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title: Adding a Buy Now Item purchase
description: Adding a Buy Now Item purchase
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# Adding a Buy Now Item purchase

## If you would like to add a Buy Now Item purchase for a guest, simply follow these steps.

- - Go to **Activity**
    - Click **Add Activity**
    - Search for the guest name in Guest field 
          - If the guest doesn’t exist on the system yet, simply click on **Add new guest**, complete their First Name, Last Name, Email and Mobile Number \> click **Add**
    - Click **Add Activity** \> **Buy Now**

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- **Choose the correct item** from the ‘Item’ dropdown field
- Click **Add**

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- Enable or disable **Guest Pays Fees** depending on if they are using a card to pay and whether you want them to cover that fee
- Click **Add Activity** \> click **Proceed to take payment**
- If the guest is paying with cash or check click on **Add manual payment** and then complete the payment type and reference.
- - Make sure the **Guest Pays Fees** is disabled
- If the guest is paying with a card already on file you will see a **Charge guest's card** button

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- If the guest does not have a card on file and you do not have a card reader connected to your event,  click on **Add card details**  
    - Complete the **Card number**, **Expiry date** and **Security code** \> click **Save card**

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- If the guest does not have a card on file and you have a card reader connected click on **Pay via card reader**

  

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