How can I add a charity donation dropdown at checkout?

Topic summary

Goal: Add a checkout dropdown letting customers direct 10% of their order total to a chosen charity.

Key constraints:

  • Checkout customization is limited to Shopify Plus. Basic and standard plans cannot modify checkout directly.
  • Without Plus, merchants typically rely on donation apps, but these may not replicate a custom dropdown in checkout.

Proposed approaches:

  • Use third-party donation apps (no specific app named in the thread).
  • Upgrade to Shopify Plus to implement a custom checkout dropdown via checkout extensibility.

New input and open question:

  • Another participant seeks the same dropdown UI (example provided via link and screenshot) and reports existing apps don’t match that functionality.
  • They ask whether this is exclusively a Shopify Plus feature or achievable via an app/developer on non-Plus plans.

Artifacts central to understanding:

  • Linked site and screenshot illustrate the desired dropdown UI at checkout.

Status: Unresolved. No confirmed app-based solution for non-Plus; Plus plan customization remains the clearest path.

Summarized with AI on December 14. AI used: gpt-5.

Hi all, I’m trying to add an option in my store upon checkout where the customer can choose 10% of their purchase amount to go to a charity. I want to have a dropdown selector with the list of charities available and the customer selects one before paying for their order.

Does anyone know how I would go about doing this?

TIA

H @kiradullard

You can use donation apps because checkout is only accessible for plus plan not with basic plain

Thanks

Renu

Hi @kiradullard ,

Hope you are doing well. You just can change/customize on the checkout page if you’re using Shopify plus. In this case, you can use donation apps or enable Shopify plus to customize your site.

Hope this helps!

Same here. Looking for a way to add a dropdown charity selector like the one pictured. I’ve seen and tried a few charity/donation apps, but nothing like this. Is this a Shopify Plus only feature of can this be accomplished via app or developer? Here’s a link for reference: https://goodpour.com/