a locked gallery and a clear prompt to unlock it.

Go deeper

Accepting online payments with Stripe — connect Stripe once and let clients pay by card or one-tap wallet, no separate link.
When clients pay — payment timing — choose upfront, on-delivery, or invoiced terms per order form.
Pay-to-download — gate full-resolution downloads until the order is paid.
Recording cash, check & other manual payments — log offline payments on the order so status and downloads catch up.
Invoices & payment tracking — automatic invoices and receipts, plus payment status on every order.
Refunding a client — issue full or partial refunds from the order, back to the original payment method.