Set up a payment processor to start accepting payments through Practice Better.
Practice Better does not store any client credit card information on our servers. All credit card information collected will be stored in either your Practice Better Payments Stripe account or your Square account. Learn more
- Setting up a Practice Better Payments Account
- Linking your Square Account
- Accepting payment for an invoice
Setting up a Practice Better Payments Account
Go to Settings & Preferences > 3rd Party Integration
Under the Billing & Payments section, click the Set up button beside the Practice Better Payments option. Note, you can only set up either a Practice Better Payments account, or link Square to Practice Better, but not both at once.
For more information on how to set up Practice Better Payments, click here:
Getting Started with Practice Better Payments
Linking your Square Account
Go to Settings & Preferences > 3rd Party Integration:
Under the Billing & Payments section, click the Link button beside the Square option.
A popup window will appear asking you to enter your Square credentials. Once you've signed into Square, you'll be prompted to Authorize Practice Better to create and manage payments on your behalf. Confirm and consent by clicking the Allow button at the bottom of the form.
Once permission has been granted, you'll see a popup confirming Square has been linked successfully to your Practice Better account.
Next, you'll be asked to confirm the location which can process credit card transactions. Typically there should only be one option here. Select the location then click Save Changes.
At this point, your Square account is now linked to Practice Better and you're ready to accept payments online. Note, standard Square transaction fees apply for each successful charge on your account.
If you're new to Square, check out the Square docs on how to get started with your new account.
Accepting payment for an invoice
Once you've set up Practice Better Payments or Square, your account is automatically set up to accept payments for invoices.
What does this mean?
When creating new invoices, the "Accept payment for this invoice..." checkbox will be automatically enabled:
The client pays their invoice
Once you send an invoice to a client for payment, they will receive an email notification with instructions on how to pay.
This email will contain a Pay Invoice button which will redirect your client to a page where they can review the invoice and enter their credit card details for payment:
A receipt will be automatically emailed to your client once the payment has been confirmed.
The practitioner processes a payment
Alternatively, if you are with the client in person, you can process the invoice by entering their credit card information.
Head to My Practice > Billing & Payments and click Process beside an unpaid invoice.
Complete the required fields and click Submit.