Get paid without chasing anyone. Invoicing and payments for real estate photographers.
Charge at booking, lock downloads until it's paid, or send invoices that follow up on their own.
No credit card neededPaid into your own Stripe or Square account
Pick how each client pays.
Spatiko gives real estate photographers three ways to get paid: upfront when a client books, on delivery with downloads locked until the order is paid (pay-to-download), or by invoice on net terms. Set a default on each order form, then change it for any client, so new agents pay first and regulars keep their terms.
| Payment timing | Chapter 1: Before the shoot See how Upfront works, chapter 1 Upfront Before booking is confirmed | Chapter 2: At delivery See how On Delivery works, chapter 2 On Delivery Before media download | Chapter 3: On terms See how Invoice works, chapter 3 Invoice Net payment terms |
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| Best for | New agents | Everyday listings | Regulars and brokerages |
| When the money comes | At booking before the shoot | At delivery before any download | On net terms due on receipt to Net 60 |
| What the client does | Pays on your order form | Sees the shoot, pays to download | Downloads now, pays your invoice |
| Chapter | See how Upfront works, chapter 1 | See how On Delivery works, chapter 2 | See how Invoice works, chapter 3 |
Chapter 1: Before the shoot Upfront
New agents pay to book.
You never drive to a free shoot. The booking isn't confirmed until the agent pays for it, right on your order form.
Big shoot? Take a deposit.
For a twilight or a big listing, skip the full charge at booking: send a deposit invoice on the booked order, a percentage or a fixed amount, and bill the balance later.
“Now clients use my order form and pay with Apple or Google Pay, finish in under a minute, and compliment how easy it is.”
Nikita Greene Founder of Umedia See Umedia’s booking page Chapter 2: At delivery On Delivery
Everyday listings: agents see the shoot, then pay to download.
Pay-to-download is how real estate photographers get paid on delivery with Spatiko: agents see every photo from the shoot as a dimmed thumbnail with a lock, and full-size viewing and downloads unlock when the order is paid.
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Every photo in view, locked. The agent's delivery page for 218 Glenwood Avenue: every photo shown as a locked tile, a Pay $424.00 banner and an Unlock downloads bar. -
Pay on the page, tip optional. The payment dialog's optional tip step: $10, $20, $50 or Other, with $20 picked and a Continue — pay $444.00 button. -
Paid: everything unlocks at once. The same page once paid: a Paid status, Download all, and every photo open to view and download.
It feels like checkout, not a locked door.
Agents pay right on your branded delivery page, in the same checkout as your order form. A refund later never re-locks their files.
- No login. They pay from the gallery link.
- Cash or check counts once you record it.
- You choose which clients pay this way.
Chapter 3: On terms Invoice
Regulars get terms. You still don't chase.
For regulars and brokerages: files download right away, they pay on net terms, and Spatiko handles the invoicing, from payment reminders to split and monthly billing.
Send the invoice. The follow-up sends itself.
A reminder with a pay link goes out the day after the due date, then 7 and 14 days later, until it's paid.
Real invoices, not just receipts. Numbered with your prefix and footer; a mistake gets a revision or a credit note, never a quiet edit.
- Auto-issue on delivery
Bill anyone on the order. Or everyone.
Co-listing agents pay their share, the brokerage gets its own invoice, and a seller who isn't paying never sees a price.
How split billing worksMonthly invoices, not one per shoot.
Put a busy agent or brokerage office on weekly or monthly billing: one invoice for their delivered shoots, drafted or sent for you. Group agents by brokerage to see what the whole office owes.
How monthly billing worksNobody likes asking for money. So Spatiko asks for you.
No credit card needed
Whichever way they pay
Your money, your account.
Booking form, gallery or invoice: Stripe or Square processes every online payment, and payouts reach your bank on the processor’s usual schedule. Spatiko takes no cut: no fee per transaction, just your processor’s rate.
The money never routes through Spatiko.
Both can stay connected; one takes new payments at a time.
The money details. A guide behind every row.
Collect Portal, tips, cash, fees
Invoice Tax, currency, French
Follow up Reminders, overdue, pay links
Keep the books Receipts, refunds, write-offs
Sales tax prints each rate on its own line, with your registration number. Spatiko applies the rates you configure; it never decides what you owe.
Set it up with the founder, free.
On a call, the founder helps you set up your order form and payments, choose when each client pays and, if you’re switching, plan the move.
- Keep your Square account, or connect Stripe
- Run both platforms until you’re ready
Coming from HD Photo Hub or Aryeo? Clients, orders and payments import directly; from anywhere else, clients and orders come in by CSV. How moving works
7 years in this industry and Spatiko is the first one that actually felt built for how I work. I send feedback and it gets heard in real time, the update just shows up a few days later.
Invoicing and pay-to-download questions
Straight answers about getting paid.
A paywall doesn't have to feel like one: in Spatiko, agents see every photo the moment you deliver, pay without creating an account, and download everything at once. With Stripe, paying can be one tap of Apple Pay or Google Pay. Keep regulars you trust on invoice terms, or turn the lock off for a single order.
Spatiko adds no fee per transaction and takes no cut of your payments. Clients pay into your own Stripe or Square account, and each payment carries just that processor's standard rate. Spatiko never holds the money: payouts reach your bank on Stripe's or Square's own schedule, and your subscription stays the same however much you collect.
No, Spatiko works with Stripe or Square, and bookings and pay-to-download still work with neither connected. Without a processor, clients arrange payment with you, and you record the cash, check or transfer on the order, which unlocks downloads just like a card payment.
Clients pay by card through your Stripe or Square account, from the booking form, their delivery gallery, the client portal or an invoice email, and nobody needs a login. With Stripe, checkout also offers Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link and PayPal, depending on the device and your Stripe settings.
Yes, switching to Spatiko comes with free onboarding: on a call, the founder helps you plan the move and set up your order form and payments. Keep your Square account, or connect Stripe in a one-time setup. From HD Photo Hub or Aryeo, clients, orders and payments import directly; from anywhere else, clients and orders come in by CSV.
Yes, once an invoice is sent, Spatiko emails the payer a reminder the day after the due date, then 7 and 14 days later, until it's paid. You can set up to six reminder days of your own. A payer's due invoices on one order arrive as one email with a pay link, and you can pause reminders per invoice.
Record it on the order or invoice in Spatiko, and it counts just like a card payment: the download lock follows the payment status, not the payment method. Cash, checks, bank transfers, Venmo and Zelle can all be recorded, including partial amounts. A recorded payment can email the client a receipt and unlocks pay-to-download once the order is fully paid.
Yes: once a shoot is booked, raise a deposit invoice on the order for a percentage of the total (50% by default) or a fixed amount, then bill the remaining balance later. Deposits sit alongside the three payment timings rather than adding a fourth, and Spatiko warns you before you bill more than the order total.
Yes, anyone on the order can be the payer of their own invoice, so co-listing agents, or an agent and the seller, can each be billed their share of the same shoot. Each payer sees just their own invoice, payments and receipt. On a pay-to-download order, downloads open for everyone once every payer has paid.
Yes, add the brokerage's office manager or bookkeeper to the order as a billing contact and make them the invoice's payer. By default, billing contacts don't get the delivery, so their link opens the order's billing, never the gallery. Invoice emails also copy the CC and BCC addresses on their client record, so accounts payable stays in the loop.
Yes, if the brokerage is the client on its orders: set it to monthly billing and each month's delivered shoots land on one invoice. It's created on the 1st, ready for you to review and send, or sent automatically. Combined invoices bill one client, so agents who book for themselves each get their own. Weekly billing works the same way.
Pay-to-download, also called a gallery paywall, lets real estate photographers deliver a gallery where clients see every photo while full-size viewing and all downloads stay locked until the order is paid. In Spatiko, it's the On delivery payment timing: when the whole order is paid, online or with a payment you record, photos, video, files and marketing assets unlock together.
Get paid for every shoot. Without the follow-up.
Pick how each client pays, then get back to shooting.
No credit card needed