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title: How to Manually Process a Card Payment
description: If you ever need to process someone's credit or debit card but they don't want to use the online tools, here's how you can collect their payment.
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# How to Manually Process a Card Payment
## If you ever need to process someone's credit or debit card on their behalf, here's how you can collect their payment.
To start, navigate to the appropriate financials tab - either inside a pet, person, or partner profile:
Or directly within the general financials section of Pawlytics:
If you're starting from inside a pet, person, or partner profile, you'll click the blue button that says **Add New Transaction**:
If you're starting from the Financials section, click the **Action** button in the upper right:
From here the steps are mostly the same, but certain information may be auto-filled based on where you're starting form. These auto-fills will be noted at the appropriate step.
Click the second option to **Manually Process Credit Card:**
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Just as with sending an invoice, you can choose to start with a template or create a one-time/manual invoice. Additionally, you can also bypass a full template, and simply enter a **custom amount** if you just want to record a quick transaction. [Click here if you'd like to skip invoicing and jump to entering a custom amount.](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/how-to-manually-process-a-card-payment#custom)
### Using Invoices to Manually Process a Card
Select the person you're running the payment for
*(Note: If sending from a person's financial tab, this will already be applied and you can skip this step):*
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If you'd like to start from a [premade invoice template](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/how-to-set-up-invoice-templates?hsLang=en), you can choose from the dropdown next, or skip this selection if you're sending a custom, one-time invoice:
Next, if you're **not** using an invoice template, you'll need to assign a **Revenue Subtype.** If you don't see the appropriate subtype for the type of invoice you're sending, you'll need to create it inside your [financial settings](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/financial-settings?hsLang=en).
*Note: If using an invoice template, this field will be auto-filled*
Next select if this payment needs to link to a pet. You can choose to use the pet's adoption fee for the invoice (automatically linking the payment to the pet profile) or choose to just link the payment amount to the pet without using the adoption fee - and yes, you CAN add multiple pets!:
*Note: If creating an invoice from a Pet's financial tab, the payment will automatically link to that pet, you only need to select if you want to use the Adoption Fee.*
**WHEN ADDING A PET**, be sure that after you select the pet from the dropdown, you select the Add Pet button. If you do not see the pet added to the invoice as in the screenshot above, the pet has not been properly linked:
If you're **not** using an invoice template, the next step will be to add any line items or discounts, and same as before when adding a pet, be sure to click the Add button to add it to your invoice:
There is a plus button next to added line items in case you need to add multiples of a specific item:
*Note: If using a template, these items can still be edited as needed to add or remove line items and discounts*
Lastly, add any additional donation this person wants to make and toggle whether or not tax needs to be applied to this purchase. You can also ask if the person would like to cover the processing fee and toggle that option on as well:
Add any note you need to for your team regarding this transaction, and then hit the Next button to enter payment details.
*Note: The internal note will show in your [transaction tables](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/how-do-i-use-transaction-tables?hsLang=en)for your team's records, they will not display to the person receiving the receipt.*
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Enter the card details and you will also need to enter the person's billing zip code. A receipt will automatically be sent to the email address associated with their person profile once you click **Process Payment**:
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### Using Custom Amounts
Recording a payment using Custom Amount is a quick way to enter payments that don't need much details such as general donations or pet adoptions with no associated merchandise or discounts.
First, Select the person you're recording the payment for:
*Note: If sending from a person's financial tab, this will already be applied and you can skip this step):*
Select the appropriate **Revenue Subtype** (this will most likely be either an Adoption Fee or Donation, but if the option you need is not listed, you can create it inside your [financial settings](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/financial-settings?hsLang=en)) and you can also choose to link this payment to a specific pet profile:
*Note: If sending an invoice from a Pet's financial tab, the payment will automatically link to that pet*
Enter the amount, select whether or not this payment should be taxed, and toggle on if the person paying wishes to cover the processing fee:
You can also add an internal note for your team with any helpful instruction or dedication.
*Note: The internal note will show in your* [transaction tables](https://learn.pawlytics.com/en/knowledge/how-do-i-use-transaction-tables?hsLang=en)*for your team's records, they will not display to the person on their receipt.*
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Hit the Next button and you'll move the screen where you can enter the card details. You will need to enter the person's billing zip code and a receipt will automatically be sent to the email address associated with their person profile once you click **Process Payment**:
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