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Gift cards and store credit


Learn how about how Shopify gift cards and store credit work with deposit orders.


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Gift cards



Gift cards


Gift cards are a virtual product often sold on Shopify. The learn more about how to use gift cards, review Shopify's Gift card guide It's important to note some Shopify limitations when offering gift cards and how customers use them for partially paid orders.


Gift card deposit order limitations


  • Gift cards cannot be used during the initial purchase of a product that has a deposit. You will notice an error message from Shopify similar to the one below. This is a Shopify limitation, please contact Shopify support to request this feature.



Using gift cards to pay remaining balance


Gift cards can be used to pay the remaining balance of an order placed with Downpay.



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Store credit


Store credit is a new native Shopify feature. To learn more about this feature and how to use it, please review Shopify's Store credit article.


Store credit has a few limitations when using it with partial payment orders with Downpay.


Store credit deposit order limitations


  • Store credit cannot be used during the initial purchase of a product that has a deposit. This is a Shopify limitation, please contact Shopify support to request this feature.


You will see a greyed out block and a restriction message next to it.



Using store credit to pay remaining balance


Store credit can be used to pay the remaining balance of an order placed with Downpay.



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Updated on: 07/02/2025

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