Any tender that doesn't cover the balance leaves the sale open. There's nothing to switch on — just take the first payment, then the next.
How it works
Take a payment for less than the total and you'll see:
Partial: $40.00 paid, $16.68 left
The PAYMENTS and AMOUNT DUE lines update, and the sale stays open. Press another payment button and take the rest. When a tender finally covers the balance, the sale completes.
You can mix as many tenders as you like: cash, card, check, gift card, loyalty points, vendor balance.
Order matters if your store uses dual pricing
Once any part of a sale goes on a card, the whole sale is priced at the card total — including whatever is still owed.
See Understanding the Totals Panel and Dual Pricing.
Rules per tender
| Tender | Can it exceed the balance? |
|---|---|
| Cash | Yes — the extra is change |
| Card | No |
| Check | No |
| Gift card | No — capped at the card's balance and at what's owed |
| Loyalty points | No — trimmed automatically |
| Vendor balance | No |
Keeping track
Switch to the Payments tab at any time to see every tender on the sale, with a Total applied at the bottom. That's also where you void one if a customer changes their mind. See Viewing and Voiding Payments on a Sale.
A split sale survives a page reload, and can be saved for later and restored with its payments intact.
If you need to abandon a part-paid sale
Void card payments from the Payments tab first. Clear All empties the sale but does not reverse a charge that already went through the terminal.