This article will help you get started quickly with Downpay!

It includes the minimum required steps to get up and running:

1. Check your payment gateway is compatible
2. Add Downpay in your theme
3. Create a purchase option

It also explains the following optional step:

4. Customize your deposit terms and cancellation policy

On this page:

Check your payment gateway is compatible

Add Downpay in your theme

• Product page
• Cart page

Create a purchase option

Optional: Customize your deposit terms and cancellation policy

Check your payment gateway is compatible

Downpay supports partial payment for select payment gateways including Shopify Payments, Stripe, and Paypal Express. Merchants on the Shopify Plus plan can also use Ayden.

Refer to Enable a supported payment gateway to enable one of these gateways.

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Add Downpay in your theme

Once complete, your storefront will display the following Downpay content blocks for products with purchase options applied.

Review Add Downpay to your theme for detailed instructions.

Product Page

Watch the video below to learn how to install Downpay on the product page of 2.0 themes :

Watch the video below to learn how to install Downpay on the product page of vintage themes :

Cart Page

Watch the video below to learn how to install Downpay on the cart page:

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Create a purchase option

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

Refer to our guide for creating purchase options for detailed instructions. Refer to our guide for bulk workflows if you'd like to bulk add products to a purchase option.

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Optional: Customize your deposit terms and cancellation policy

Customize the text in your cancellation policy to ensure customers understand your terms.

Review Customer cancellation policy for detailed instructions.

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Updated on: 09/05/2025