Overview
Variable name | How to type the variable | What the variable does |
Business payment request URL | {{booking_payment_request_url}} | Inputs a link that allows customers to pay for their booking when they click on it. |
What is the business payment request URL?
If you have integrated your Appointedd account with one of our payment gateway providers (Stripe, Square and Braintree), you can send your customers a payment link requesting that they pay for their booking. You can learn everything you need to know about sending payment requests here.
You can either send a payment request when you are making a booking for a customer within your Appointedd account, and a link to pay will be included in their confirmation email:
Note: When "Send payment request" is unchecked, email will say "false" so no payment link will appear.
Or once a booking has been created, you can click on the three dots next to the customer's name and send them a payment request email:
How will this display within our communications?
Here is an example of an english email template set up with the payment request URL variable:
or
<p>Hi {{customer_firstname}},</p>
<p>Thank you for booking:<br>
{{service_name}} | {{booking_start_time| date: "dd LLLL y | t"}}</p>
<p>Please pay for your booking prior to arriving. You can do so by clicking <a href = "{{booking_payment_request_url}}"> here</a>.</p>
<p>We look forward to seeing you soon!</p>
<p>Lothian Activities</p>
When a customer books, they will then automatically receive a booking confirmation email which will be constructed using the template we have saved above. This will then display as so:
In order to ensure communications only include the payment link when you tick the send payment request button when you add a booking, you can use the variable within an if statement:
<p>Hi {{customer_firstname}},</p>
<p>Thank you for booking:<br>
{{service_name}} | {{booking_start_time| date: "dd LLLL y | t"}}</p>
{% if booking_payment_request_url %}
<p>{{ booking_payment_request_url | link:"Please pay for your booking prior to arriving."}}.</p>
{% endif %}
<p>We look forward to seeing you soon!</p>
<p>Lothian Activities</p>