Collect security & damage deposits for your hotel or vacation rental using pre-authorization payment holds on credit & debit cards.
In less than 2 minutes, start collecting security or damage deposit in any currency with zero integration.
Customers have the flexibility to add their card at any time.
The pre-authorization of the security deposit will then be automatically processed on the scheduled date, ensuring a streamlined and secure process.
Don’t make a trade off between payment and risk. Our superior fraud detection eliminates chargebacks entirely.
Zero fraud guaranteed.
Eliminate the 3% processing fee for charging & refunding security deposits by using pre-authorizations holds.
If guests don’t damage your property there is no need for refunds & you only pay for successful transactions
Get real-time notifications via email, SMS or in-app everytime a security deposit is processed with Charge Automation.
No need to track deposit status manually anymore as guests will be auto-reminded if it is overdue or authorization failed.
Seamless integration with over 100 payment gateways, enabling you to effortlessly make scheduled security authorizations.
No matter what is your PMS, payment gateway or the booking source. ChargeAutomation effectively protects your property with automated security deposits.
Connect your payment gateway (e.g., Stripe), generate an authorization link, and share it via SMS, WhatsApp, email, or other channels for a simple and secure way to collect security deposits
You can still collect security deposit even if you have no website or page for your business. Just create a payment link and send to your customers online. No Website/Page Needed
You can still collect security deposit even if you have no website or page for your business. Just create a payment link and send to your customers online.
Share the authorization link over any platform like WhatsApp, SMS, Email, Messenger etc. giving your customers a quick checkout option and hassle free transaction.
You would not worry about fraud customers, disputes and chargebacks for your business with our Chargeback Protection feature available on our Authorization Links.
You can accept authorization anywhere, even internationally with our Authorization Links. Making your business expand more without even lifting a finger.
Create and send as much authorization links as you like for free, and get charged only for successful transactions.
Charging & refunding security deposit costs you processing fee (~3%). With authorization, you no longer have to pay these fee to your payment processor.
Every time a security deposit is received, you are will receive notifications in real time.
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Collect security & damage deposits for your hotel or vacation rental using pre-authorization payment holds on credit & debit cards.
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Send Auto Reminders
Capture Partial or Full Amount
Our damage deposit software integrates with a wide range of hospitality software ensuring that you can access guest data needed and automatically update your PMS, OTA & payment gateway.
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Authorization links are simple URL’s that are generated to be sent to your customers for them to add a card for Authorization.
By clicking on it, they are routed to the page where transaction will take place.
You can send the link to any form of messaging communication like email, chat, SMS, or any social media sites, etc.
By this, your customers are able to pay you anytime anywhere they are.
Yes, you can. You do not need any website or app to send your authorization links to your customers.
Just create your links then send to your customer through any form of communication app you are using.
Yes. You can accept payments from your customers internationally.
Yes, you schedule authorization date. Your customer can add their card anytime & authorization will take place on the specified date.
You must have a payment processor like Stripe in order to collect security deposit with ChargeAutomation
It can stay 7-30 days depending on the issuing bank of the cardholder.
Create and send as much authorization links as you like for free, and get charged only for successful transactions. Only successful transactions are charged a minimum fee of 0.15% of transaction amount (e.g. 15 cents on a $100) + 0.25 cents gateway transaction fee. We bill you at the end of the month based on how many transactions are processed.
100% free to try with no monthly contract