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Online Payments and Deposits

Let customers pay a deposit, settle an invoice, or buy a service package on your website through the payment provider you choose. The money goes to your account, and every payment is recorded with the customer’s details.

Online payments are part of a WordPress website project from $3,500, through Stripe, Square, or PayPal in your business name. Processing fees are paid directly to the provider, and I never hold your funds. A typical project takes 5–7 weeks from the first payment to launch.

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What Your Customers Can Do

Pay a deposit

Secure a booking or a project with a deposit by card or a digital wallet the provider supports.

Pay an invoice

Open a payment page from your email and pay the amount due.

Buy a package

Prepaid service packages, gift cards, or memberships at a fixed price.

Get a receipt

An emailed receipt with what was paid and what happens next.

What Your Team Gets

Your own payment account

Stripe, Square, or PayPal in your business name; payouts go straight to your bank.

Every payment recorded

Amount, customer, and purpose saved on the website and in the provider’s dashboard.

Refunds in one place

Full and partial refunds issued from the payment provider’s dashboard.

No card data on your server

Card details are typed into the provider’s secure fields, so the website never stores them.

Where Online Payments Help Most

Deposits reduce no-shows for salons and spas, tattoo studios, and photography studios. Prepaid packages suit coaches and consultants and detailing services at auto shops. Invoice payments help remodelers and home service companies get paid soon after the job.

How It Is Built

Payments run through WooCommerce or the payment provider’s official WordPress integration, depending on what you sell. If the website also has online booking, the proposal states whether a deposit is taken during booking or through a separate payment page, and how cancellations and refunds work for your business.

Price

This feature is part of a WordPress website project, not a separate subscription. A complete WordPress website starts at $3,500, and the written proposal lists the feature in your scope with one fixed price. Third-party charges, such as payment processing, plugin licenses, or AI usage, are paid directly to the providers. See Pricing.

Who Does the Work

I handle every project myself: research, writing, design, development, and the server. I have worked on websites, servers, and search for over 20 years, and I work in writing during US business hours. There is no account manager between you and the person doing the work. More about me.

How Long It Takes

The feature is built as part of the website project, which typically takes 5–7 weeks from the first payment to launch. The written proposal, sent within two business days of your brief, states the schedule and the launch date. The schedule assumes you answer questions and review pages within two business days. You receive a written report every week.

How Payment Works

Projects under $5,000 are paid in two parts: 50% when the project is agreed, before research begins, and 50% when the agreed site is ready for final review and corrections are complete, before public launch. From $5,000 there are three payments: 40% at the start, 40% after the structure, content plan, and one representative page are approved, and 20% before public launch. Provider charges, such as payment processing or plugin licenses, are paid directly to the providers.

What You Receive at Handover

  • The website, hosting, and business accounts, registered in your name
  • Administrator access to WordPress
  • Payment provider account in your business name, connected and tested with a real payment and a refund
  • Receipts and confirmation emails with your wording
  • Written instructions for refunds and payment records
  • A working backup process

Questions About Online Payments and Deposits

Which payment providers can I use?

Stripe, Square, and PayPal are the usual choices. Each charges its own processing fees, paid directly to the provider.

Does the money pass through you?

No. Payments go from the customer to your provider account and then to your bank. I set up the integration and never hold your funds.

Can customers pay in installments?

Payment plans depend on the provider and on what you sell; they are assessed in the proposal.

Is the payment page secure?

Yes. Every website I launch runs on HTTPS, and card details are handled by the payment provider, not stored on your server.

How long does it take?

The feature is built as part of the website project, which typically takes 5–7 weeks from the first payment to launch. The written proposal, sent within two business days of your brief, states the schedule and the launch date.

What do I need to prepare?

A business account with Stripe, Square, or PayPal, or the details to open one, and your deposit, cancellation, and refund rules.

Can you add payments to my existing website?

If it runs on WordPress, possibly. Describe the current site in the brief; the proposal explains whether adding the feature or rebuilding is the better option.

Get Paid on Your Own Website

Describe your business in the brief and receive a written proposal with a fixed price.

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