Getting Paid by Check

[Meeko]

Cash or Venmo. I don't take checks any more. Parents started complaining that they never used checks other than for me and were only ordering them to pay me. They also didn't like having to go to the bank to get cash as most people keep very little cash on them nowadays.

Almost all my families use Venmo. Quick, easy and in my account the next day....and free!

[DaveA]

Parents usually hand it to me in the morning. Every once in a while it will be in a book bag or diaper bag.

[Second Home]

I accept cash or checks . 99% of the time it is handed to me or put on the sign in clipboard while I am standing there .

I have 1 sa kid who sometimes had it in his backpack. He always forgot to give it to me and I would go through the backpack . A few times dcm insisted an envelope of cash was in the backpack(but dcb did not come in the morning so who knows what happened to an envelope of cash in school) but it wasn't so who knows what happened it it but I did charge a late payment fee because late payments were happening too much .

[Unregistered]

Venmo! I switched to venmo only recently and it is so great! If they forget, you can send them a payment request. It is always in the bank by the next day at the latest - often it goes in same day. No more bank runs, no dealing with cash. Parents like it too cause they can do it on their own time during the day and don't have to remember to hand me something. No late payments at all since I started Venmo. People often pay early, in fact. Try it!

[storybookending]

Venmo! I switched to venmo only recently and it is so great! If they forget, you can send them a payment request. It is always in the bank by the next day at the latest - often it goes in same day. No more bank runs, no dealing with cash. Parents like it too cause they can do it on their own time during the day and don't have to remember to hand me something. No late payments at all since I started Venmo. People often pay early, in fact. Try it!

What is required for using a service such an Venmo or zelle? What type of information do you need to give parents/do they need to give you. I have been thinking about looking into it for awhile now but haven’t. My parents all pay by check except one that pays cash. I haven’t had issues with checks at all as I mobile deposit and my mobile deposit app through my bank has no issues reading anything so far but I do have parents say they wouldn’t be sad if they didn’t have to write a check every week. Also can you send them invoices day on Wednesday to have them paid by Friday?

[Blackcat31]

I prefer automatic bank transfers. It's free and posts to my account immediately.

I require parents that pay via check or cash to hand the money directly to me. I don't allow diaper bags or back packs to be left here so there is no option of tucking payment in a bag for me to search for.

I don't accept credit/debit cards either and won't.
I bought a tee shirt at a concert once where Square was used. My CC info was compromised somewhere along the way and that was horrible but I figured it was just weird one time thing. Until it happened again when I paid my hair stylist via Square... that was enough for me.

Never again.

[Unregistered]

For Venmo, they don't have to give you any information other than their email address. They sign up on Venmo, put their bank information on there, then they are set up as a user of venmo. Then you find them by their email or they find you. It's super easy.

[storybookending]

For Venmo, they don't have to give you any information other than their email address. They sign up on Venmo, put their bank information on there, then they are set up as a user of venmo. Then you find them by their email or they find you. It's super easy.

Are you able to send requests for money as reminders? Like say Friday morning send out as invoice DCM1: owes $150. I have zero problems with parents paying right now and I don’t want to start something that may cause them to start slipping up by forgetting to send it if I don’t have a way to send a reminder or that sort of thing.

I downloaded both Venmo and zelle. So far from what I can tell I prefer Venmo as zelle didn’t have my bank listed and I have to figure out how to add it manually haha.

[Unregistered]

I had trouble with Zelle too. Venmo is so easy. Yes, you can send a payment request. I have never had to, but I see that it's pretty easy.

[storybookending]

I had trouble with Zelle too. Venmo is so easy. Yes, you can send a payment request. I have never had to, but I see that it's pretty easy.

I downloaded Venmo yesterday and got everything verified by this morning. I am testing it out with my SIL this week to see if I like it before letting my other parents know about it.

[CityGarden]

Are you able to send requests for money as reminders? Like say Friday morning send out as invoice DCM1: owes $150. I have zero problems with parents paying right now and I don’t want to start something that may cause them to start slipping up by forgetting to send it if I don’t have a way to send a reminder or that sort of thing.

I downloaded both Venmo and zelle. So far from what I can tell I prefer Venmo as zelle didn’t have my bank listed and I have to figure out how to add it manually haha.

Does Zelle allow you to send invoices / reminders like you describe above? What I like about Zelle is several major banks are with them i.e. Chase, Bank of America, etc. but I have not used them for business.

[storybookending]

Does Zelle allow you to send invoices / reminders like you describe above? What I like about Zelle is several major banks are with them i.e. Chase, Bank of America, etc. but I have not used them for business.

I don’t know the answer to this as I chose to go with Venmo over zelle. I sent the link out to all my interested parents tonight. Does anyone know the answer to the question “can I set up recurring payments since I pay you the same every Friday?” I told her I didn’t know but I would ask if anyone here did!

[CityGarden]

I don’t know the answer to this as I chose to go with Venmo over zelle. I sent the link out to all my interested parents tonight. Does anyone know the answer to the question “can I set up recurring payments since I pay you the same every Friday?” I told her I didn’t know but I would ask if anyone here did!

Just did a quick google search and it says that feature is coming soon. See the link: https://www.braintreepayments.com/features/venmo

Does Venmo allow you to send invoices and track your earnings? (Those are the two features I like in Brightwheel but I hate the rest of Brightwheel.)

[storybookending]

Just did a quick google search and it says that feature is coming soon. See the link: https://www.braintreepayments.com/features/venmo

Does Venmo allow you to send invoices and track your earnings? (Those are the two features I like in Brightwheel but I hate the rest of Brightwheel.)

Thanks! I googled searched last night and all that I could find was some forum posts from October saying that it wasn’t an option yet but that things are always changing.

I just downloaded Venmo this week and sent the links out to my parents last night so I haven’t had any payments yet. It appears that you and send out payment “requests” as a type of invoice and it keeps a log of payments but I am not exactly sure specifics as I haven’t received any payments yet.