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Confirming membership payments

When a resident submits a payment, the committee verifies the receipt and confirms it — activating their membership for the year and sending them an official receipt by email.

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Committee access only

Only Power Users (committee members) and Admins can confirm payments. Residents can submit and edit their payment, but cannot confirm it themselves.

Payment status flow

Every payment moves through these stages:

📝
Pending
No receipt uploaded yet.
📎
Ready
Receipt uploaded. Awaiting your review.
Confirmed
Verified. Receipt emailed. Access unlocked.
🏷️
Issued
Gate tag / sticker handed out.

Payments awaiting your review appear in the Unconfirmed tab. This is where you spend most of your time.

Method 1 — Confirm from the payment record

Use this when you need to review one specific payment in detail, or when a resident calls to follow up.

  1. Open the Payments list

    In the sidebar, click Payments. This opens the Unconfirmed tab — all payments that have a receipt or payment method but are not yet confirmed.

    ![Screenshot: Payments sidebar link and Unconfirmed tab showing payment list](TODO-unconfirmed-list.png)

  2. Open a payment

    Click the payment you want to review.

  3. Check the receipt

    Click the link next to Payment Method (it shows the method name and a 📎 icon) to open the uploaded receipt. Verify the amount, date, and transfer details match what is on record.

    ![Screenshot: Payment detail page highlighting the receipt link and payment fields](TODO-payment-detail.png)

  4. Confirm

    If everything matches, click Confirm at the bottom of the page. The status changes to Confirmed and a receipt email is sent to the resident automatically.

Method 2 — Quick Confirmation (recommended)

Quick Confirmation is a dedicated screen for processing many payments at once. It shows one payment at a time — receipt and details side by side — and moves to the next automatically after each confirm. Use this at the start of collection season when payments come in all at once.

  1. Open Quick Confirmation

    In the sidebar, click Payments to expand the menu, then click Quick Confirmation.

    ![Screenshot: Sidebar with Payments expanded showing Quick Confirmation link](TODO-quick-confirm-nav.png)

  2. Review the payment

    The first unconfirmed payment with a receipt is shown. Check the receipt image against the displayed details — amount, date, payer, and house.

    ![Screenshot: Quick Confirmation screen with receipt image on left and payment details on right](TODO-quick-confirm-screen.png)

  3. Fix details if needed

    If anything needs correcting (for example the amount is wrong), click Edit to update it inline without leaving the page, then save.

  4. Confirm

    Click Confirm. The payment is confirmed, a receipt email is sent to the resident, and the screen advances to the next payment automatically.

  5. Repeat until done

    Continue until the screen shows No more payments left — all unconfirmed payments with receipts have been processed.

Removing a duplicate or test payment

On the Quick Confirmation screen, click Destroy to delete a payment. A confirmation dialog will appear before anything is deleted.

Creating a payment on behalf of a resident

If a resident cannot do it themselves (e.g. they are not tech-savvy), you can create the payment for them.

  1. Open the payment form

    In the sidebar, click Add Payment.

  2. Search for the house

    On the Choose House screen, type the house number and street, then click Continue.

  3. Select the payer

    Search for the resident by name, email, or mobile number and select them from the table, then click Continue.

  4. Enter car plates

    Set Total Car Stickers and fill in each Number Plate, then click Continue.

  5. Fill in payment details and confirm

    Fill in Payment Method, Payment Date, upload the Payment Receipt, then click Confirm to confirm the payment immediately.

Marking stickers and gate tags as issued

After handing out the physical car sticker or gate tag, record it so you know who has collected theirs.

  1. Open the Unissued list

    In the sidebar, click Payments and open the Unissued tab.

  2. Select the payments to mark

    Tick each household that has collected their sticker or tag.

  3. Mark as issued

    Click Issue. Those payments move to the Issued list.

    ![Screenshot: Unissued tab with checkboxes selected and Issue button highlighted](TODO-issue-stickers.png)

Common problems

ProblemWhat to do
Quick Confirmation shows "No payments available" All payments with receipts have already been confirmed, or no residents have uploaded receipts yet. Check the Pending tab for payments still missing a receipt.
⚠️ Missing Attachment warning on a payment The resident selected Online Transfer, Cheque, or QR Pay but did not upload a receipt image. Ask them to edit the payment and attach one, or upload it on their behalf.
Payment confirmed but resident says they did not get the receipt email The email is only sent if the resident has logged in at least once. Ask them to log in, then check their spam folder. The receipt is also always viewable on the website.
Need to correct a confirmed payment Confirmed payments cannot be edited through the standard form. Use Edit on the Quick Confirmation screen, or contact an Admin to make corrections.

Questions about confirming payments?

We're happy to walk your committee through it. Reach out any time — help is free.

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