You and your B2B customers can now enjoy a smoother, more modern way of doing business with our new Pay on Account option for Shopify.
In the past, customers needed to have their card or iDEAL payment ready at checkout for placing their orders. Typically, not everyone in your customer's organization has immediate access to a card or bank account.
For those customers who already have a pay on account solution, tracking open invoices outside of Shopify and managing payment follow-ups are time-consuming tasks.
That's why we're launching Pay on Account as a payment method for Shopify. This update cuts through payment complexity by combining the flexibility of invoicing with the speed of digital transactions. Now, your B2B customers using Shopify can complete purchases quickly and easily, while you can ensure timely payments.
With Pay on Account, they can choose a payment option at checkout without entering detailed information. The result is a streamlined purchasing process that saves time, reduces costs, and offers more financial flexibility.
Here’s how it works
Setting up Pay on Account requires a few specific steps in your Shopify and Firmhouse accounts. First, the B2B feature in Firmhouse must be enabled. If you don’t see the above option, just reach out to us, and we’ll enable the feature in your Firmhouse project.
Configure the payment method in Shopify
First, you need to choose how you’d like to present the option to Pay on Account by creating a manual payment method in Shopify and configuring it in Firmhouse.
You can also give it a name that suits your customers, such as: Pay on Account, Betalen op rekening, or Zahlen auf Rechnung.
Allow your customers to onboard themselves onto Pay on Account
Only customers who have their bank account set up on their Firmhouse Pay on Account profile will see the Pay on Account method at checkout on Shopify. Our platform makes sure that Pay on Account is hidden for customers who haven't onboarded themselves yet.
To easily onboard customers and help them create their Pay on Account profile and add their bank account, you can set up a special Pay on Account Activation Product in your Shopify store. When a customer purchases that product through Shopify checkout, a Pay on Account profile is automatically created for them. The Pay on Account payment method you've configured will then appear for all future orders.

→ Learn more about Pay on Account in our Help Center article.