Balance Shopify deposit and partial payment guides
Practical guides to taking deposits and collecting balances on Shopify: setup, policy wording, deposits without Plus, pre-orders, instalments and what to do when a payment fails.
All guides
Written for Shopify merchants selling made-to-order, bespoke and pre-order products.
Where to start
New to deposits on Shopify? Start with how to take deposits on Shopify, which covers the settings, the product page and the policy wording. If you are on Basic, Shopify or Advanced, deposits without Shopify Plus explains what your plan can do. Selling something that is not in stock yet? Pre-order deposits covers release dates that slip. Once orders are coming in, when a balance payment fails is the one to keep handy.
Not sure which kind of partial payment you need? Partial payments on Shopify compares deposits, instalments, pay links and buy now, pay later, and payment plans and instalments covers splitting the balance on Shopify Plus.
Ready to set one up?
A first deposit plan takes about ten minutes, and the Free plan covers a real order end to end.