AI chatbot for Bookly Deposit Payments: deposit-aware support
SleekAI reads live data from wp_bookly_appointments, wp_bookly_payments, and the deposit column added by the add-on, so the bot can answer about the deposit paid, the remaining balance, and refund policy. Bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or OpenRouter key.
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Deposits and balances should not require a phone call
Salons, photographers, and tattoo studios running on Bookly with the Deposit Payments add-on take a partial payment up front and the balance on the day. The questions are always the same. How much did I pay, what is the balance, can I get the deposit back if I cancel. A generic chatbot has no idea what was paid because the deposit lives in wp_bookly_payments alongside the booking total.
SleekAI maps the appointments table, the payments table, and the deposit column into named variables. For a logged-in customer the bot can answer with the real deposit amount, the remaining balance, the payment method, and the studio's specific cancellation policy. For visitors browsing the booking page the bot can explain how deposits work for each service and quote the real percentage your studio takes.
Display conditions scope the bot per service or per logged-in role, so an existing-customer bot answers balance questions while a sales bot reassures first-time visitors about the deposit policy. Every reply is logged with the model, tokens, and the page URL, useful for auditing money-related advice.
Workflow
How SleekAI plugs into Bookly Deposits
Map payments and appointments
wp_bookly_payments including the deposit column and wp_bookly_appointments for totals, into named variables your system message can reference.
Encode the policy
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Review the logs
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A typical deposit conversation
Comparison
Generic chatbot vs SleekAI for Bookly Deposit Payments
Generic chatbot
- Has no view of the Bookly payments table or the deposit amount column
- Invents deposit percentages and refund windows that do not match your policy
- Cannot quote the real remaining balance on a specific booking
- No scoping for a customer-specific bot vs a public sales bot
- No record of what the bot said about a refund before a dispute
SleekAI chatbot
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Reads
wp_bookly_paymentsincluding the deposit column -
Pulls booking totals and balances from
wp_bookly_appointments - Quotes per-service deposit rules in real currency, not generic copy
- Run a customer-balance bot and a deposit-explainer bot side by side
- Every refund or balance reply is stored for audit
Features
What SleekAI gives you for Bookly Deposit Payments
Deposit-aware answers
The bot reads the deposit amount the Deposit Payments add-on writes onto the payment row, so it can quote real numbers instead of a vague "a small deposit" and avoid disputes about what was actually charged.
Balance maths
The system message includes the booking total and the deposit paid as separate variables. The bot does the subtraction once, returns the balance, and stays consistent across the conversation without recomputing on every turn.
Policy-aware refunds
Cancellation windows and non-refundable rules are part of the system prompt, with the deposit number filled in live. Customers get the right answer for the booking they are asking about, not a generic template.
Use cases
Where SleekAI helps Bookly Deposit users
Tattoo and piercing studios
Artists taking large session deposits get fewer "how much did I pay" messages. The bot answers from the real payment row and explains the policy without ambiguity.
Photographers and videographers
Wedding and event shooters quoting a 30 to 50 percent deposit let the bot confirm what was paid, what is owed, and when the balance is due, scoped per package.
Salons and barbershops
Salons taking small deposits to reduce no-shows let the bot confirm the amount on file and the no-show policy without a phone call to the front desk.
The bigger picture
Why deposit-aware AI matters for Bookly
Deposits are where booking trust is made or broken. A customer who pays $54 up front for a tattoo session and later asks "how much was the deposit" deserves an exact answer, not a vague one. Generic chatbots cannot deliver that because the deposit column is added by the Bookly Deposit Payments add-on to the payments table and a generic model has no idea those rows exist.
SleekAI fixes the wiring with point-and-click data sources that expose the deposit, the booking total, and the remaining balance as named variables. The bot does the subtraction once and stays consistent across the conversation. The cancellation window is in the system prompt with the real number filled in at runtime, so the customer hears the same policy the studio actually enforces.
Display conditions keep customer-specific data scoped to logged-in users while guests on the public booking page get reassuring deposit-policy answers without exposure to other customers. Every money-related reply lands in the conversation log with the model name and tokens used, which is invaluable when a chargeback dispute surfaces and you need to show what the bot actually said about a refund.
Questions
Common questions about SleekAI for Bookly Deposit Payments
Yes. SleekAI maps the Bookly payments and appointments tables into named variables your system message references on each request. For a logged-in customer the bot resolves to that customer's own bookings and payments, so the deposit amount and the remaining balance are real numbers from your database, not a guess.
 Out of the box the bot reads data and answers, which removes the most common deposit questions. For a fully conversational refund you expose a tool endpoint that wraps the refund flow your payment gateway already supports. SleekAI's PHP and JS hooks make that integration straightforward.
 Yes. Deposit Payments lets you set a fixed amount or a percentage per service. SleekAI maps the per-service deposit rule into a variable, so the system message includes the right number for the service the customer is asking about, with no manual templating in the prompt.
 Display conditions let you scope a chatbot to logged-in users with a particular role. SleekAI variables resolve to that user's own bookings and payments, so a customer never sees another customer's row. Guests on the public booking page see only generic deposit-policy answers.
 Whatever Bookly stores. The payment row includes the payment method, last four digits if your gateway exposes them, and the status. SleekAI maps that into the prompt so the bot can say "Visa ending 2210" rather than "card on file" when you allow it to share that level of detail.
 Yes. Some studios charge a deposit and then split the balance into smaller payments. SleekAI reads the payments table, so if Bookly records multiple payment rows against one appointment, the bot can list each one and sum them to confirm the remaining balance without manual logic.
 Conversation logging is per chatbot, with user messages, assistant replies, model name, token usage, and page URL stored inside WordPress. Studios use the log to audit what was promised about a refund before a chargeback and to refine the cancellation copy on the booking page.
 Yes. SleekAI reads from Bookly's payments table, which is gateway-agnostic. Whether the deposit was taken via Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, or any other Bookly-supported gateway, the bot sees the amount and method recorded against the appointment without provider-specific code.
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