[{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-21T03:59:12.860Z","tag_names":["instalments","payments"],"answer_sample":"By default, Biller Genie requires customers to pay invoices in full. You can enab","long_answer_sample":"By default, Biller Genie requires customers to pay invoices in full. You can enable partial payments at the account level so customers can choose any amount up to the invoice total when paying online. How to enable partial payments Open Control Panel \u0026gt; Customer Defaults.\nSet Enable Partial Payments to Yes.\nClick Save Settings. Once enabled, this ","language_id":1,"id":3825110,"last_published_date":"July 16th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/DW?bg=5aa6d9\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/709e2a5a560cb6adb4da7419a0daf8fd.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Daniel Wilbur","indexable_body":"default, biller genie requires customers pay invoices full. can enable partial payments account level choose amount invoice total paying online. open control panel \u0026gt; customer defaults. set yes. click save settings. enabled, applies every invoice. per-customer per-invoice partial-payments toggle. see enabled portal public payment page, field edit. enter one cent full total. amount, remains remaining balance, reminders continue per normal cadence. apply autopay always pays amount. customer-initiated transactions chooses less related articles article 1957679 inside","name":"Allowing Partial Payments on Invoices","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"allowing-partial-payments","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/allowing-partial-payments?from_search=243389512","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"default, biller genie requires customers pay invoices full. can enable partial payments account level choose amount invoice total paying online. open control panel \u0026gt; customer defaults. set yes. click save settings. enabled, applies every invoice. per-customer per-invoice partial-payments toggle. see enabled portal public payment page, field edit. enter one cent full total. amount, remains remaining balance, reminders continue per normal cadence. apply autopay always pays amount. customer-initiated transactions chooses less related articles article 1957679 inside","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-09-23T07:53:28.580Z","tag_names":["tips","tipping","gratuity","add a tip","tip at checkout","accept tips","tips add-on","tip presets","gratuity invoice payment","premium add-on","tips marketplace","tips xero","tip income","tips payable","optional gratuity","service award"],"answer_sample":"Tips lets your customers add an optional gratuity when they pay an invoice in the","long_answer_sample":"Tips lets your customers add an optional gratuity when they pay an invoice in the Customer Portal by card or bank account. You choose the suggested amounts, the cap and where the money posts in your books. Biller Genie charges the tip in the same transaction as the payment, records it on its own Sales Receipt in QuickBooks, and reverses it automatic","language_id":1,"id":3952605,"last_published_date":"October 14th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"tips lets customers add optional gratuity pay invoice customer portal card bank account. choose suggested amounts, cap money posts books. biller genie charges tip transaction payment, records sales receipt quickbooks, reverses automatically refund void payment. part premium plan extra cost. install add-ons marketplace merchant portal. tile tools. installed carry green badge. amounts. three presets, percentages payment fixed dollar can type amount allow it. cap. limit percentage accidental zero never goes through. label. see name item. defaults \"gratuity\" rename clean post income liability account mixed revenue. sync quickbooks refunds work. automatic reversals. comes back it, proportion. tip. always optional. preset pre-selected without tipping. use requirement detail premium. merchants trial too. accounting software online, desktop, software. available xero. methods (ach) payments make portal, links statements. permissions users marketplace; add-on configuration right change settings. managing genie. technology fees works alongside surcharging dual pricing. whether fee applies business location every state, dc puerto rico except illinois. turned businesses located illinois now; question below. switches, sees prompt true marketplace. enable tipping \u0026gt; tips. customer. existing turn on, either one time everyone defaults. nobody yet common reason third switch. turning alone shows nobody. open control panel defaults, set \"set value customers\". full walkthrough setting block page, statement links, home alike. adding checkout screen. offered auto-pay installments. makes themselves. paypal, venmo later. paypal offers entry. apple checkout. page (see pay, google digital wallets genie). key hidden xero merchants, using frequently asked questions passed law, interchange prohibition act, changes processing apply tax. start date pushed july 1, 2027, courts still deciding enforced. settled, stays whose address record illinois, switch reads \"tipping state.\" watching case will update article anything changes. cost no. included plan. require default voluntary. nothing pre-selected, alone. taxed adds tax keep item non-taxable quickbooks. customer's behalf today. collected count toward processed volume yes. gross processor reports 1099-k. paying staff reporting wages stay payroll provider. happens refunded proportion refund, returns whole enter custom amount, fee, tip-only keeps paid. related articles work global pricing glance","name":"Tips at a Glance","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"tips-at-a-glance","first_category":"Features \u0026 Addons","categories_display_for_views":"Features \u0026 Addons","parent_categories":[1368784],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/features-and-addons/tips-at-a-glance?from_search=243389512","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"tips lets customers add optional gratuity pay invoice customer portal card bank account. choose suggested amounts, cap money posts books. biller genie charges tip transaction payment, records sales receipt quickbooks, reverses automatically refund void payment. part premium plan extra cost. install add-ons marketplace merchant portal. tile tools. installed carry green badge. amounts. three presets, percentages payment fixed dollar can type amount allow it. cap. limit percentage accidental zero never goes through. label. see name item. defaults \"gratuity\" rename clean post income liability account mixed revenue. sync quickbooks refunds work. automatic reversals. comes back it, proportion. tip. always optional. preset pre-selected without tipping. use requirement detail premium. merchants trial too. accounting software online, desktop, software. available xero. methods (ach) payments make portal, links statements. permissions users marketplace; add-on configuration right change settings. managing genie. technology fees works alongside surcharging dual pricing. whether fee applies business location every state, dc puerto rico except illinois. turned businesses located illinois now; question below. switches, sees prompt true marketplace. enable tipping \u0026gt; tips. customer. existing turn on, either one time everyone defaults. nobody yet common reason third switch. turning alone shows nobody. open control panel defaults, set \"set value customers\". full walkthrough setting block page, statement links, home alike. adding checkout screen. offered auto-pay installments. makes themselves. paypal, venmo later. paypal offers entry. apple checkout. page (see pay, google digital wallets genie). key hidden xero merchants, using frequently asked questions passed law, interchange prohibition act, changes processing apply tax. start date pushed july 1, 2027, courts still deciding enforced. settled, stays whose address record illinois, switch reads \"tipping state.\" watching case will update article anything changes. cost no. included plan. require default voluntary. nothing pre-selected, alone. taxed adds tax keep item non-taxable quickbooks. customer's behalf today. collected count toward processed volume yes. gross processor reports 1099-k. paying staff reporting wages stay payroll provider. happens refunded proportion refund, returns whole enter custom amount, fee, tip-only keeps paid. related articles work global pricing glance","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-09-23T07:53:30.815Z","tag_names":["tip at checkout","customer portal tip","gratuity block","tip presets","enter a custom amount","tip cannot exceed","tip cap","ach tip","bank payment tip","apple pay tip","paypal tip","autopay tip","tip receipt","view tip receipt","payment link tip","statement tip"],"answer_sample":"Once Tips is set up and Allow Tips is on for a customer, that customer sees a gra","long_answer_sample":"Once Tips is set up and Allow Tips is on for a customer, that customer sees a gratuity block when they pay. This article shows what appears on each screen, what happens at the cap, and how bank payments and digital wallets behave. The block is labelled with your Gratuity item name, which defaults to Gratuity. Where the gratuity block appears Screen ","language_id":1,"id":3952607,"last_published_date":"September 25th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"tips set allow customer, customer sees gratuity block pay. article shows appears screen, happens cap, bank payments digital wallets behave. labelled item name, defaults gratuity. screen card (ach) apple pay paypal, venmo, later panel portal home page (one invoices) yes invoice payment offered link statement auto-pay charges plan installments never selected least one invoice. several invoices paid together, adds tip whole payment. 15% selected. total updates chooses. three preset buttons. percentage presets show only, example 15%; dollar amount total. fixed amount, $5.00. nothing pre-selected. tapping it; removes it. enter custom opens field hides presets. choose brings back clears tip. shown turned off. chooses, always see account will charged. percentages calculated worked paying surcharge, technology fee, apply fee tips, disclosed includes dual pricing, price shown, fee. typed charged exactly entered. cap exceed simply shown. none fit, directly (or, amounts off, appears). rejected \"tip $x.xx\" go lowers biller genie silently reduces customers can payments. payment, take days settle, recorded accounting software settles. transaction \"a receipt $x.xx created settles.\" settles, recorded. paypal add tip; sheet label. checkout, venmo later, offer entry today. tipping enrolling ticks \"your applies today's only. future automatic include one.\" carry receipts history on-screen row. row applies. lists label, order subtotal, gratuity, genie. history, quickbooks-synced click view open tip's sales receipt. keep label issued with. renaming change old receipts. charge installment. later. paid. added moment separately part related articles glance setting sync quickbooks refunds work pricing checkout experience surcharging pay, google overview merchant copy","name":"What Your Customer Sees: Adding a Tip at Checkout","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"what-your-customer-sees-adding-a-tip-at-checkout","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/what-your-customer-sees-adding-a-tip-at-checkout?from_search=243389512","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"tips set allow customer, customer sees gratuity block pay. article shows appears screen, happens cap, bank payments digital wallets behave. labelled item name, defaults gratuity. screen card (ach) apple pay paypal, venmo, later panel portal home page (one invoices) yes invoice payment offered link statement auto-pay charges plan installments never selected least one invoice. several invoices paid together, adds tip whole payment. 15% selected. total updates chooses. three preset buttons. percentage presets show only, example 15%; dollar amount total. fixed amount, $5.00. nothing pre-selected. tapping it; removes it. enter custom opens field hides presets. choose brings back clears tip. shown turned off. chooses, always see account will charged. percentages calculated worked paying surcharge, technology fee, apply fee tips, disclosed includes dual pricing, price shown, fee. typed charged exactly entered. cap exceed simply shown. none fit, directly (or, amounts off, appears). rejected \"tip $x.xx\" go lowers biller genie silently reduces customers can payments. payment, take days settle, recorded accounting software settles. transaction \"a receipt $x.xx created settles.\" settles, recorded. paypal add tip; sheet label. checkout, venmo later, offer entry today. tipping enrolling ticks \"your applies today's only. future automatic include one.\" carry receipts history on-screen row. row applies. lists label, order subtotal, gratuity, genie. history, quickbooks-synced click view open tip's sales receipt. keep label issued with. renaming change old receipts. charge installment. later. paid. added moment separately part related articles glance setting sync quickbooks refunds work pricing checkout experience surcharging pay, google overview merchant copy","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-26T22:54:34.243Z","tag_names":["payment location","virtual terminal name","transaction labels","payment source","payment flow","invoice checkout","statement checkout","portal invoice payment","portal bulk payment","bulk invoice payment","payment plan","recurring billing","hosted payment link","integration payment","check payment","apple pay invoice checkout","apple pay statement checkout","apple pay portal invoice payment","apple pay portal bulk payment","apple pay hosted payment link","merchant receipt","gateway transactions report","csv export of transactions","what does payment location mean","what label is on my receipt","customer portal label","scheduler label","what is bulk pay on my receipt"],"answer_sample":"Every time a customer pays you through Biller Genie, the merchant receipt email y","long_answer_sample":"Every time a customer pays you through Biller Genie, the merchant receipt email you receive includes a \"Payment Location\" field. That field tells you which Biller Genie flow took the payment, so you can tell at a glance whether a payment came through an invoice checkout, a Hosted Payment Link, a Payment Plan, or something else. The same value appear","language_id":1,"id":3829008,"last_published_date":"May 26th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"every time customer pays biller genie, merchant receipt email receive includes \"payment location\" field. field tells genie flow took payment, can tell glance whether payment came invoice checkout, hosted link, plan, something else. value appears \"virtual terminal\" column gateway-transactions report csv export report, whatever label see exported transaction history. location emails. line pays. gateway transactions report. shows row transaction. exports. value. means plain language inside portal specific invoice. bulk covered multiple invoices once. sales entered standalone (no involved). virtual terminal manually using addon. check processed check-processing flow. auto-pay ran automatic file one customers. plan installment active set customer. recurring billing pure recurring-billing stored method (not part plan). checkout paid public link sent them, without logging portal. statement in. logged statements shared. apple pay used sheet pay. sheet. integration originated connected practice-management vertical (such theramanager). third party synced third-party accounting system. process itself. labels work whenever completes sheet, prefixed \"apple \" payments apart typed-card applies five flows. older looking history predates labels, may different values rows — reflect looked like taken. keep original will updated. going forward, new stamped table above. corresponds current naming (and variant those), depending scheduler qdpm page frequently asked questions customers no. copy receipt. include it. difference \"invoice checkout\" \"portal payment\" directly first plan\" \"recurring billing\" structured (for example, four installments $250 months). true subscription-style charge regular schedule defined end date. \"integration mean integration, theramanager another business-application supports. yes. uses receipts screen. related articles void refund (full partial) refunds voids turn auto feature utilization","name":"What 'Payment Location' Means on Your Transaction Receipts","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"what-payment-location-means-on-your-transaction-receipts","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/what-payment-location-means-on-your-transaction-receipts?from_search=243389512","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"every time customer pays biller genie, merchant receipt email receive includes \"payment location\" field. field tells genie flow took payment, can tell glance whether payment came invoice checkout, hosted link, plan, something else. value appears \"virtual terminal\" column gateway-transactions report csv export report, whatever label see exported transaction history. location emails. line pays. gateway transactions report. shows row transaction. exports. value. means plain language inside portal specific invoice. bulk covered multiple invoices once. sales entered standalone (no involved). virtual terminal manually using addon. check processed check-processing flow. auto-pay ran automatic file one customers. plan installment active set customer. recurring billing pure recurring-billing stored method (not part plan). checkout paid public link sent them, without logging portal. statement in. logged statements shared. apple pay used sheet pay. sheet. integration originated connected practice-management vertical (such theramanager). third party synced third-party accounting system. process itself. labels work whenever completes sheet, prefixed \"apple \" payments apart typed-card applies five flows. older looking history predates labels, may different values rows — reflect looked like taken. keep original will updated. going forward, new stamped table above. corresponds current naming (and variant those), depending scheduler qdpm page frequently asked questions customers no. copy receipt. include it. difference \"invoice checkout\" \"portal payment\" directly first plan\" \"recurring billing\" structured (for example, four installments $250 months). true subscription-style charge regular schedule defined end date. \"integration mean integration, theramanager another business-application supports. yes. uses receipts screen. related articles void refund (full partial) refunds voids turn auto feature utilization","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-31T02:39:00.638Z","tag_names":["approve payment plan","biller genie payment plan","customer payment plan request","down payment","payment plan add-on","payment plan request","payment plan workflow","pending payment plans","reject payment plan"],"answer_sample":"When a customer requests a payment plan through the customer portal, the request ","long_answer_sample":"When a customer requests a payment plan through the customer portal, the request lands in Reports \u0026gt; Pending Payment Plans for your team to approve or reject. This article covers the report itself, the approval/rejection workflow, and what happens after each. Where to find it From the main menu, click Reports \u0026gt; Pending Payment Plans. The page l","language_id":1,"id":3833020,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customer requests payment plan portal, request lands reports \u0026gt; pending plans team approve reject. article covers report itself, approval/rejection workflow, happens each. find main menu, click plans. page lists every currently status — meaning submitted waiting decision. shows see approved, rejected, completed plans, open record look section. column id internal id. plan's details page. business name request. amount offering approval time. always \"pending\" report. reviewing invoice(s) covers. proposed terms payment, recurring installment amount, frequency (typically monthly), number installments, start date. stored method specified installments. reject action buttons (visible status). approving approve. biller genie several things one step processes immediately customer's method. applied invoice(s). creates schedule remaining scheduled will charge automatically configured frequency. emails plan-approved confirmation schedule. flips approved status. drops list. fails process time, stays error fix underlying issue (often card file needs updating) try again. rejecting flipped rejected receives notification email. remain continue follow normal reminder cadence. common reasons fit policy, history failed payments, prefer negotiate different directly. built-in counter-offer flow; negotiated decline conversation outside genie, can manually create needed. customers submit option appear two must true add-on installed account. allow enabled level either default (set defaults ) per-customer override. eligible sees \"request plan\" invoices. fill terms, save method, submit. submission appears related articles global type overrides using portal","name":"Pending Payment Plans","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"pending-payment-plans","first_category":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","categories_display_for_views":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","parent_categories":[1368781],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/reports-and-reconciliation/pending-payment-plans?from_search=243389512","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer requests payment plan portal, request lands reports \u0026gt; pending plans team approve reject. article covers report itself, approval/rejection workflow, happens each. find main menu, click plans. page lists every currently status — meaning submitted waiting decision. shows see approved, rejected, completed plans, open record look section. column id internal id. plan's details page. business name request. amount offering approval time. always \"pending\" report. reviewing invoice(s) covers. proposed terms payment, recurring installment amount, frequency (typically monthly), number installments, start date. stored method specified installments. reject action buttons (visible status). approving approve. biller genie several things one step processes immediately customer's method. applied invoice(s). creates schedule remaining scheduled will charge automatically configured frequency. emails plan-approved confirmation schedule. flips approved status. drops list. fails process time, stays error fix underlying issue (often card file needs updating) try again. rejecting flipped rejected receives notification email. remain continue follow normal reminder cadence. common reasons fit policy, history failed payments, prefer negotiate different directly. built-in counter-offer flow; negotiated decline conversation outside genie, can manually create needed. customers submit option appear two must true add-on installed account. allow enabled level either default (set defaults ) per-customer override. eligible sees \"request plan\" invoices. fill terms, save method, submit. submission appears related articles global type overrides using portal","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}}]