Take a deposit now. Collect the balance later.

1. Create a payment plan

   Set the deposit, an optional preorder discount and when the balance is due. Reuse the plan across products.

2. Assign products

   Add the plan to products or variants with an estimated shipping date and a note. The product block shows the terms.

3. Collect the balance

   Customers pay the deposit at Shopify checkout. When the balance falls due, MilestonePay charges it through Shopify.

• Flexible deposits

  Ask for a percentage or a fixed amount up front, or 0% so customers pay nothing until later. Each plan has one remaining balance, due when the whole order is fulfilled or a set number of days or weeks after checkout. Add an optional preorder discount.

• Product and variant assignments

  Assign plans to whole products or single variants, each with its own estimated shipping date and customer note. Optionally cap preorder units, or offer the preorder only when an item is out of stock.

• Automatic balance collection

  When a balance falls due, MilestonePay charges it with the payment method the customer agreed to at checkout, using Shopify's payment mandates. Choose the time of day balances are collected. Every charge and refund is a normal Shopify transaction on the order.

• Customer order page

  In Shopify's customer accounts, customers see their preorder terms, the shipping estimate, and what they've paid and still owe. They can request cancellation of an eligible preorder, and accept or decline a new shipping date you propose.

• Reminders and reporting

  Optionally remind customers 7, 3 or 1 day before a balance is due and tell them when a payment fails, by app email or Shopify Flow. Reports show preorder counts and values by date, with each currency kept separate and a filter for test orders.

Good to know

• Each plan takes one deposit and one remaining balance. MilestonePay doesn't run multi-payment instalment schedules.
• Automatic balance collection depends on your payment gateway supporting later charges. The setup checklist asks you to test a deposit and a balance before you sell.
• The customer order page needs Shopify's new customer accounts.
• Preorder limits are best-effort: orders placed at the same moment can go slightly over.

• Free

  $0/ month

  • 15 preorder orders a month
  • Then new purchases are full price

• Starter

  $10/ month

  • 125 preorder orders a month
  • Then $0.20 per extra order

• Growth

  $29/ month

  • 400 preorder orders a month
  • Then $0.10 per extra order

• Unlimited

  $69/ month

  • Unlimited preorder orders
  • No per-order charges

• A preorder order is a non-test order with at least one MilestonePay preorder item. Each order counts once, even if it's later cancelled or refunded. Test orders don't count.
• When the Free allowance runs out, new purchases fall back to full-price checkout until the allowance resets the next calendar month or you choose a paid plan. Existing preorders keep being serviced.