Detailing deposits: how to write a policy customers accept
When detailing businesses should ask for a deposit, how much to request, and how to write clear refund and reschedule terms, with a policy template you can adapt.
Sign in DEPOSITS FOR DETAILING BOOKINGS
Customers book without paying online. When a deposit or payment is needed, staff send a payment request from the booking, billed through the business’s own GoHighLevel payment provider, and see whether it has been paid.
For US detailing businesses. Live use requires GoHighLevel. Demos use fictional data and create no real appointments.
HOW IT FITS TOGETHER
The public booking page never asks for payment. The appointment goes to the connected GHL calendar as usual.
From Bookings, send a deposit or other payment request using a saved GHL product or a custom USD amount, with an optional due date.
GHL sends the customer the payment link. The booking shows whether the request is sent, part paid, paid or void.
01 / IN PRACTICE
Payment requests are created in the business’s connected GoHighLevel location and paid through the provider connected there, such as Stripe or Square. Reserve My Detail does not process the payment itself.
02 / IN PRACTICE
Staff see the request’s status from the booking instead of searching for it elsewhere. Status checks continue for 30 days after a request is sent.
03 / IN PRACTICE
Payment requests are optional and enabled for each business separately. Businesses that do not use them see no invoice controls, and booking never waits for payment.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
What the software supports and what you need for live use.
No. The public booking flow never collects payment, and a booking is never held for payment. Staff send a deposit or payment request from the booking afterward.
Requests are paid through the payment provider connected to the business’s GoHighLevel location, such as Stripe or Square.
Payment requests are sent from bookings. Create the appointment from the quote first, then send the request from that booking.
GoHighLevel texts the link to the customer and also emails it when the contact has an email address.
RELATED GUIDES
When detailing businesses should ask for a deposit, how much to request, and how to write clear refund and reschedule terms, with a policy template you can adapt.
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