Changelog
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Q2 2025
Q2 2025 Features
Downpay analytics dashboard COMING SOON
V1 Analytics for Downpay orders.
Buy button
Place a button on any page that adds a specific product with a purchase option to the customer's cart. Learn more
Flare integration
Let customers select shipping dates using Flare and automate collecting payment in relation to those dates. Learn more
Order editing fully compatible with deposits
Add products from your catalog to orders with a deposit purchase option.
New onboarding
Get Downpay set up faster with the new in-app onboarding.
Agree to terms checkbox guide
Set up a checkbox requiring that buyers agree to terms following a new guide. Learn more
Product Rentals Pro integration
Store a credit card on file and authorize it with a security deposit tied to a Product Rentals Pro rental product. Learn more
Q2 2025 Enhancements
Customer receipts on balance payment
Send a receipt after a customer pays their remaining balance, when they have received an invoice for a Downpay order.
Button to re-install Downpay block/embed
Quickly re-install the Downpay block or embed if you change themes.
Additional UI banners
See more banners warning of potential misconfiguration.
Q1 2025
Q1 2025 Features
New Downpay product block style
Choose button styles for the Downpay product block. Switch between the default radio buttons or standard buttons.
In-app Integrations page
You can now discover apps that have integrations with Downpay directly in-app. Check out the latest integrations
Support for large product catalogs
Implemented a system to fetch all product tags more efficiently to support large product catalogs that surpass 750, 000+ products.
Change wording on the order status block
You can now update the wording of the Downpay order status page block through the Shopify theme editor.
Cancelled order restock
Inventory is now automatically restocked when orders are cancelled through Downpay.
Shopify Flow: Actions for adding/removing products from a purchase option
New Flow actions enable automatic addition/removal of products from purchase options.
Q1 2025 Enhancements
Customer-initiated cancelled orders remove payment method on file
Customers who cancel their orders will now have their payment method removed automatically.
Only display Downpay manage order block for Downpay processed orders
The Downpay order status Manage Order block will only appear for orders processed through Downpay.
"Contact Support" mail to link in the app
Added a direct email link for contacting support within the app.
Offer Pay-in-Full as a purchase option
You can now have a 100% deposit purchase option in Downpay to simplify fulfillment workflows for preorders.
Prevent duplicate authorization attempts
If an order is already authorized, you cannot attempt authorization again.
Various UI enhancements in app
Improved wording and design for Downpay in-app experience
Q4 2024
Q4 2024 Features
Shopify Flow: Trigger for Downpay order created
You can now create Flows that trigger when Downpay order is created.
Shopify Flow: Action to update payment due date
You can now create Flows to update the payment due date on orders.
Q4 2024 Enhancements
UI Improvements: Remove tag dropdown & adjust search copy
Tag dropdown has been removed, and search copy has been adjusted for clarity.
Detect Plus Dev Shops
Implemented a way to distinguish Plus Dev Shops from regular stores to ensure no billing plans are applied.
Custom amount capture for authorized orders
Merchants can now capture custom amounts for orders that have already been authorized. (Available for partial payment beta only)
Show percent or amount on deposit purchase option
You can now choose to show or hide the % or $ amount of a deposit purchase option on the product template.
Show pay in full purchase option first
It is now possible to switch which purchase option is listed first on the product page. learn more
Q3 2024
Q3 2024 features
Downpay now supports using Stripe, Authorize.net and Ayden.
Downpay is now available on more payment gateways. Ayden is supported for Shopify Plus businesses. Learn more
Partial authorization for Shopify Plus
Downpay now allows Shopify Plus Merchants to partially authorize a remaining balance through the Downpay API and through our Shopify Flow action. Learn more
Void authorization via Flow or Downpay API
Downpay now offers the ability to void active authorizations before their expiry date using theVoid Authorization action in Shopify Flow or through the Downpay API. Learn more
Integration with Angle3D configurator
Downpay now supports Angle3D configurator to offer high quality 3D renders with product customization.
Revoke payment method via Downpay API
You can now revoke the payment method on file so that you can fully close out the order.
Q3 2024 enhancements
Create your own custom deposit button
You can now create your own Pay with Deposit button on your site instead of using the Downpay product block or to add to other pages. Learn how
Downpay onboarding has been improved
We've made changes to Downpay's onboarding to help with ease of use
Q3 2024 News and Shopify updates
- Shopify's new store credit functionality cannot be used for paying a deposit. It can be used to pay the remaining balance. Learn more
- Draft orders still don't support partial payment however there are a few workflows we've created that may work for some businesses. Review them here
Q2 2024
Q2 2024 features
Split shipping calculations
Downpay now supports Shopify's new split shipping checkout feature. Shipping on Shopify is now calculated based on the fulfillment date of an order (which is the payment due date set in Downpay). By default, Downpay will enable split shipping to ensure shipping costs are accurate when shipping some products now, and some products later. For customers who wish to charge one lower shipping cost and ship products when all become available, simply disable this global setting in Downpay.
Conditionally hide or show Downpay product block
You can now show or hide Downpay to enable workflows like hiding/showing deposits for certain regions or customers. Learn how to use this feature
New Downpay triggers for payment due days
Downpay now includes 3 new Shopify Flow triggers to help you create payment reminder flows before payment is due. Learn more
Automatic payment collection with Downpay's Shopify Flow integration
Downpay's new Shopify Flow action will allow customers to collect remaining balance payment based on various triggers such as Payment due date ** or **Order fulfilled. Learn how to enable this
Automatic payment authorization with Downpay's Shopify Flow integration
Downpay's new Shopify Flow action will allow customers to authorize remaining balance payment various triggers like Order created or Order fulfilled. Learn how to enable this
Downpay Shopify Flow triggers: Payment Success and Payment Failure
Customers can use Downpay's triggers to manage different actions based on whether remaining balance payment was successful or failed. Review our example workflows
Q2 2024 enhancements
Payment icons feature for legacy themes
Payment icons toggle feature for the Downpay product embed is now available on legacy themes.
Downpay no longer uses Shopify's "Only show this product with these purchase options" to display products with a deposit only
Downpay no longer uses Shopify's product page Only show this product with these purchase options checkbox when customers sell products without the Pay in full option. Instead, Downpay uses it's own metafield that does not hide products from other sales channels nor does it cause issues upon uninstall. This change was not made on current merchant purchase options and is forward facing only.
Enhanced performance
We've upgrades certain systems to improve page load times and scaling to support even larger brands.
Q1 2024
Q1 2024 features
Assign products to Downpay using a Product tag.
Using product tags with Downpay will ensure products that should be sold with a deposit will stay in sync based on tags that have been assigned. Learn more
Assign specific variants to Downpay.
It is not possible to display deposits only on specific variants. Learn more
Downpay's API is now available to help build workflows to suit any business. Check out our API blog article for 4 days to use Shopify Flow with Downpay's API.
Review Getting started with the Downpay API or contact us if you'd like to learn more.
Q1 2024 enhancements
Merchants can now see product count on Downpay purchase option pages
Getdownpay.com has launched as a new home for the Downpay brand.
Improved customer documentation about app compatibility
Various scalability enhancements
Various bug fixes
Q1 2024 News and Shopify updates
- Order editing now allows shipping and line item discounting. This feature will help adjust prices more easily for variable weight based products.
Q4 2023
Q4 2023 Features
Customer portal order status page extension [Shopify Plus]
Shopify Plus stores can now enable the Downpay customer order portal directly through the Shopify theme editor. This functionality will be coming to non-Plus stores summer 2024. Learn more
In-app support chat
Customers can now chat with Downpay's support team directly in-app.
Cart and checkout line item help text is now customizable
The line item help text that used to be hard coded as Deposit only due at checkout can now be customized per purchase option.
Downpay now features a cart embed to support 2.0 and Vintage themes
Display total due today and total due later directly in your cart for all deposit orders. Customers can enable and customize the content of the embed from the Shopify theme editor. Learn more
Customer order portal design
Downpay's customer portal has a default design to align more closely with Shopify's account portal. Learn more
Product page help text display options
You can now choose when the help text box appears (on deposit, on pay in full, on both).
Q4 2023 Enhancements
Improved documentation
We're constantly adding documentation and have include new sections to help with integrations and payment collection.
Onboarding setup guide in Downpay side bar menu
The onboarding setup guide now exists permanently in Downpay to allow customers to review setup instructions again if needed.
Downpay customer order management portal CSS classes
The customer order management portal design can now be customized using the various CSS classes on the elements.
[Deprecation] Downpay no longer sends emails when a payment due date is changed on an order.
Various bug fixes
Q4 2023 News and Shopify updates
- Shopify no longer requires customers to check a box at checkout when placing a deposit order. Downpay follows Shopify's design and does not have a way to enable this functionality again. We will explore introducing our own optional checkbox based on demand in the new year.
Q3 2023
Q3 2023 Features
Payment reminders
Downpay is now compatible with Payment reminders in Shopify so that merchants can send a Pay Now link to customers on the payment due date or after the payment due date they set up in Downpay for a product. Learn more.
CSS box for product and cart embed and block
Each Downpay theme block and embed have their our CSS customization box where a merchant can further design the look and feel of the Downpay elements.
Language support
Downpay now supports 15 languages. Learn more
Vintage theme product page embed
Merchants using vintage themes on Shopify can now use the Downpay product embed to set up deposits. Learn more
Customizable fields in Downpay Product block and embed
Merchants can now adjust the content of the deposit and pay in full fields in the Downpay Product block and vintage theme embed.
Buy button now supports deposits
Shopify's buy now button works by default for products with a Downpay deposit.
Enable free billing on development stores.
Development stores can use Downpay for testing without having to select a billing plan.
Detect when payment gateway is unsupported
Downpay's in-app onboarding now determines if a supported payment gateway is enabled.
Pay now button now available for partially paid orders
Customers can now pay their remaining balance by using View order from their initial order confirmation email. Learn more
Bulk add products to an existing Downpay purchase option
Merchants can now add 50 products at a time to a Downpay purchase option. Learn more
Create purchase options on variants
Purchase options can be created on a variant. Enabled by request only.
Downpay product block release date field
Merchants can now toggle displaying the release date on the product page.
Toggle customer cancellations and/or refunding
By default customer portal cancellations are turned off and can be turned on in the Downpay settings page.
Payment method icons
Downpay product block can now display payment method icons that are enabled on the store.
Q3 2023 Enhancements
Get help link is available in the Downpay cart and product block in the theme editor
Merchants can how quickly contact us directly from the Downpay blocks.
Downpay and Product Options apps guide
Downpay works with many product options, variant and add-on apps so we created a simple guide to help with setup. Learn more
Warning message when deleting a purchase option.
Prevent merchants from accidentally deleting a purchase option without a confirmation.
UI change for days after checkout date type option
Replaced the slider with an input field to help with easy of use.
Allow purchase options to be created without a product.
Add link to purchase option cancellation policy to Downpay customer portal.
Downpay's customer facing order management portal now links to the purchase option cancellation policy.
Toggle Border on Downpay product theme app block.
Merchants can now toggle the outline on or off on the Downpay product block.
Updated on: 04/07/2025
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