Entering a Tip Amount

Basic Tip Processing

If Basic Tip Processing is enabled on the terminal, the customer is prompted as shown below on Purchase, Pre-Authorization Completion and Advice transactions.

On the Standalone Vx810

  1. "Tip: $0.00" appears on the terminal.

  2. The customer (or in some cases you) keys in a tip amount to add to the transaction and presses the green OK key to continue the transaction with the tip added.

OR

The customer presses the green OK key without keying in a tip amount and the transaction continues with no tip added.

With the External PINpad

  1. "ADD TIP?" appears on the PINpad.

  2. The customer selects YES to add a tip amount to the transaction.

  3. At the "ENTER TIP + OK" prompt, the customer keys in a tip amount and presses the green OK key to continue the transaction with the tip added.

OR

The customer selects NO and the transaction continues with no tip added.

Note: Tip Processing is skipped on Signatureless Transactions.

Enhanced Tip Processing

IMPORTANT: Basic Tip Processing must be enabled in order for Enhanced Tip Processing to work.

To configure Tip Processing, see Configuring Tip Processing.

On the Standalone Vx810

If Enhanced Tip Processing is enabled on the terminal, the customer is prompted as shown below on Purchase transactions.

Note: On Pre-Authorizations and Pre-Authorization Completions, Enhanced Tip Processing works the same way as Basic Tip Processing.

  1. "Tip Type:" appears on the terminal.

  2. The customer selects one of the following options:

OR

OR

With the External PINpad

  1. The "TIP Option" prompt appears on the PINpad.

  2. The customer selects one of the following options:

OR

OR