May update

LemonBooking partnership with SumUp

We’re pleased to announce a new partnership with SumUp that gives LemonBooking customers reduced transaction fees and lower hardware costs, exclusively.

Under this agreement, LemonBooking customers pay just 1.29% on every card payment, whether it’s taken online or through a card terminal. With no fixed fees, SumUp is an ideal choice for venues handling small, frequent payments.

At the same time, we’ve expanded our SumUp integration so your customers can pay — online or in person — for facility hire, event tickets, membership (with recurring payments) and classes.

Fee comparisons

Here are some typical LemonBooking payments, comparing our partner rate for SumUp (1.29%) against Stripe and PayPal:

Pair a card reader to LemonBooking

Alongside online card payments, we’ve been given early access to a new feature that lets you pair LemonBooking directly with one or more Solo card readers.

Here’s how it works in practice:

1. A customer arrives at your venue & wants to pay by card
2. You find the invoice in LemonBooking & click "Take payment"
3. LemonBooking instructs the paired card reader to take a payment
4. The customer taps their card to pay
5. The card reader reports the result to LemonBooking automatically
6. The payment is saved, a receipt is generated & the invoice is marked as paid
7. (Optional) The data is automatically exported to your accounting software
8. (Optional) The payment can also be refunded automatically if required

Solo card readers

A paired Solo card reader can take payments for invoices, memberships, tickets, classes and ad-hoc charges. Please note: only Solo card readers can be paired with LemonBooking at this time.

LemonBooking customers also get a 10% discount on Solo card readers.

Sign up in 5 minutes

Signing up with SumUp takes about five minutes online — no fixed contract, no monthly fees, no paperwork. To qualify for the partner rate, you’ll need to sign up through our referral programme.

Request a referral

Already have a SumUp account?

The partner rate isn’t retroactive, so you’ll need to register a new SumUp merchant account to take advantage of it. It only takes a few minutes to re-register, and your existing invoice and ticketing payment links will continue to work after you switch.

Please get in touch if you need a hand.