Deposits and payments that follow your rules
Customers book and then do not come, and your booking tool only takes payment the one way it was built to. We build payments into your booking system the way your business charges: a deposit, the full price, a card hold or nothing at all.
The prototype and the quote are free, with no commitment.
- Prototype and quote
- 48 h
- Build time
- 2–3 weeks
- Fixed price, typically
- $15–50k
- Commission on bookings
- 0%
The problem
What goes wrong without it?
A no-show costs you the slot and the work you could have sold. A deposit stops most of them, but only when it fits the booking: a small one for a haircut, a larger one for a party of twelve.
Ready-made tools offer one or two payment settings, a fixed provider, and often a fee on top of the provider's. Refunds, partial payments and payouts to several people are done by hand.
What we build
Built the way your business works
Pick what fits. If your rule is not here, we build that one too.
Deposit or full payment
A fixed amount or a share of the price, per service, per day or per group size. The rest is paid at the venue or online later.
Card hold instead of a charge
The card is held at booking and released on arrival. On a no-show the hold is captured, so free bookings stop going to waste.
Cancellation rules
Full refund up to a deadline, part of it after, nothing on the day. Refunds go back to the card without anyone at the desk.
Your payment provider
Stripe, a local provider or the one your bank gives you. The system has no fee of its own on top.
Split payouts
One payment split between the venue and the stylist, trainer or partner who did the work, with a ledger that matches the bank.
Compared with SaaS
How is this different from a booking tool?
A tool gives everyone the same setting. Your own system follows your rules.
Fees
In a SaaS tool: The platform adds its own fee or commission to every payment.
In your own system: You pay only the payment provider. The system takes nothing.
Rules
In a SaaS tool: One deposit setting for the whole account.
In your own system: A different rule per service, day, group size or customer.
Provider
In a SaaS tool: You use the provider the platform chose.
In your own system: You choose the provider and keep the contract with it.
Where it is in use
Already built and running
- Case studyValmontValmont's event booking runs paid and free sessions side by side, each with its own rules.
- Agent SkillBookable eventsCapacity-limited events with Stripe payments in a Next.js app: Checkout tickets, a card hold on free events that is released on check-in and captured on no-show, staff check-in, refunds and event cancellation.
- Agent SkillStripe Connect paymentsMarketplace money movement on Stripe Connect: one buyer charge split across sellers, escrow and reserves, account onboarding, subscriptions with dunning, and a reconciled ledger.
- Agent SkillLedger walletA customer wallet as an append-only ledger with a balance per currency: Stripe Checkout top-ups, orders paid from the wallet, by card or split between them, refunds to source and staff adjustments.
- IndustryBooking systems for beauty salons and barbersA custom booking system for beauty salons and barbers: online booking per stylist, deposits against no-shows, gift cards and payments, with code you own.
- IndustryBooking systems for restaurants and restaurant chainsA custom table booking system for restaurants and chains: tables on a floor plan, deposits for groups, events and set menus, with code and data you own.
- IndustryBooking systems for rental businessesA custom booking system for rental businesses: availability per item, deposits, pick-up and return, several locations, with the code and data you own.
Questions
What people ask
The one you choose: Stripe, a local provider or the payment gateway your bank offers.
No. The payment provider holds the card data. Your system keeps the payment status and the amount, which keeps you out of most card security rules.
It is part of the one fixed price for your system, and you see it in the quote before the build starts. Most projects cost $15,000 to $50,000 in total, paid once, with no subscription and no commission on bookings.
Yes. We build it into a new system or into the one you already run, with its own quote. When the feature has an Agent Skill, your own developers can also build it with the skill.
You do. The code, the data and the documentation are handed over, and the system runs in your cloud account or on ours. Every project includes 3 years of support.
Get started
See it in your system before you decide
Describe how you take bookings. Within 48 hours you get a prototype and a quote.
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