How to create Net Terms payment orders?
You have to go to the app => Pricing Plan and subscribe to the Advanced Plan or Premium Plan to use the function. You will have a trial of 14 days.
Please follow the instructions to test the function and hope you enjoy it.
1. Enable the function
Go to Dashboard and turn on the Net Term function.
2. Installation
Go to Installation and click the “Install” button to add the function to your theme. You can install the function automatically or manually.
There will be a Purchase Late button shown on the Shopping Cart page.
*Note:
If you install but the button “Purchase Late” is not showing, kindly follow the manual installation guide or contact us at support-sbc@bsscommerce.com.
When you change your theme, kindly go to the Installation tab and re-install the function on your new theme.
3. Configuration
Under the NET TERMS METHOD, there are two options available.
3.1. Create Net Terms orders as draft orders
When customers click on “Purchase Later”, the order information will be saved on Shopify Admin => Orders => Draft Orders.
You can change the order items and the shipping rate/taxes will be automatically updated. Also, make use of the “Email Invoice” option to collect the payment within or outside Shopify.
*Note: Remember to mark orders as paid when you receive the payment.
3.2. Create Net Terms orders as final orders
When customers click on “Purchase Later”, an official order will be created on Shopify Admin => Orders. The payment status is Unpaid.
You will not be able to change the order items, shipping rates, or taxes. However, you can set up Extra fees on the app.
We would recommend this option if you use the Payment methods set up on your Shopify store.
*Note: Remember to mark orders as paid when you receive the payment.
3.3. Net Term Button
Under NET TERM BUTTON, there are two options:
Display next to the default checkout button: The customers can still checkout as normal.
You can choose where you want Purchase Late button to appear
On both Cart page and Mini cart
On Cart page
On Mini cart
Replace Default Checkout of Shopify: The customers can only Purchase Late.
3.4. Thank You Page
You can use Default content message or add your custom message.
After the customers complete the “Purchase Late" orders, they will be redirected to a THANK YOU PAGE. you can add more information in the box.
3.5. Buttons Setting On Cart Page
There are 3 options:
Enable "Purchase Late Button" for All Customers: Net Term button will be visible to all customers no matter if they are involved in any Net Term rules or not.
Enable "Purchase Late Button" for Applied Customer in NT Rules: Net Term button who be visible to applied customers in NT rules
Enable Multiple Buttons for All Customers: All buttons of the rules that admin sets up in the app are displayed. If customers are in two or more NT rules, these rules will apply.
For example:
Rule #1:
Name: Net Terms 15 for Special customers, Retailers
Apply to: Customers tagged with Special, Retailers
Apply to: All Products
Rule settings: Net Terms
Apply Net Terms within: 15 days
Rule #2:
Name: Net Terms 30 for Retailers
Apply to: Customers tagged with Retailers
Apply to: All Products
Rule settings: Net Terms
Apply Net Terms within: 30 days
On cart page, customers with tag Special, Retailers can see the both the button "Net Terms 15 for Special customers, Retailers" and "Net Terms 30 for Retailers".
Retailers can choose either Net Terms 15 or 30 buttons while Special customers can only choose Net Terms 15.
3.6. Enable Shipping and Tax Calculation Page
There are 2 options to choose:
Yes
No
If you choose Yes, your customers will have to go to Shipping and Tax Calculation (similar to Shipping page on your store) page in Customer Portal, before they can Checkout
If you choose No, your customer can Checkout immediately
3.7. Default Country Address
This configuration allows you to set the default country address for non-logged-in customers in Cart Purchase page:
3.8. Translation of Purchase Late
Under Translation, you can set up the “Purchase Late" button. For example, set it to “Buy Now - Pay Later".
4. Net Terms Rules
Go to NT Rules to create the NetTerms rules within a specific time period.
4.1. General Information
Under General Information:
Enter the rule’s Name
Enter a number to set up the Priority. 0 is the highest priority.
Set the Status to Enable/Disable.
*Note: The priority will be considered when there are more than one NetTerms rule applied to the same customer(s) at a time.
4.2. Apply to Customers/Product
Under Apply to customers, choose the customers you want to apply the Net Terms rule.
For example, you can add “b2b” tag for B2B customers.
Under Product Condition tab, choose the products you want to apply the rule.
4.3. Auto-tag orders when purchasing with this rule
We would suggest enabling the Auto-tag orders function so that you can easily search for NetTerms orders by their tag.
4.4. Apply Within
Under Apply Net Term within, choose a time range when chosen customers will receive the invoice after that time. Or, you can manually Send Invoice.
There are 6 options available:
Due on receipt:
Within 7 days
Within 15 days
Within 30 days
Within 60 days
Within 90 days
Due on specific day of month
Custom
4.5. Purchase Late Form
Besides the Shipping Address information, you can collect further by adding custom fields: multiple checkboxes, date field, header, number, radio options, dropdown selection(s), text field, and text area.
Other than these, B2B Customer Portal allows you to add custom fields such as EU VAT Validation, ABN Validation, India GST Validation, UK Validation, and Phone.
On the Online Store, customers can enter additional information:
5. Purchase Later Process (Frontend)
On the storefront, the chosen customers will login into the account with the tag B2B to make a Netterm purchase.
When the customers add the product to the cart, they can choose the “Checkout” button as normal or the “Buy Now - Pay Later" button.
The customers will be redirected to a Purchase Late page (/apps/customer-portal/purchase-late) to add Shipping information.
When clicking on the Checkout button, the customers will be redirected to Thank You Page.
On the page, the customers can check the Cart Purchase and Order History.
5.1. The Admin sets up “Create Net Terms orders as draft orders”
The orders will be created on Shopify Admin => Orders => Draft Orders.
You can change the order items and the shipping rate/taxes will be automatically updated. Also, make use of the “Email Invoice” option to collect the payment within or outside Shopify.
*Note: Remember to mark orders as paid when you receive the payment.
5.2. The Admin sets up “Create Net Terms orders as final orders”
You will not be able to change the order items, shipping rates, or taxes. However, you can set up Extra fees on the app.
We would recommend this option if you use the Payment methods set up on your Shopify store.
*Note: Remember to mark orders as paid when you receive the payment.
6. Orders List
Admin can check the Orders list in the app via Orders tab
There are 8 columns in NT Orders table:
Name: Order Number of Net Terms order. You can click on the order number to view order details in Shopify Admin.
Email: Customer's email.
Shipping: Shipping city + country address.
Rule: Name of the NT Rules .
Order Date: Date that customer placed net terms order.
Net Terms: net terms period.
Remaining Days: remaining days that customers have to pay their order.
Order Status: Order status in Shopify Admin: Archived (order is paid & fulfilled), Open (order is unpaid & unfulfilled), Cancelled (order is cancelled), Deleted (order is deleted).
You can also find the Orders in Shopify Admin => Orders by the tag.
7. Email configurations
Here you can enable the email type you want and set up the email template
If you have a problem when setting up this feature, please feel free to reach us at support-sbc@bsscommerce.com or Live Chat if you need any assistance.
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