Stop Losing Sales Because Customers Can’t Pay Everything Today

Your customers want to buy.

They just don’t always want — or can — pay 100% upfront.

Whether you sell:

• custom products

• services

• bookings

• events

• high-value goods

• or made-to-order work

forcing full payment at checkout creates friction.

Deposit & Balance Payments removes that friction — without breaking WooCommerce, confusing customers, or creating admin nightmares.

What This Plugin Does (In Plain English)

This plugin lets you:

• Take a deposit today

• Automatically create a linked balance order

• Collect the remaining balance later

• Show everything clearly to:

  • the customer

  • your admin team

  • your accounting

No hacks. No fragile checkout tricks. No spreadsheets. No “I’ll invoice you later”.

Everything happens inside WooCommerce, exactly where it should.

Designed for Real Businesses — Not Demo Stores

This plugin wasn’t built in isolation.
It was built while running real WooCommerce stores, dealing with:

• customers who forget to pay balances

• admins who need visibility

• payment reminders

• due dates

• partial payments

• refunds

• reporting

• and support queries

That’s why it includes features most “deposit plugins” don’t even think about.

CORE FEATURES (What You’re Actually Buying)

✅ True Staged Payments (Not Fake Deposits)

This is not a “discounted cart hack”.

When a customer chooses to pay a deposit:

• A deposit order is created and paid

• A linked balance order is automatically created

• Both orders are permanently connected

• Each has its own status, emails, and history

This gives you:

• proper accounting

• clear audit trails

• compatibility with WooCommerce workflows

✅ Flexible Deposit Options

Per product, you can choose:

• Percentage deposit (e.g. 40%)

• Fixed amount deposit

• Deposit required or optional

• Let the customer:

  • pay deposit now

  • or pay in full

All controlled from a clean product-level UI.

✅ Balance Due Dates (Fixed or Relative)

You decide when the remaining balance is due:

• Fixed date (e.g. 28 January 2026)

• Relative date (e.g. 30 days after deposit)

• Anchored to:

  • deposit paid date

  • or order creation date

No guesswork. No manual tracking.

✅ Automatic Balance Order Creation

When enabled, the plugin:

• creates the balance order automatically

• links it to the deposit order

• copies customer data

• keeps totals accurate

Admins don’t have to do anything manually.

✅ Customer-Friendly Checkout Experience

On the product page, customers see:

• Clear payment options

• Transparent pricing

• “Only pay today” summary

• No surprises at checkout

This increases conversions and reduces support emails.

✅ Built-In Balance Reminders

You can:

• enable or disable reminders per product

• define reminder schedules (e.g. -7, -1, 2)

• automatically remind customers before and after the due date

Reminders are:

• linked to the balance order

• logged

• visible to admins

✅ Manual & Automated Email Sending

Admins can:

• send balance invoices manually

• resend reminders with one click

• see when emails were last sent

Everything is logged and auditable.

✅ Customer “Balances” Area (My Account)

Customers get a dedicated Balances section where they can:

• see outstanding balances

• view due dates

• pay balances instantly

• understand what they owe and why

No confusion. No chasing.

✅ Powerful Admin Dashboard (Staged Payments)

Your screenshots show this clearly — this is a huge differentiator.

Admins get:

• a dedicated Staged Payments screen

• live KPIs:

  • total staged value

  • deposits received

  • open balances

  • total due

  • overdue balances

• sortable, searchable balance orders

• one-click actions

This turns deposits from a “mess” into a controlled system.

✅ Product Management at Scale

From the Products tab, admins can:

• see which products use staged payments

• view deposit amounts

• view reminder settings

• jump straight to product editing

Perfect for large catalogs.

✅ WooCommerce-Native (This Matters)

This plugin:

• uses WooCommerce orders

• uses WooCommerce emails

• uses WooCommerce admin patterns

• uses WooCommerce customer accounts

It does not:

• replace checkout

• fake totals

• override payment gateways

• break reporting

That means:

• compatibility

• stability

• future-proofing

✅ Built for Developers (But Friendly for Non-Developers)

• Clean meta keys

• Predictable data structures

• Extendable hooks

• No hardcoded assumptions

But also:

• simple toggles

• plain language

• safe defaults

WHO THIS PLUGIN IS FOR

This plugin is ideal for:

• Web designers & agencies

• Event organizers

• Service providers

• Trades & custom manufacturers

• Booking-based businesses

• High-ticket WooCommerce stores

If you’ve ever said:

“I wish WooCommerce could just take a deposit…”

This plugin is for you.

WHY THIS IS BETTER THAN OTHER DEPOSIT PLUGINS

Most deposit plugins:

• fake partial totals

• don’t create real balance orders

• rely on manual invoicing

• offer no admin visibility

• break reports

• confuse customers

Deposit & Balance Payments does it properly.

It treats staged payments as first-class citizens, not hacks.

PERFORMANCE & COMPATIBILITY

• Requires WooCommerce 7.0+

• Works with all standard gateways

• Compatible with caching

• Uses Action Scheduler when available

• Fully translatable

• GPL-licensed

SUPPORT & FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

This plugin is actively developed by Arrow Design, with real-world usage driving features — not theory.

We continue to strive for absolute excellence, in all our plugins - we continually update and maintain, to ensure all our plugins continue to impress.

• enhanced reporting

• automation rules

• gateway-specific optimizations

• export tools

Deposit & Balance Payments for WooCommerce

If you want to:

• increase conversions

• reduce payment friction

• stay organised

• stop chasing balances

• look professional

Deposit & Balance Payments gives WooCommerce the staged-payment system it should have had all along.