Consumer Overdraft

Consumer overdraft allows consumers to book products even if their account balance would go below zero.

What This Does

When enabled:

• Consumers can still book drinks or food in the kiosk
• Their balance may become negative
• The consumption is still fully tracked and visible

When disabled:

• Purchases are blocked once a consumer’s balance reaches zero

Why Allow Negative Consumer Balances

In a shared fridge or pantry, the app cannot physically prevent someone from taking a drink.

Allowing overdrafts ensures that:

• All consumption is still recorded, even if the balance is insufficient
• You avoid untracked consumption
• Balances remain transparent and can be settled later

In practice, it is usually better to track a negative balance than to block the booking and risk the item being taken without any record.