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FEATURE REQUEST PAYMENTS

  • December 1, 2025
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Marcia

In the Smart Invoice system, when a payment is refunded, the refunded amount does not reappear as an outstanding balance. This creates a serious issue for us.

Many of our clients choose to pay by check to receive the pay-by-check discount and avoid credit card processing fees. If they accidentally pay by card and the payment is refunded, Smart Invoice is not restoring that payment as due, so the invoice shows as fully paid even when it isn’t.

Because I am waiting for the physical check to arrive to manually mark the payment as complete, if the check never comes, the system provides no alert or indication that a balance is still owed. If this is not caught manually, a client could effectively avoid paying, which is completely unacceptable.

This functionality needs to be corrected as soon as possible.

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Alicia Bauer
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  • December 1, 2025

@Marcia - I totally understand why this would be such a concern — having a refund not restore the balance could definitely create gaps in tracking when you’re waiting on a physical check. I haven’t found a workaround for this, so I’d recommend submitting it as a Feature Request so the HoneyBook team is aware of how important this functionality is for businesses that accept multiple payment types.

I’d also suggest reaching out to Support through the ? icon in the bottom right corner, just so they can log what’s happening in your specific account and pass it along internally. The more visibility this gets, the more likely it will be prioritized for an update.


Tonisha J Stalnaker
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I’m curious ​@Marcia , What kind of business do you own? I don’t hear too many businesses managing paper checks, but I understand it may be more prevalent in different industries. 


Marcia
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  • December 19, 2025

Wedding industry 😂
Checks are surprisingly popular when the alternative is lighting hundreds of dollars on fire in credit card fees. Very motivating when you build cc processing fees into your prices and give a discount if they pay by check.