Launch checklist · Personal services
Everything to do before, during and after your Clover goes live, in the order a photographer needs it.
✓ Installed by our team and supported by phone. Rates and equipment are quoted to your business.
At Merchant Fund Express, we set up Clover for launch checklist for a photographer: the right devices, the features that matter in your workflow and on-site training for your staff.
A Flex Pocket for mini-session days and markets, and invoicing for deposits and balances sent from a phone.
Photographers get paid in stages: a deposit at booking, a balance at delivery and print or album sales afterward.
Running deposits through a personal payment app and the final balance through a card terminal makes books messy.
the shoot schedule and deposits are reviewed.
the session fee is collected or an invoice is sent.
a final balance is collected before gallery delivery.
unpaid invoices are reviewed.
Usually solo; invoices carry the client's details.
Retainers lock dates; apply them to the final invoice.
Sessions and packages are items; print and album orders are add-ons.
Photography is sold in stages: inquiry, retainer, session, delivery. Each stage should have its own payment so that the date is held by money, the shoot is paid in part before the camera comes out and the gallery is released when the balance clears, with print and album sales as a clean add-on afterward.
Merchant Fund Express is the team behind your terminal: we install on site, train your staff and answer the phone after launch. When you want funding or equipment financing, it is available from the same company.
Yes. Invoices and partial payments let you collect in stages and see what is paid.
A handheld lets you take payment on the spot at a mini-session day or market.
It helps but is not required. A recent processing statement lets us compare your effective rate to what a Clover setup would look like for your sales mix.
No. Equipment and processing are quoted to your business, because the right number depends on your volume, card mix and how many stations you need. Call (305) 384-8391 for a personal quote.
An invoice can collect a retainer to lock the date and a balance before delivery, with each payment recorded against the client so the project's status is clear.
A cellular handheld can take payment at a shoot, so a balance due on the day or a print package ordered at the session is paid before you leave.
Call Merchant Fund Express. We install it, train your staff and stay on the line after launch. Ask for a free rate review while you are at it.
