Create a Payment Request
Create payment requests for deposits, progress payments, and remaining balances on invoices.
Payment requests in PaintScout let you request deposits, progress payments, or full balances on a single invoice. Your customer receives an email with a link to pay online.
What are payment requests?
A payment request is a notification sent to your customer asking for a specific payment amount. You can send multiple requests on one invoice to collect deposits and progress payments throughout a project.
How to create a payment request
Create an invoice, scroll to the Payments section, and click Add/Request Payment.

Choose Request Payment.

On the Configure Payment screen, you’ll find two options for your payment request:
Full Amount: Choose this option to request the total amount listed on the invoice. Ideal for collecting the full remaining balance in one go.
Custom: Use this option to customize your payment request. You can request a deposit or progress payment in either a dollar amount ($) or a percentage (%). If you choose a percentage, you’ll have the option to calculate it based on the total invoice amount or the remaining balance.
Add an optional note to your payment request. Your customer sees this message.
You can choose whether to allow credit card or ACH payments in the payment settings for this invoice.
When your payment request is ready, click Next to draft the email, then click Send Payment Request to send it by email or text.

How payment request statuses work
Sent requests appear in the Payments section with a Requested status. Some older screens may show Pending during rollout.
Online payments through PaintScout Payments or Stripe update to Successful automatically. Some older screens may show Paid.
For cash, check, or other offline methods, mark the request as successful manually:
Click the three dots to the right of the payment request.

Choose Mark as Successful. Some older screens may show Mark as Paid.

Choose whether to take a card payment on-site or record an offline payment such as cash, check, or e-transfer.

Once the payment is logged, the request is marked as Successful.

Related articles
Request a Deposit — Request a deposit by dollar amount or percentage
Delete a Payment Request — Remove a payment request while keeping the invoice accessible
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