Splitting Payments in Shopify: Tackling Product vs. Shipping Costs at Checkout

The Challenge of Separating Product and Shipping Payments in Shopify

Hey everyone! I was just diving into a thread in the Shopify Community about a really interesting challenge: how to let customers pay for their products and shipping separately. @Sohan2198 kicked things off by asking about enabling partial payments specifically to split the product cost from the delivery fee at checkout. It's a common issue, and it sparked some great discussion.

The short answer? Shopify doesn't *natively* make it easy to split those payments right at the checkout. As PieLab pointed out, the system is built to authorize one total amount. But don't worry, there are definitely ways to work around it!

Exploring Solutions: Apps and Workarounds

The first suggestion, and probably the most straightforward, is to explore apps designed for “Deposit” or “Partial Payment” options. The Shopify App Store has a bunch to choose from, each with its own features and pricing.

Jo_EarlyBird (who, full disclosure, runs a pre-order app called Share: