If I create an order in POS with a split payment request, where does that order go??

Topic summary

  • Main issue: A merchant sent a payment request from the Shopify POS app (iPad) with a partial/split payment option, but the request did not appear under Draft Orders or elsewhere in the admin.

  • Context: Because Shopify does not allow taking a deposit on draft orders, the merchant used POS to create and send what they considered a payment request/draft order with partial payment.

  • Key question: Where can Shopify POS–originated payment requests with partial payments be viewed or managed after sending?

  • Terms: Draft order = a manually created order awaiting payment; POS (Point of Sale) = Shopify’s in-person sales app; partial/split payment = allowing a deposit or portion of the total to be paid upfront.

  • Status: No answer or resolution provided yet; the location/visibility of such POS requests remains unclear.

Summarized with AI on January 5. AI used: gpt-5.

Since Shopify won’t allow us to request a deposit for draft orders (which is very frustrating!) we sent a payment request/draft order via the Shopify POS app on an Ipad to a customer, with the option of doing a partial payment. However when we sent it to the customer it did not show up under draft orders or anywhere else that I could find. Is there some place that I can see these types of Shopify POS app order requests that have been sent to customers?