Balance Shopify deposits for made-to-order and pre-order businesses
Deposits make sense wherever the customer commits before the work or the stock exists. Pick your trade for the usual plan, an example, and the questions that come up.
Made to order and bespoke
Work made for one customer, where the deposit covers materials and time before the balance is due on completion.
Weddings and occasions
Date-bound orders where the deposit secures the booking and the balance lands before the day.
Pre-orders and limited runs
Stock that is not in yet, where a deposit reserves a unit and the balance waits for the delivery.
Big-ticket home and garden
Large orders with lead times and installation, where the balance is due before delivery or fitting.
Selling appointments instead?
Balance Due takes deposits on products, using Shopify's pre-order purchase options: the customer pays part now and the rest when the item is ready or arrives. Hair salons, clinics, studios and classes that take deposits on bookings need a booking app instead. If that is you, Booking Slot takes deposits on appointments inside Shopify.
Questions
What kinds of Shopify stores take deposits?
Any store where the customer commits before the product exists or arrives: made-to-order and bespoke goods, wedding and event orders, pre-orders and limited runs, and big-ticket items with lead times or installation.
Does Balance Due work for hair salons and other appointments?
No. Balance Due takes deposits on products, using Shopify's pre-order purchase options. Deposits on appointments, classes and treatments are a job for a booking app.
My trade is not listed. Will it work?
If your customers pay before the work is done or the stock arrives, it almost certainly fits. Tell us what you sell and we will suggest a plan.
Not on the list?
If your customers commit before the work is done, Balance Due fits. Tell us what you sell and we will suggest a plan.