Houfy and accepting Direct Payments with Stripe or Square
We have connected Stripe and Square on Houfy for you to receive direct deposits & payments from your Guests. This will only work if your listing is verified by us. Of course!
The process to add this service is extremely simple:
Please Log in > Menu > Manage Listings > Payments & Payouts
Connect your properties to the accounts you would like to receive your funds in. (Below an example of 2 properties, 2 bank accounts)
Square: Pricing?
What are the countries that support Square?
Card payment acceptance with the Square app is currently available in the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Square currently doesn’t support payment card processing outside of these countries or in U.S. territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands.
Stripe: Pricing?
What are the countries that support Stripe?
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Italy, Portugal
Sample of booking process with payment:
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How can i connect a system for payments other than stripe or Square?
Hi Betty,
You can take payment however wish. Stripe and Square are the only two that integrate with Houfy. If you copy/paste this link it explains how transactions work no matter the payment: https://www.houfy.com/carl-and-bridget/posts/how-does-a-traveler-reserve-and-make-payment-14511370
Help! I'd like to connect Square to my bank account for accepting payments. However, I do NOT have any square 'reader' or device -- nor do I want one. I want these payments to be handled electronically without requiring any hardware. Is this possible?
Yes Carmen, you will need to contact Square directly.
Is there a way of Houfy adding the merchant fee (eg. 3%) for taking Square payments?
Most of my guests pay by direct bank transfer as this is free but I do give them the option of paying by credit card (via Square) if they pay an extra 3%. I have added this as an extra fee in the Pricing page but this doesn’t seem to transfer to the payment request sent to guest. What am I doing wrong?
Can other payment methods (like Venmo or Zelle) be used outside of Houfy? In other words, is there a way accept the registration manually instead of it being accepted automatically on payment through Stripe or Square?