Overview

• Split Orders can break up your orders into multiple orders based on the products' attributes or whether the item is being backordered.
• Invoice Automation can request a percentage of the order for immediate payment as a deposit on the invoice.

By combining the options provided by these features, we can split certain products into their own order (by attribute) and create an invoice that requests the deposit.

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Review the two articles linked above to learn exactly how these important features work.

How it works

When an order is split by an attribute value listed in Orders > Settings > Do Not Charge Split Order with Attribute Value, the resulting split order will be given the Invoice Later payment method.

Invoice Later Payment Method

The order being split through Do Not Charge Split Order with Attribute Value is the only way for Invoice Later payment method to be set on an order. It can not be selected during checkout.

Because of that we can create an invoice automation rule for just that Invoice Later payment method. Invoiceing Automation rules can be configured to request the deposit percentage or amount set on the account or globally.

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The rule above, will request deposit payment from your customers for just items that were split into their own order through Do Not Charge Split Order with Attribute Value.