Charge With Card is a standalone charge: an amount, a description and a card, without an order behind it. It is for the payment that does not fit a sale — a deposit over the phone, a bill somebody owes you, a charge you agreed on WhatsApp.
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Open Charge With Card
Go to Charge With Card from the sidebar. This is not the checkout — nothing here touches your inventory.
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Enter the amount and say what it is for
Fill in the payment amount and a description. Write the description for the person who will read the statement in a month, not for yourself today: "Deposit — iPhone 13 screen, Maria Perez" beats "payment".
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Add cost and tax if they apply
You can attach a cost and a tax to the charge so it lands in your books correctly rather than as a bare amount.
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Enter the card and the cardholder
Type the card details and the cardholder name exactly as they appear on the card. Incomplete details are rejected before anything is attempted.
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Add the billing address
Fill in the billing address — line, city, state, ZIP, country. On a keyed transaction this is what your processor checks, and a wrong address is a common reason an otherwise good card is declined.
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Charge
Click Charge. If the card needs extra authentication and it fails, Lunix tells you that rather than leaving you guessing — try the terminal or a payment link instead.
Pro tip
- A keyed card usually costs you more than one dipped on a terminal, and it carries more of the risk if the customer disputes it. Use the terminal when the customer is standing there.
- For a customer who is not in the shop, a payment link is often better than reading a card number over the phone — they type their own card and you never hold it.
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