Cash and Online Court Bookings in One System (Sri Lanka)
Most court bookings in Sri Lanka are cash. Here's how owners run cash, walk-in and online bookings in one calendar — no double-bookings, and one clean settlement at month end.
Run cash and online bookings together by putting all of them — cash, walk-in and online — in one shared calendar that blocks a court the instant any of them takes a slot. In Sri Lanka most court bookings are still cash, so software that only handles online payments makes life harder, not easier: you end up running a diary and a website in parallel, and that gap is where double-bookings happen. The fix is one source of truth that treats cash as a first-class booking.
How do I take cash and online bookings without clashing?
Record every booking in the same place, whatever the payment. When a cash booking at the counter and an online booking hit the same 7pm court, one shared calendar simply won't allow the second — because the slot is already gone. The diary and the website can never disagree if there's only one of them.
Do I have to stop taking cash?
No — and you shouldn't. Cash is how most of this market pays. The only change is where you write it down: record the cash booking in the system and it blocks that court everywhere else instantly. You keep the cash; the calendar just stays accurate.
How do I stop double-bookings for good?
Track each court separately and let the system refuse to hold the same court twice for one slot. Done properly, this is enforced in the data itself — not a warning a busy manager clicks past, but a rule the booking simply can't break.
How do I reconcile cash at month end?
This is where one system pays off. Instead of matching a notebook against a bank statement, you see it in one report: what came in online, what came in as cash, what commission is due, and what you're owed. One number, not an evening of arithmetic.
Do I pay commission on my own cash bookings?
On CricBook, no — your own cash and walk-in bookings that you record aren't commissionable. Commission applies to the bookings the platform brings you. Your existing customers stay entirely yours.
Want cash, walk-ins and online bookings in one calendar with a single monthly settlement? See CricBook's court booking software or list your venue.
