Automated payment of orders fed by API

[sh-user991]

Hello! 

In my shopify shop, i want to manually input orders via the API and a pythin script. This should only happen for existing customers. I want to automate the ordering process for the customer (orders are placed outside the shopify shop). Therefore i also want to automate the payment process. 

How can i ensure that payment for those orders happens automatically? The user should not be required to manually pay for the orders. They should rather enter e. g. credit card details or link their paypal account at some point prior to me feeding the orders so that this payment method can be used. 

I assume that an app could help me?

[AchieveApplabs]

Hi @sh-user991 ,

You’re accepting orders from outside of Shopify and want to plug those into the admin it’s possible with a private app. 

After creating the private app use the API key and secret provided to use REST API or GraphQL. You would need write_orders permissions as well. 

In regards to Payments if you already have a PayPal seller account then you can simply invoice them and send a payment link. Then when the payment is received create a transaction record against the shopify order.

Our developers have a background in API and Payments, send me an email admin@achieveapplabs.com we’d love to work with you!

[sh-user991]

Hi @AchieveApplabs, thanks for your quick reply. 

My issue is that i don't want the customers to be needed to do anything else than ordering (outside of shopify). I want to handle the transaction via shopify with customer payment data that is already stored. Do you have any idea on how to do that?

Thanks!

[AchieveApplabs]

Hi @sh-user991 ,

I can design a solution with Subscriptions API. Customer would enter their payment card details then the charge can happen automatically without a need for checkout. Since this is not technically a subscription you would still need an app to connect and automate when an order is pushed to Shopify.

I'm happy to consult with you on this as a paid service. I will await your email. 

admin@achieveapplabs.com

[sh-user991]

@AchieveApplabs I found the SubscriptionBillingAttempt in the API. Maybe i can make use of that?