What it does

When a client pays you, record the payment against their invoice. Quickie keeps a running tally and flips the invoice to Paid automatically once payments cover the total.

You can:

Record a payment with an amount, method (Cash / Card / Bank transfer / Other), date received, and an optional reference.
Log part-payments — Quickie shows "Paid £X of £Y · £Z due" until it's settled.
Delete a payment if you logged it by mistake (the invoice's status updates accordingly).
Let clients pay online by card on their own invoice page — when Stripe card payments are set up for your business. A receipt is emailed to the client automatically for online card payments.

Where to find it

Payments are recorded against an invoice, from two places:

A client's page: Clients ▾ → Contacts → the client → Invoices card → ⋯ → Record payment.
The Invoices list: Money ▾ → Invoices (/dashboard/invoices) → ⋯ → Record payment.

Step by step

Record a payment

Open the invoice's ⋯ (more actions) menu — either on the client's Invoices card or in the Invoices list.
Click Record payment. The Record payment window opens.
Fill in:

Amount (£) — prefilled with the outstanding balance. Type a smaller figure for a part-payment.
Method — Cash, Card, Bank transfer, or Other.
Date received — defaults to today; change it with the date picker if needed.
Reference (optional) — e.g. a cheque number or bank transaction ID.

Click Record payment. You'll see "Payment recorded".

What happens next:

The payment is listed under the invoice with its date, method and amount.
If the payments now cover the total, the invoice flips to Paid automatically (and any overdue flag clears).
If there's still a balance, the invoice shows "Paid £X of £Y · £Z due".

Record a part-payment

Just enter less than the full balance in Amount. Repeat as further payments come in — each one is added to the list and reduces the balance. The invoice becomes Paid the moment the recorded payments reach the total.

Delete a payment

On the client's page, in the Invoices card, find the payment listed under its invoice.
Click the small bin icon next to that payment line.
You'll see "Payment removed". The invoice's balance and status update — if it was Paid but the remaining payments no longer cover the total, it reverts to Sent (or Overdue if it's past its due date).

Let a client pay online by card

If your business has card payments (Stripe) set up, the client's own invoice page shows a Pay now button.

The client opens their invoice link (the one Quickie emailed them, or View / PDF → ⋯ from the invoice).
They click Pay £X now and are taken to a secure card-payment page to pay the outstanding balance.
Once paid, Quickie records the card payment against the invoice and emails the client a receipt automatically.

If card payments aren't set up, the Pay now button simply doesn't appear — the page still works, and the client instead sees an "I've paid this" button they can tap to let you know they've paid by other means (you then confirm it your end).

What each screen shows

The Record payment window

Amount (£) (prefilled with the balance), Method, Date received (defaults to today), and an optional Reference.
A note: "It's marked paid once payments cover the total."

Under an invoice (on the client's page)

A running summary: "Paid £X of £Y · £Z due", or "Paid in full" once settled.
A list of each payment: date · method · amount, each with a bin icon to remove it.

The client's public invoice page

The invoice details and total.
Pay £X now (only when card payments are configured for your business).
"I've paid this" for clients paying another way — once tapped it shows "Payment reported — awaiting confirmation".
A Paid — thank you message once the invoice is settled.

Tips & good to know

Paid status is calculated, not just a label. Recording payments (and deleting them) is what drives the Paid / Outstanding figures on the Invoices list — these come from real payments, not from the status badge.
The amount is prefilled with the balance, so for a payment-in-full you can just click straight through.
Receipts are automatic for online card payments. When a client pays by card on their invoice page, Quickie emails them a receipt showing the amount, method and remaining balance. (For payments you log by hand, no receipt email is sent.)
Deleting a payment is safe to reconcile — Quickie recomputes the invoice status afterwards, so a Paid invoice will correctly revert if the balance reopens.
The "Pay now" button is hidden gracefully when card payments aren't configured — nothing breaks, the client just uses "I've paid this" instead.

Troubleshooting

No "Pay now" button on the client's invoice. Online card payments (Stripe) aren't set up for your business, so the button is hidden. Clients can still use "I've paid this", or pay you directly and you record it.
Invoice still shows a balance after a payment. You may have entered a part-payment. Check the "Paid £X of £Y · £Z due" line and record the remainder.
Invoice went back to unpaid after I deleted a payment. That's expected — removing a payment can reopen the balance, so the status reverts to Sent (or Overdue if past due).
Client didn't get a receipt for a cash/bank payment. Receipt emails are sent for online card payments only. For other methods, you can resend the invoice itself from its ⋯ → Email to client menu.

Recording Payments & Receipts