Setting Up Services
Duration, price, and payment mode
Creating an appointment type, including the deposit payment option.
Step by step
- Turn on Appointments under Configuration -> Features (a paid-plan app).
- Go to Scheduling & Bookings -> Appointments -> Services and click + Add Service.
- Enter a Name, Length in minutes, and an optional Buffer After (minutes automatically blocked after each booking, for cleanup or travel time).
- Choose Payment: Free / Pay in Person, Pay in Full at Booking, or Deposit at Booking, Rest Due Later.
- For a deposit service, set the Deposit Percent -- the portion charged online now, with the remainder due at the appointment.
- Add an optional Location shown to the client, and a Description.
- Check Bookable to make it live, and click Save.
How a deposit actually works
A client pays only the deposit amount through secure checkout at booking time. The confirmation email, the booking management page, and your own admin view all clearly show the total price, the deposit paid, and the balance still due -- so nobody is confused about what has and has not been collected. The remaining balance is your responsibility to collect at the appointment; Your Shop Space does not charge it automatically.