Payment Methods

NowToPrint is the buyer’s commercial counterparty. Its business model is to collect payment from the buyer and pay the print shop after delivery, less commission. Payment evidence and reconciliation currently use a controlled manual finance workflow; this does not promise escrow or automatic provider settlement.

Methods in the manual workflow

• Bank transfer / manual EFT: Follow the order’s verified bank instructions, then submit a payment declaration and evidence for finance review.
• Open account: Requires payment terms recorded on the order and approval by platform finance. Selecting the method is not credit approval.

Use the method and terms agreed for the order. A proforma, invoice or operations note may explain those terms or support review; it does not independently prove that the payment has been received.

How the method is chosen

Review the payment method and terms before accepting a quote. Check them again in the created order. If they are missing or wrong, contact support before paying; do not assume a payment-readiness request changes the stored method.

The payment-readiness check currently accepts bank transfer, manual EFT and open account when the workflow is enabled. The broader ledger can represent other B2B instruments; a recordable instrument does not establish that a public checkout or collection service is available.

Production and payment

Production requires the payment condition for the recorded terms, required file review, any applicable proof approval and verified production handoff. Full upfront payment, a partial upfront threshold and approved credit terms have different payment requirements. Neither uploading a receipt nor receiving a readiness result starts production.

Provider features

Card checkout is excluded from the public manual payment-readiness workflow. Separate provider-initiation code has additional feature and evidence gates; its presence is not a promise of enabled checkout. Automatic provider refunds, dispute settlement and supplier payouts are not offered by the current gated automation policy.

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