What is Depositly?
Depositly lets your customers pay part of an order now and the rest later.
What it does
Depositly gives you two ways to take payments in parts.
Deposits (Purchase options)
The buyer pays a deposit at checkout, for example 20%. The rest is paid later. Depending on your setup, the balance is:
charged to the card saved at checkout on a date you choose,
sent to the buyer as an invoice, or
paid in person, for example in cash when they collect.
Use deposits for pre-orders, made-to-order work, bookings and layaway.
Split payments
One order is paid through several invoices. It can be one buyer paying over time, or several people each paying their share. Split payments work with any payment provider, because each part is paid through a Shopify invoice.
You can also create split orders yourself from the app, for example for phone orders.
Where to find it
In your Shopify admin, go to Apps → Depositly. The menu on the left has:
Menu | What you do there |
|---|---|
Home | See your storefront status, key numbers and the setup guide |
Purchase options | Create and edit deposit offers |
Split payments | Create split payment offers and manual split orders |
Orders & balances | Track deposit orders, balances and split orders |
Emails | Edit the emails the app sends |
Analytics | See how your balances are being paid |
Translations | Translate the text buyers see |
Settings | Storefront, split payment, customer portal and integration settings |
Billing | Change your plan |
Deposits or split payments?
If you want to... | Use |
|---|---|
Take a deposit on a product or cart and charge the rest later | Deposits |
Let one buyer pay by invoice over several weeks | Split payments (Installment or Multiple) |
Let several people share one order | Split payments (Shared) |
Send a payment plan to a customer by email | A manual split order |
Take a deposit when your gateway can't save cards | Deposits in draft-order mode, or Split payments |
Next steps
Turn on the app embed
Check your payment gateway
Create your first deposit offer