Purchase options add new ways for your customers to pay for products beyond the standard option of "pay now".

This guide will help you create, edit, and delete a purchase option using Downpay's app interface.

On this page:

Create a purchase option

Edit a purchase option

Delete a purchase option

Purchase option settings

• Line item help text
• Product selection type
• Deposit options
• Deposit option display
• Payment collection type
• Deferred payment due date

Create a purchase option

1. Click Create purchase option in the Downpay app.

2. Add a name to the "Purchase option name" field.

• This field will also be used as an order tag

3. Update any other purchase option settings.

4. Click Save to create the purchase option

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Edit a purchase option

1. Click on the purchase option you wish to edit.

2. Update any purchase option settings.

• The date type in "Deferred payment due date" cannot be edited after creation.

4. Click Save to create the purchase option

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Delete a purchase option

Delete a purchase option using the Delete button located beside the respective option in the Downpay app.

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Purchase option settings

Line item help text

This text will be shown in the cart and checkout for any line item using this purchase option. This helps to differentiate which line items have a purchase option, and can help inform the customer of what to expect.

Example help text:

• Deposit only due a checkout [Default]
• Payment due when shipped
• No payment. Reservation only.
• 50% today. 50% when shipped.

Product selection type

There are three separate ways to select specific products:

• by product
• by variant
• by tags

Products

The most common approach to product selection is to individually choose specific products. To select products:

1. Click the "Products" tabs, then click "Select product(s)" button.

2. Use the search bar or scroll to find the products you wish to include.

You can also bulk add products.

Variants

Be more specific about which variants are included and excluded with this product selection type.

To choose variants:

1. Click the "Variants" tabs, then click "Select variant(s)" button.

2. Use the search bar or scroll to find the variants you wish to include.

Tags

Shopfiy product tags allow you organize and manage your products. Downpay can utilize tags to automatically sync which products are included in a purchase option.

To choose a tag:

1. Click the "Tags" tabs

2. Click the search bar to see all tags. Select any tag by clicking its checkbox.

Deposit options

This setting determines if the deposit taken at checkout for the product(s) is either a percentage or an exact amount. Both options offer the ability to take $0 at checkout as well.

We recommend using percentage deposit type for most use cases where there are many items in the cart in order for Downpay to calculate a total percentage across all products.

Give customers the option to pay in full

Determines whether to offer the standard "pay in full" purchase option to customers.

Purchase options are only available for certain sales channels and payment methods. Your customers may lose the ability to purchase these products on unsupported channels and payment methods if you remove the option to pay in full.

Deposit option display

You can decide when you want to show deposit option which can be either always or when the variant is out of stock.

• Default option is selected as "Always"

Payment collection type

The payment can be collected either Manually or automatically using Shopify Flow technology.

• By default, order payments are collected manually

Deferred payment due date

Select the date at which you estimate your product will be available.

• Exact dates are useful for upcoming preorders with specific release dates.
• Relative dates are useful for custom made products or dropshipping

These dates are used to inform the customer. If you wish you can hide dates from your customers.

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Updated on: 09/05/2025