There are five different methods you can use to collect payment(s) from a customer. These are:
| Payment type | When to use |
| One-off payment | When you want to charge a specific customer one payment |
| Individual subscription | When charging a set of recurring payments with the same parameters to a specific customer |
| Paylink | When wanting to provide a link that multiple customers can follow to authorise a one-off payment |
| Payment plan | When wanting to either assign or enable multiple customers to sign up to the same payment |
| Bulk submission | When wanting to create one-off payments for multiple customers in one go - done by entering details into a CSV template |
You can find out more about our payment types HERE.
Creating a one-off payment
Here, we'll look at how to create a one-off payment for a customer - the simplest type of payment to create. (It's also perfect if you'd like to run a £1 test payment yourself before you begin collecting payments from your customers).
Note: The customer must have authorised their Direct Debit (show as active in your dashboard) in order to create a payment for them.
3. Set the parameters for the payment in the window that opens.
4. Click Create Payment.
Next, let's look at receiving payouts.
More interested in creating recurring payments?
Learn how to set up a subscription or create a plan