Goal: offer a digital product with a $1 trial, then automatically charge full price after 14–30 days unless the customer cancels. The product is a one-time payment, not a subscription.
Guidance provided: recommendations focused on Shopify apps enabling partial payment or “buy now, pay later.” Suggested options included Charge Me Later and Shop Pay Installments (which lets customers pay in full at checkout or in installments for orders $50–$17,500).
Outcome so far: the suggested apps did not match the exact requirement (easy cancel during trial, then auto-charge the remainder). No built-in Shopify capability was confirmed in the thread.
Most recent update: a developer announced an upcoming app intended to support deposits with automatic charging of the remainder after X days. They invited the original poster to review details at hypehound.io and to provide feedback via email to help shape the feature set.
Status: no immediate, off-the-shelf solution identified; a potential solution is in development. Next step, if interested, is to engage with the new app’s team for early access or feedback.
Hi @boatsw I think we’re building the app you’d need to do this. You’d be able to set up a deposit amount and charge the remainder x days after checkout. We’re launching soon but we’re interested to hear more and get feedback so we can build something that fits for you. Check us out here: hypehound.io and let me know if you want to chat further about this!
Feel free to email me at diana@hypehound.io