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Preauthorizing a Tab

Save the preauthorized card to a ticket to streamline the customer's final checkout.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Important Note: Preathorizing a tab on the Corksy Point-of-Sale is only available for Elavon processing.

Video tutorial on how to preauthorize a ticket on the Corksy Point-of-Sale

Steps to PREAUTHORIZE a ticket on the Corksy point-of-sale.

  1. On the Corksy point-of-sale, on the SELL screen, s

    elect PRE AUTH

  2. Select if you would like to preauthorize a card by manually entering the card OR using the terminal.

    1. Note: if you select Credit/Debit via terminal, you will be instructed to swipe the credit card on the terminal.

  3. Once verified, you will see a preauthorization banner on top of the cart.

  4. Finally, when you go to pay you will see an additional button on the checkout labeled Preauthorization that can be selected without having to get the customer's physical credit card again.

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