The LatePoint Addon for Flutterwave is the essential bridge between your appointment booking system and one of Africa’s most robust payment gateways. Designed specifically for businesses using the LatePoint booking plugin, this addon allows you to accept secure, seamless payments directly during the booking process. By integrating Flutterwave, you provide your clients with a frictionless checkout experience, reducing abandoned bookings and ensuring you get paid for your services without the administrative headache of manual invoicing.
Key Features
- Seamless Integration: Designed to work natively with the LatePoint booking flow, ensuring that customers are prompted for payment immediately after selecting their service and time slot.
- Diverse Payment Methods: Empower your customers to pay using their preferred method, including credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers, and mobile money, depending on the options enabled in your Flutterwave account.
- Automated Payment Verification: Eliminate manual reconciliation. The plugin automatically verifies the transaction status with Flutterwave, ensuring appointments are only confirmed once the payment is successfully processed.
- Multi-Currency Support: Easily accept payments in various currencies supported by the Flutterwave gateway, making it ideal for businesses operating across different regions.
- Secure Transactions: Leverage Flutterwave‚Äôs industry-standard security protocols to keep your customers’ sensitive financial data safe, building trust and credibility for your brand.
- Real-time Status Updates: Keep your booking calendar accurate with real-time updates that reflect payment statuses, preventing double bookings and scheduling conflicts.
Use Cases / Who It’s For
This addon is built for service-based businesses using WordPress and LatePoint that operate in markets where Flutterwave is a primary payment processor. If you run a consultancy, a salon, a fitness studio, or a professional service firm, you understand that the easier you make it for a client to pay, the higher your conversion rate will be.
For business owners targeting customers in Africa and beyond, offering local payment methods like mobile money is not just a convenience—it is a necessity. This plugin is perfect for entrepreneurs who want to professionalize their booking workflow, automate their revenue collection, and spend less time chasing payments and more time delivering exceptional service to their clients.
Setup / How It Works
- Install the Addon: Once you have the LatePoint plugin active, install and activate the Flutterwave payment addon file through your WordPress dashboard.
- Configure API Keys: Navigate to the LatePoint settings menu, locate the Payments tab, and select Flutterwave. Enter your public and secret API keys obtained from your Flutterwave merchant dashboard.
- Set Payment Preferences: Choose whether you want to require full payment at the time of booking or allow for partial deposits, depending on your business model.
- Enable the Gateway: Toggle the status to “Active” to make Flutterwave available as a payment option on your booking form.
- Test the Flow: Perform a test booking on your website to ensure the checkout modal appears correctly and that payments are being recorded in both your LatePoint dashboard and your Flutterwave account.
Similar Plugins
While the LatePoint ecosystem offers specific addons for different gateways, you may also encounter other payment solutions for LatePoint, such as the LatePoint Addon for Stripe or the LatePoint Addon for PayPal. These alternatives serve similar functions but connect to different payment processors, allowing you to choose the gateway that best aligns with your business’s regional requirements and merchant account preferences.