Selling Plan to Include Shipping in Initial Deposit

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Topic summary

A Checkout UI extension developer needs to modify their selling plan’s payment structure to include shipping fees in the initial deposit.

Current Setup:

  • Payment X (due now)
  • Payment Y + Shipping Rate (due later)
  • Shipping is only charged with the deferred payment

Desired Setup:

  • Payment X + Shipping Rate (due now)
  • Payment Y (due later)
  • Shipping fee should be included in the initial payment instead

Objective:
Update the Selling Plan configuration to reflect this change, ensuring the shipping rate is collected upfront rather than deferred. The developer references Shopify’s documentation on Selling Strategies and Deferred Purchases for implementation guidance.

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Background:

We are an Checkout UI extension that that does the following on the checkout page:

Current Behavior:

  • Our selling plan currently splits the product cost into two payments:
    • Payment X (due now)
    • Payment Y, the remainder (due later)
  • The total due now is Payment X only.
  • The total due later is calculated as Payment Y + Shipping Rate.

Required Change:

  • We need to modify the selling plan to include the shipping fee in both the initial and later payments.
  • The desired payment structure should be:
    • Payment X + Shipping Rate due now.
    • Payment Y due later.

Objective:

  • Update the Selling Plan to reflect the above changes, ensuring the shipping rate is included only in the initial payment.

Additional Resources:

  • Shopify Documentation on Selling Strategies and Deferred Purchases: Shopify Docs Link