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# Take a Credit Card Payment

Use this workflow to charge a credit card directly on an invoice when [Stripe](/support/invoicing-and-payments/payments/payment-processing-with-stripe.md) or [PaintScout Payments](/support/invoicing-and-payments/payments/paintscout-payments.md) is connected.

Before you start, make sure credit card payments are enabled for the invoice.

1\. Open the invoice and scroll to the **Payments** table.

2\. Click **+Add/Request Payment**.

<figure><img src="/files/rxWhKpSk1qMUJqzVdRVJ" alt="Screenshot showing the Add/Request Payment button in the Payments table on an invoice"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

3\. Select **Take Credit Card Payment.**

<figure><img src="/files/mvn58WEylrRmxJd05deV" alt="Screenshot showing the Take Credit Card Payment option in the payment method dialog"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

4\. Enter the payment amount and add a note if needed.

<figure><img src="/files/5fCs1qTr6e4vocxakk3O" alt="Screenshot showing the payment amount entry dialog with amount field and optional note" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

5\. Enter the customer's payment information and click **Pay.**

<figure><img src="/files/HGHdw3hCMvWOaIf93nJ5" alt="Screenshot showing the credit card details entry form for processing a manual payment"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

6. After the charge is submitted, the payment appears in the **Payments** table

* If the processor needs extra time to confirm the payment, you may see **Processing** before the payment resolves to **Successful** or **Failed**.

<figure><img src="/files/oirx09p43JhakJYTyqjM" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

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## Related articles

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th>Article</th><th data-card-target data-type="content-ref">Link</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Connect Stripe to accept credit card payments.</td><td><a href="/pages/ZLe59xZCe0BnUc6RJ221">/pages/ZLe59xZCe0BnUc6RJ221</a></td></tr><tr><td>Set up PaintScout Payments for card processing.</td><td><a href="/pages/KMQdEQEBBspH3RNpwsyV">/pages/KMQdEQEBBspH3RNpwsyV</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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