How to add a payment choice.

How to add a payment choice.

Client's often ask, "Do the members have to pay online?"   

Answer: You (the Community) have 2 choices. 
  1. Members pay via AGS
    1. If so, members pay online. 
  2. Members DON'T pay via AGS
    1. If so, they submit the application for free.  
    2. You (the Community) collects payment outside of AGS.
    3. These choices are yours and 100% up to you.  Cash, mailed check, bill via HOA, etc.    
In this support article, we'll show you how to...
  1. Add a payment choice
  2. Disable payment via AGS completely

How to add a payment choice

If you would like to offer your members payment options, you can present these options any way you wish.  For example,

Step 1
A.  Create a SELECT field on your form: PaymentOptions
B.  Add instructions: How would you like to pay?  
C.  Label the field: Payment Option
E.  Add your payment choices.  As the 1st choice, we recommend: Now w/ Credit Card

Step 2 
A.  Create a calculation to return zero when you want to zero out the fees.  Otherwise will return 1. 
Result Name: {PaymentChoiceTrigger}
Expression: if( PaymentOptions>1 , 0 , 1 )
B.   Use the resulting calculation to either zero the fees (multiply by 0) or keep the fees the same (multiply by 1).    

How to turn off paying via AGS

  1. Uncheck Payment Item and Future Balance Due Item from all calculations
    1. Note: For most clients, this is the {PaymentViaAGS} calculation.