Payments
Get paid your way
With Occasion, your customers get a fast, familiar checkout, you pay smaller fees, and there's far less admin after the sale.
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Skating Rink

Skating Rink

Skating Rink

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Pottery, Glass & Craft Studio

Play Space

Play Space

Photography

Park District

Painting

Painting

Painting

Painting

Painting

Hobby Shop

Hobby Shop

Hobby Shop

Hobby Shop

Hobby Shop

Falconry

Cooking School

Cooking School

Cooking School

Cooking School

Cooking School

Cooking School

Cooking School

Community Organization

Animal Cafe

Animal Cafe
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Payments that fit your business

2-minute checkout
Intuitive checkout flow that gets you more bookings.

Low booking fees
You can pass the fees on to customers or absorb them.

Keep money in your business
Refund to account credit instead of cash.

Less after-sale admin
Tax, refunds, and dispute evidence, all sorted.
Lower fees than 75% of competitors
Occasion's booking fees are lower than the industry average and you can even drive them down to 0.

You decide who pays
Add the booking fee to the customer's total or cover it yourself.

No setup fees
Get started without an upfront cost.

No fee on free bookings
Take free reservations without paying a booking fee.

Fees shrink as you grow
Enjoy lower rates on bigger plans.
Let customers pay however they like
Occasion runs on Square, or Stripe if you prefer, the checkout your customers already know.

One-tap checkout
Customers pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or card.

Cash payments
Record walk-in cash payments alongside your online payments.

Pay by link
Send a secure payment link by text or email to get paid.

Your account, your money
Payments go to your own account, not a platform wallet.
Keep more money in your business

Refund to credit, not cash
Issue refunds as account credit, so the money stays in your business.

Unclaimed credit stays yours
Set an expiry date, so balances customers don't use remain with you.

Chargeback Fighter
Just email us and we'll send you a Certificate of Transaction Authenticity.
Other tools vs. Occasion
Other platforms

Occasion Payments
Booking fees
You always pay the booking fee

Pass the fee on to the customer if you like
Refunds
You refund in cash

Option to refund to account credit
Chargebacks
Gather the evidence yourself

Get the necessary documents
Sales tax
Worked out by hand

Set your rate, added at checkout
Run payments exactly how you want

Flexible sales tax
Set a default rate, or a custom rate per listing. Occasion adds it at checkout.

Adjust an order
Apply a discount or edit an order, and the total updates instantly.

Across borders
Take payments across Australia, Canada, Europe, and the UK.
Get paid your way, from day one
Payments shouldn't be the hardest part of your week. Book a demo and see how simple Occasion makes them.
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