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# How do I let members book at Confirm and pay later?

> The Book registrations at Confirm setting: the wizard's Confirm books the registration with an unpaid invoice and holds the seat, checkout pays that same invoice, and an unpaid booking is released after the number of days you choose.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * **Off by default.** With it off, nothing is registered until checkout is paid. The CCM import turns it **on** for a migrating club, with **7** days, because CCM recorded the signup when the member pressed Confirm.
  * With it on, **Confirm** books the registration straight away: one **Unpaid** invoice, due on the release date, and a held seat in each league. Checkout then pays **that same invoice**, by card or with **Pay at the club or by mail**. No second invoice is made.
  * An unpaid booking is **released automatically** once its days run out. The invoice is cancelled, the entry is deleted and the seat goes back. The member gets **no email** when this happens.
  * Choosing **Pay at the club or by mail** at checkout confirms the registration, and it is then never released. You chase the payment through the **UnPaid** reports, as with any pay-at-club registration.
  * Club credit is **not** applied to a booking automatically at checkout. Staff can apply it on the invoice.
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Turn it on">
    Go to **Settings → Club Settings**. On the **Payments** card, under **Pay at club or by mail**, switch on **Book registrations at Confirm**. The help reads "The signup wizard's Confirm books the registration and holds the member's place before they pay — it shows on the UnConfirmed League Signups report as awaiting payment. An unpaid booking is released after the number of days below. Off means the registration is made when checkout is paid."
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose how long a booking is held">
    Set **Release unpaid bookings after (days)**. It must be between 1 and 60, and starts at 7. Click **Save changes**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="What the member sees">
    On **Confirm your registration**, a red note reads *Confirming books your registration now. It must be paid within N days — otherwise your entry will be deleted.* The button reads **Confirm and continue to payment** instead of **Continue to checkout**. At checkout a band gives the invoice number and the release date, followed by *You must complete payment before then, otherwise your entry will be deleted!* The total is the booked total. The discount-code box, the gift-card field and the payment-plan offer are hidden, because the price was fixed at Confirm.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the open bookings">
    Under **Reports → Club reports**, **UnConfirmed League Signups** lists each open booking with Registration **Booked — awaiting payment** and a **Released If Unpaid** date. **UnPaid Members** lists a membership on an open booking as *Booked — awaiting payment (released YYYY-MM-DD)*. On a league's **Members** tab the curler shows as **Booked — awaiting payment**, and you can filter on that status.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Take the payment">
    The member can pay at checkout or later from **Invoices** in the Members Portal. You can also record a cheque on the invoice yourself. Any of these confirms the registration, and the seat is kept.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What happens to a booking

* **The seat is held.** A booked seat counts against the league's limit, so another curler sees the league as **LIMIT REACHED** once the booking takes the last place. A booking does not put the curler on a team roster, and does not grant the membership, until it is paid.
* **Confirm pressed again** for the same registration returns the same booking. If the member goes back and confirms something **different** for the same curler and league, the first booking is cancelled and its seat released, so only the new invoice is owing.
* **Payment in progress.** A booking is not released while a card payment on it may still be in progress, for up to two hours. A new Confirm cannot replace it during that time either.
* **The booked price stands.** Checkout charges the booking's total even if an early bird ends between Confirm and payment. If the cart changes before paying, the booking is replaced by a fresh checkout at the current price.
* **Release.** Bookings are checked every hour. A released booking's invoice becomes **Cancelled**, the entry the booking made is deleted, and the seat is available again. A booking that has had any money recorded on it is never released.
* **Reminders.** A booking's due date is its release date, so a **Payment Due** notification rule counts down to it. Use one if you want members reminded before their entry is deleted.

Some registrations are not booked at Confirm, even with the setting on. These are a \$0 registration, a basket with a recurring item, and a registration that still needs something only checkout collects, such as a waiver signature or a club policy. They go to checkout as before and are registered when paid.

**Related:** [How do I accept payment at the club or by mail?](/club/registration-and-signup/how-do-i-accept-payment-at-the-club-or-by-mail) · [What happens when a member completes signup?](/club/registration-and-signup/what-happens-when-a-member-completes-signup) · [What are club reports?](/club/reports/what-are-club-reports) · [What are notification rules?](/club/communications/what-are-notification-rules) · [Why does my registration say it will be deleted if unpaid?](/members/registering/why-does-my-registration-say-it-will-be-deleted-if-unpaid)


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