Apply credit card payment to an invoice

Once you enable Smokeball Payments or your LawPay integration, you can store your client’s credit card information and use the card to make invoice payments.

Add a credit card to your client’s payment profile

1. Search for your contact in the Smokeball Web App.
   
2. Open the contact card.
3. Select the Credit Card tab and then select Add Credit Card.

Store a client’s credit card

Smokeball Payments makes it easy to store your client’s credit card for any future payments. Follow these steps:

1. Open your client’s contact card and then navigate to Credit Card.
2. Select the Request Credit Card button. 
3. Optional: Select the Edit Email button to change the subject line and message content. You also can choose to have a copy of the email sent to your account by using the provided toggle under the To field.
4. Select Send Now.

Security Note: Credit card details will not be stored nor pass through Smokeball. They are saved with our payment processor, and Smokeball will only save a unique ID which links to the credit card.

Apply a payment with a saved credit card

1. Open your matter in Smokeball billing.
2. Select the Invoices tab and then select the Add Payment button.
3. Select Credit Card from the Type dropdown menu and toggle on Take Payment Now.
4. Use the checkboxes to select which invoices will receive payments and select Enter Payment Details.
5. Choose a saved credit card or enter new credit card details and select Process.