Separate Auth & Capture is a common 2-step restaurant or bar workflow to authorize a card transaction before ultimately charging it (capturing the funds). This allows you to print a receipt and add or edit a tip prior to capturing the funds.

<aside> ⚠️ It is important to promptly capture open authorizations (eg when closing out at the end of the night). Authorizations that are not captured within 48 hours will expire, at which point you will no longer be able to capture the funds.

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Enabling separate auth & capture

Step 1:

Navigate to your club’s POS system in the dashboard and click Launch Point of Sale.

Step 2:

Click Settings in the right corner of the screen and toggle ON “Separate Auth & Capture”

Step 3:

Click on an order and find the Payment option on the left side and then select “Card Reader”.

Step 4:

The blue button at the bottom now says “authorize”. Click this to authorize the card for this order!