# Alternative Payments

Admin-level Users can place orders within BDP and bypass the credit card checkout screen, if selecting instead an “alternative payment” method (cash, check, COD, deferred payment otherwise, for example).

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This functionality requires a credit card to activate. You will not see Alternative Payment options until you have added a payment method. Navigate to (Settings / Billing) to enter payment info. Then, the system will present more payment options when finalizing an Order from the Admin side. 
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If Creating and Order from the Admin side, Users will be presented with the following options:

1. Collect CC Payment Now (for a Stripe payment at checkout)\
   \&#xNAN;*This method requires a follow-on selection below: “Credit Card Not Present” for manual card entry or “Credit Card Present” for tap-to-pay (see BDP Point of Sale for more info)*
2. Other Payment Method (for cash, check, or any non-Stripe payment terminal)\
   \&#xNAN;*This method allows an optional Payment Note to be included below (for example, “paid cash” or “paid with check #1001”)*
3. Create Order\
   \- *Payment Due (deferred payment to be collected in the future)*\
   *- This method allows an optional Admin Note to be included below (for example, “agreed to cash on delivery”)*\
   *- Stay tuned for more info on Invoicing in a forthcoming release!*
4. No Customer Charge (for true internal or comped orders, where no money is exchanged)\
   \&#xNAN;*- This method requires a follow-on selection below: “Comped ($0.00)” if you’re not charging a customer, or “Internal” for company orders or tasks (soil being transferred from nursery yard to in-house landscaping jobsite)*

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A Stripe credit card fee will not apply for methods where no credit card is used at checkout. 
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If Credit Balance goes to zero, options for Alternative Payment methods are disabled/removed - only "card-not-present" or "card-present" transactions would then be allowed (and would revert to collecting standard commission fee & credit card fee). This would have no impact on end-users, only the Admin functionality.
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