How can I add a payment method fee or discount in my online store?

Topic summary

Goal: apply a payment-method-based price adjustment (e.g., +3% fee for Credit Card/PayPal or −3% discount for Wire Transfer) to steer customers toward bank transfers for high-value items.

Status and constraints:

  • The “Order & Product Fees” app reportedly can’t do this; support says Shopify’s API doesn’t currently allow charging/discounting dynamically by payment method at checkout.
  • Workaround shared: set up a custom manual payment method (e.g., bank transfer) with on-screen instructions, but this does not automatically add/remove fees.

Recent updates/solutions:

  • Several merchants ask for alternatives and highlight high PayPal fees (~5.5%) on large orders.
  • A user reports using the “Releasit Cash On Delivery” app to add a fee based on the selected payment option, specifically applying an extra fee to credit card payments.
  • It remains unclear whether a percentage discount for wire transfers is supported; one user asked and did not receive confirmation.

Outcome:

  • No native Shopify solution; partial app-based workaround (fees) reported.
  • Multiple calls for Shopify to enable payment-method price tables. Discussion remains open/unresolved.
Summarized with AI on December 20. AI used: gpt-5.

Hi @Rhythmic @thelab @andud did you find any solution? we also need a solution for this please