What It Is For
Ask Production to Cover builds a quote for your own G-Casper Pro use on a project and turns it into a payment link. The production office pays it by card. The shoot days, SMS credits and plan months go onto your account only, not anyone else's on the show.
Where to Find It
The same dialog opens from several places.
- The app menu, while a show is open
- The App Home sidebar
- App Home, Billing
- Profile, Plan & Billing, which also has Ask Production to Cover SMS Credits
- The summary step of the New Production wizard
Building the Request
The dialog adds up a Cost to Production as you go.
| Field | What it sets |
|---|---|
| Crew Size | A slider from 1-10 up to 100+. Bigger crews raise the per-day rate |
| Shoot Days | How many days to cover. Longer runs get a volume discount, shown as a % off badge |
| SMS Credits (optional) | Packs of 50, 150, 500 or 1K, or a custom count. Larger packs are cheaper per text |
| Include Monthly Plan | Adds 1, 2, 3 or 6 months of your plan, paid up front |
| Project Name | Required. Pick one of your productions or type a name |
| Your Position | Required. Shown to the production so they know who is asking |
| Personal Note to Production | Optional. A short line to whoever pays |
Sending It
Type the production's billing email and press Email, or press Copy Link and paste it wherever the production office will see it. The email arrives as a coverage request for your project with the total and a Review and pay button.
What the Production Sees
The link opens a Payment Request page. No G-Casper Pro account is needed. It shows who is asking, their position, the project, and each line item. The payer can lower the shoot days, though never above what you asked for, and can change or drop the SMS package and the monthly plan. The total updates, and Pay sends them to Stripe checkout for a one-time card payment. G-Casper Pro never sees the card number.
After They Pay
Stripe confirms the payment and the credits are added to your account. Opening the link again shows Payment Complete. There is no list of sent requests in the app yet. If you need to chase one, keep the email or the link.