Selling with Bar Tabs

Selling with Bar Tabs

Before you begin
 
For Bar Tabs to work, you’d need to have either Tyro or Blackline.
 
Enable the Bar Tabs add-on
 
1. From the Add-ons Page in Kounta Back Office, find the Bar Tabs add-on
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2. Enable this Add-on by clicking on the orange Enable Bar Tabs button
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Start a bar tab
 
1. On your POS, select the menu icon on the top left corner

2. Select Add-ons
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3. Select Bar Tabs

4. Select or enter the amount to Pre-Auth for the Bar Tab
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5. Select OK
This will update your terminal (Tyro or Blackline) and Point of Sale - both prompting for payment
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6. Swipe/tap the card. When the Pre-Auth is successful, you will see this:
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Pay the bar tab
 
Now that the bar tab order is created - the card type and the last four digits of the card are shown.
 
1. You can add items as normal - you will see the total below. You can also hold orders as per normal.
2. At the end of the night or whenever the customer is ready to close the bar tab, select Check Out Bar Tab
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3. A dialog box will appear. Select Confirm Checkout
Selecting Pay another way will give you the chance to choose a different payment method for the order.
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After checking out, the tab will be closed and any unused portion will be released to the cardholder.
Note - The standard clearing time for Pre-Auths is seven days. So you’ll want to make sure that you close off your bar tabs regularly so that you can make sure you’re getting paid.

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