Payment terms
Payment terms decide how the customer pays a confirmed order: Due on receipt (pay now) or Net 15 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 90 (pay later). They use Shopify's built-in payment terms — you don't create them, and you don't need Shopify Plus.
The cascade — how a term is chosen
For each order the term is resolved in this order (first match wins):
Merchant override — whatever you pick on the order at confirm time.
Customer Group default — the group's B2B payment term (e.g. Gold = Net 60).
Shop default — the Shop default payment term in Draft Orders → Settings.
Due on receipt — if none of the above is set.
The term is pre-resolved when the buyer submits, so the pending order already shows the right default — you can still override before confirming.
Example
Shop default = Net 30. The Gold customer group's B2B payment term = Net 60.
A customer in the Gold group submits → order defaults to Net 60 (group beats shop default).
A B2B customer in no group submits → defaults to Net 30 (shop default).
On any order you can change the term before clicking Confirm & send payment link.
Set a group's payment term
Go to Customers → Customer Groups → open a group → B2B payment term, pick the term, and it saves immediately. This becomes the default for that group's buyers.
Set the shop default
Orders → Draft Orders → Settings → Shop default payment term. Applies to buyers who aren't in any group.
What the customer gets
Due on receipt
Shopify pay-now checkout link — pays immediately
Net X
Shopify invoice with a due date — pays later; you mark it paid when funds arrive
Next steps
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