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Downpay integration (deposits)

Updated 19 August 2026

Take a deposit at order time and collect the balance when the order is ready to ship. It suits scheduled, high-value orders such as furniture, catering and preorders, where delivery is weeks out.

Available on all plans.

Set it up

Downpay is a separate Shopify app. You configure the integration on Downpay's side:

  1. In Flare, open Integrations & partners, select the Works with Flare tab, then select View setup guide on the Downpay card.
  2. Select Install Downpay to open the Shopify App Store listing, and install it.
  3. Select View Integration Guide. Downpay's own guide walks you through connecting the two.

How it works together

  • The customer pays their deposit and picks a delivery date as normal.
  • The order carries Flare's ship/delivery dates, so Downpay's balance collection can key off "ready to ship". The remaining payment is captured when the order approaches its dispatch date, rather than on an arbitrary timer.
  • Combined with hold & release, the sequence becomes: deposit → held until window → balance collected → released → shipped.

Questions about the payment side belong to Downpay's support; anything about the dates, holds, or tags is ours. Get in touch.