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Payments & point of sale
Your padel club’s payments, taken upfront
Split payment, wallet, prepaid cards, deposits and rates that adjust to the slot. The result matters more than the mechanics: courts paid for before they are played, slots let go that get resold, and cash that comes in while the club is asleep.
Four ways to get paid
Players pay the way they like, you always get paid
A slot that goes unpaid is revenue that evaporates. SportFinder closes all four exits: online, at the desk, in credits, from the wallet. A club in Belgium? See the payment methods for Belgian clubs, Bancontact included.
At the desk
Payment on site is still handled in the same back office: a booking taken at reception lives in the same place as one taken online, with nothing entered twice.
With prepaid credits
The player buys a book of credits once, then pays for each game in a tap. You have been paid before they set foot on the court.
From the wallet
The club wallet is topped up online and works as an in-house currency: quick for the player, paid upfront for you.
Split payment
Everyone their share, nobody fronting
What derails a match is hardly ever the price: it is the one person who has to cover the other three and then chase their share. On SportFinder, each player pays their own directly.
- A €40 court, four players: each pays their €10 share — nobody covers for the others, and nobody chases a refund.
- You decide: split payment is switched on if you want it, and for whoever you want. Nothing is forced.
- A booking can be confirmed before it is fully paid: everyone pays at their own pace, and you see at a glance what is paid, partly paid or pending.
Open matches fill up place by place, with or without split payment: your setting decides. On court, see how Atomic Padel’s players split the bill.
Deposit & cancellation
A slot let go is either paid for or resold
The principle is simple: a slot released in time goes back on sale, one that is not has already been paid for. You no longer have to choose between losing the court and chasing the player.
- A deposit on booking, if you want one: it is off by default, and its percentage is set with us during onboarding — preconfigured for you, not one more box to tick. Once on, it can even adapt to the player’s profile — a lighter deposit for a regular, for instance.
- A clear cancellation window: free up to 24 hours before the slot by default, with a 2-hour safety net after purchase. Each court can have its own.
- A slot that is not paid in full frees itself up and goes back on sale, without you lifting a finger.
- Paying in advance (credits, wallet, payment in full) secures a slot in demand: what has been paid for does not vanish.
% The deposit adapts to the player
The deposit adapts to the player’s loyalty and reliability — an example configuration.
An example, not an imposed scale: each club sets its own levels, with us, during onboarding.
Wallet & prepaid cards
The season funds itself with the season’s money
The wallet and prepaid cards take the money before the games are played. Better still: what a player has loaded at your club can only be spent at your club.
A wallet of the club’s own
Credit loaded into the wallet can only be used at your club. A goodwill gesture, a credit note, a partial refund: the value stays with you, not elsewhere.
Six card models
A credit for one session, for 30 or 90 minutes, books of 4 or 12: prepaid fits the way you sell. A credit left unused after a cancellation is returned automatically.
Credited and debited by hand
You adjust a player’s wallet when needed: credit a goodwill amount, settle a discrepancy. Every change is logged, not patched up at the end of the counter.
Rates by slot
The right price for every hour
A 9pm slot under the floodlights is not worth the same as a 2pm slot in full sun, and a school-holiday week does not sell like a Tuesday in November. SportFinder adjusts the price by itself, following the rule you set.
- Day / night rate set by the real sun: the price switches at the actual sunset at your club’s coordinates, and follows the clock change without you touching it. A slot that straddles dusk is charged pro rata.
- School-holiday rate: the software knows your region’s holidays and applies the matching rate card, automatically.
- Fine-grained rules: by sport, by court, by member group, by time or by date — as in the advanced configurations of Adeps or CTC La Calamine.
In practice, a slot that straddles sunset is charged pro rata day/night; an hour played during the holidays follows the holiday rate card: two real examples, calculated by the engine, not typed in by hand. And your statistics show what each rate card changes in occupancy.
Invoicing & reconciliation
Accounting without re-entering anything
The money you take has to end up neatly in your books. SportFinder prepares the work in the format your accountant expects.
A standard e-invoice
Each payout is issued in Peppol / UBL 2.1 format (EN 16931), with the readable PDF embedded in the same file: a single document, importable by accounting software and readable by a person.
Every transfer traced
A CSV export links each payout to its payments, line by line. You can trace a bank transfer back to the booking that produced it, with no grey areas.
The money goes straight to the club
Online payments are routed directly to your club’s bank account: we do not hold your cash, it reaches you without passing through our accounts.
What the player pays
The price shown is the price they pay
On a marketplace, the player may pay a service fee on top of your rate, depending on the country and the type of booking. At your club, with SportFinder, they pay for the court and nothing else.
On the club side, we do not claim to be free: our commission exists, it tapers, it includes bank fees — and it is published on our pricing page. It is also what puts us on your side: we only earn when your courts fill up. Coming from a marketplace or another provider? Our guide to switching software covers the migration in detail, and the comparator lets you simulate your total cost, commission included.
The till
The till is a trade of its own
Other till solutions already exist on the market: why impose just one on you? Every project is unique — you might as well take the software best suited to yours.
SportFinder remains the heart of your bookings, your online sales and their accounting records; the till you choose runs the point of sale at the counter.
Odoo is one example, and it goes well beyond the cash drawer: stock management, staff and payroll, restaurant software, supplier tracking, document signing. Whichever till you pick, check with its publisher what the edition you subscribe to covers — certificate or attestation included.
Frequently asked questions
Payments, plainly
Do my players pay fees on top of the court price?
No. The price you display is the price your player pays: SportFinder charges players neither a service fee nor a cancellation fee. It is the only “0%” we claim, and it is complete.
How does split payment work?
Each player pays their share directly, without anyone covering for the others: on a €40 court for four, each pays their €10. You decide whether it is offered, and to whom — nothing is forced.
What happens to the money when a booking is cancelled?
By default, cancellation is free up to 24 hours before the slot, with a 2-hour safety net after purchase; past that point, the slot has already been paid for. Each court can have its own window. When only one person has paid, the refund can go back to their club wallet; as soon as several cards have paid, it goes back to the source. A partial refund, on the other hand, always goes to the wallet — the credit is still spent at your club.
Do you offer a cash register?
We do not impose one: the till is a trade of its own, and other solutions already exist on the market. Every project is unique — you might as well take the software best suited to yours. SportFinder runs bookings, online sales and their accounting exports; the till of your choice runs the counter. Check with its publisher what the edition you subscribe to covers, certificate or attestation included.
Do you take a commission on online payments?
Yes, and it is published: tapered, bank fees included, on our pricing page. A tournament entry paid online is an online sale, charged commission just like a booking. The funds do not pass through us: they are routed directly to your club’s account. For players, on the other hand, it is 0%.
Can I keep my accountant and my accounting software?
Yes. Each payout generates an electronic invoice in Peppol / UBL 2.1 format, with the readable PDF embedded in the same file, plus a line-by-line CSV export of the payments. Your accountant imports, nobody re-enters anything.
30 minutes to work out what it brings in
We set up your payment methods, your deposits and your pricing rules on your club — and look together at the revenue it unlocks.