KADEPAY FOR TAILORS & ALTERATIONS
Hems, waist takes and bridal gowns all end the same way: a customer at the counter, garment in hand. KadePay books fitting appointments, takes the deposit on custom and bridal work, keeps measurements and photos on the customer's profile and collects payment before the garment goes home.
Pay-As-You-Go starts at $0 per month. Usage and payment fees apply.
Sound familiar?
Alteration shops and custom tailors run on fittings, deadlines and garments that sometimes never leave the rack. These are the money moments tailors and seamstresses describe most, and how KadePay handles each one.
The rack is full of hemmed trousers and taken-in dresses from customers who promised to stop by last month.
With KadePay
Text a pickup payment bill the day the work is done, with a photo of the finished garment, so the customer can pay before they come in. Your signed pickup policy sits on their profile.
Ways to get paidA wedding gown takes three fittings and hours of handwork, and a canceled wedding can leave you with nothing to show for it.
With KadePay
Take a bridal alterations deposit at the first fitting with Tap to Pay or a fixed-amount link, and put your refund and unpinning terms in a form the customer signs on her phone.
Payment links and QR codesSomeone needs a suit by Friday, you agree on a rush fee, and by pickup nobody remembers exactly what was said.
With KadePay
Note the rush alterations fee on the customer's profile and add it to the bill when you send it, so the total at pickup matches what you both agreed.
Customer profiles and notesA regular comes back for another suit, and last year's measurements are on a paper slip somewhere in the back room.
With KadePay
Keep measurements on file in private notes on each customer's profile, with fitting photos in a Gallery folder. Customers never see staff notes, and everything is there for the next order.
Customer profiles and notesCloth for a made-to-measure suit costs you hundreds before the first cut, and the customer wants to pay in pieces.
With KadePay
Take a custom suit deposit before you order cloth, then agree a payment plan for the balance with a set number of installments from the customer's saved card.
Payment plansHow it fits your week
Customers request a fitting time from your booking link or the Flex Link in your Instagram bio, and you confirm each one around the work on your table.
At the fitting, record measurements and notes on the customer profile and add photos of the pinned garment to a Gallery folder.
Bridal, formal and custom orders start with a deposit by Tap to Pay, a link or the counter QR code, and your terms are signed on the customer's phone.
When the work is finished, text the bill with a photo of the garment. Customers pay before pickup or at the counter when they collect it.
Measurements and history stay on the profile, and automatic reminders go out before each fitting so the next appointment does not slip.
Every way your customers pay
Availability depends on your account setup and eligibility. You confirm Venmo and Zelle payments after checking they arrived.
Built in
Each tool writes to the same customer record, from the first booking request to the receipt.
KadePay for tailors
An alteration shop handles dozens of small jobs a week and a few large ones that carry real risk. The small ones need a quick checkout at the counter, and the large ones, like bridal gowns, formal wear and custom suits, need a deposit before the first stitch.
Seamstress payments are often the last part of the business that gets organized. A booking link for fitting appointments, measurements on file in private notes and a texted bill when the garment is ready replace the paper slip, the phone tag and the end-of-day cash count. Regulars who prefer Venmo or Zelle can still pay that way, and you record it against their bill.
A bridal alterations deposit and a signed policy are your protection when plans change. Write your pickup window, rush alterations fee and refund rules into a form the customer signs, and the terms sit with their profile if questions come up later. Gift cards make an easy present for a groom's party or a graduate's first suit.
KadePay does not tag or track garments through your workroom. It handles booking requests, deposits, payments, policies and customer notes, and transaction downloads give your bookkeeper a clean list at month end.
CLEAR ANSWERS
The best fit handles quick counter payments and larger deposits in one place. KadePay takes Tap to Pay on a compatible phone and a counter QR code, sends bills with photos, collects deposits for bridal and custom work and keeps measurements on each profile.
Many bridal seamstresses take a deposit at the first fitting, often a set amount or a share of the expected total, with clear terms on when it stops being refundable. Send it as a fixed-amount link or take it with Tap to Pay.
Text the bill as soon as the work is done, with a photo of the finished garment. Customers can pay from the link before they arrive, and your signed pickup policy explains what happens to items left past the window.
Yes, as private notes on the customer profile, which customers never see. Add fitting photos to a Gallery folder on the same profile, so the next order starts from what you already know about their fit.
Yes. Take a deposit when the order is placed, then agree a payment plan with a set number of installments collected from the customer's saved card or bank account. If that is your policy, the suit stays in the shop until the plan is complete.
Pay-As-You-Go is $0 per month for a shop that wants booking requests, deposits and counter payments; payment and usage fees apply. Team at $10 per month and Pro at $35 per month add a login for a second seamstress and recurring billing. Details are on the pricing page.
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