Accept payments for your submissions

Setup your credit card processor, build your submission fees, and manage invoices.

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System settings

Configure OpenWater to accept credit card payments

Integrate your credit card processor such as Paypal, Stripe, and Authorize.Net

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Get your Paypal Express Checkout API Username, API Password, and Signature

Setup your Paypal connection to OpenWater

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Accept checks or bank transfer payments

Configure OpenWater to accept check payments

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Support multiple currencies during checkout

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Build your submission fees

Create a basic submission fee

Create a simple price rule with early bird and late fees

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Configure different submission fees for members and non-members

Charge more for non-members via the honor method or single sign on

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Multiply the price by the quantity or value entered into a numeric field

Useful for "Charge $100 per ticket" type scenarios

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Create a buy one, get one free coupon

Learn how to create any derivative of a buy one, get one free style pricing

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Create a coupon code for an applicant

Allow an entrant to type in a discount code or coupon code to get free submissions

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Configure value added tax (VAT) for your submission fees

For Non-US customers, adding VAT tax is quite common

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Add a surcharge when an applicant chooses to pay by credit card

Also known as Processing Fees

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Manage invoices

Mark an invoice as paid

Mark an unpaid invoice as paid

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Make an adjustment on an invoice

Manually change the balance due on an invoice

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Process a refund

Refund through OpenWater for supported gateways, or manually mark a payment as refunded

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Reconcile payments in OpenWater with your credit card processor

Match payments in your credit card processor with invoices in OpenWater

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View log of successful and failed payment transactions

Monitor failed payments from applicants

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