Layaway & deposits
Layaway for Shopify POS — no Shopify Plus required.
Hold the item, take a deposit and print the agreement in under a minute at the register. DepositRight tracks every payment to the cent and completes the sale only when the customer picks up.
Shopify POS has no built-in layaway, and partial payments on draft orders are a Shopify Plus feature.
DepositRight adds layaway to any Shopify plan that includes POS. Build the cart, hold the items, take a deposit and hand the customer a printed layaway agreement. Take instalments at the register, remind customers before their hold expires, release stock automatically if it lapses, and complete the sale only at pickup — so your sales and tax reports show what you have actually collected.
Build the cart on POS, tap DepositRight, take the deposit. The items are held and the agreement prints.
Customers pay weekly, biweekly or monthly at the register. The balance updates to the cent, and overpayment is blocked.
The final payment completes the sale, releases the hold and prints the receipt.
Layaway from the POS cart — items held, deposit taken, agreement printed in under a minute.
Deposit rules you control — a percentage, a flat minimum, or whichever is greater, enforced at the register.
Instalment schedules — weekly, biweekly or monthly, with balances tracked to the cent.
Automatic hold expiry — email reminders, a grace window, then stock goes back on the floor.
Tax liability report — sales tax collected versus deferred on partly paid layaways.*
Fair cancellations — restocking fee (percent or flat) worked out for you; refunds never go negative.
Bring your paper layaway book — CSV import that copes with real-world spreadsheets and reports any row it can’t read.
*Reporting aid only — not tax advice. Confirm treatment with your accountant.
All prices in USD, billed through Shopify and shown on your Shopify invoice.
$0 / month
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Billing
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$14.99 / month
Billed monthly ·
$12.49 / month
Billed $149.90 once a year
Billing
No charge for 14 days · Billed through Shopify · Cancel anytime
*Reporting aid only — not tax advice. Confirm treatment with your accountant.
Paid plans include a 14-day free trial. Annual plans save about 15% compared with paying monthly.
Yes. DepositRight is built for the register first. You open the layaway from the POS cart and take payments at the register like any other sale.
No. DepositRight gives you layaway with balance tracking on any Shopify plan that includes POS.
The items are held so they can’t be sold to someone else. If the hold expires and the grace period passes, the stock goes back on the floor automatically and you decide whether to cancel or reactivate the layaway.
No. A payment larger than the balance is refused at the register with a clear message.
Shopify reports a partly paid layaway as if the whole sale happened on day one. DepositRight shows the tax you have actually collected against payments received, and what is still deferred. Reporting aid only — not tax advice. Confirm treatment with your accountant.
Yes, on Pro. The CSV import handles real spreadsheets, and any row it can’t read is reported back to you.
Jewellers, furniture and mattress stores, bridal shops, western wear, firearms dealers, bike shops and music stores — any retailer whose customers pay for high-ticket items over weeks or months.
Only what the job needs, and nothing sold on to anyone.
Layaway for Shopify POS. Hold items, take deposits, track instalments and release stock automatically. No Shopify Plus needed.