Changing on hold orders – Balance Orders

  • Resolved mattgray92

    (@mattgray92)


    1 year, 3 months ago

    I am able to go in and change the on hold order to complete (we use on hold orders when building engines since it requires the customer to pay a $2000 deposit. Once the deposit is paid, then we start on their engines.) I found out i can manually go in and change the on hold order status to completed, but it states “Remaining balance of $xxxxx.xx paid on xx/xx/xx by credit card”. I need to know how to change how the payment was made. In our instance today, the customer sent in a check to pay for the remaining order. I do not want them to get the completed invoice and it saying they paid by card. ***This is for Balance Orders***

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  • Plugin Contributor danieldudzic

    (@danieldudzic)

    Automattic Happiness Engineer

    Hi Matt!

    I believe, that better management of balance orders could be achieved with a dedicated plugin, such as WooCommerce Deposits, or a similar one.

    I’m afraid that, by default, WooCommerce does not allow direct editing of the payment method once the order is placed.

    But perhaps the following would work for you:

    1. Please change the order status to “Pending Payment”. Once you do that you will be able to see the “Customer payment page” option on the order page.

    2. If you go to the Customer payment page, you should be able to select the desired payment method (Check payments for example) and complete the order.

    Please let me know, if that helps!

    Thread Starter mattgray92

    (@mattgray92)

    Good morning,

    I am sorry for such the late response, but we just now had someone else pay off their remaining balance. I did as you told me to do and when i click on the Customer payment page it brings me to our checkout page and states: “This order cannot be paid for. Please contact us if you need assistance” I am trying to change how it was paid for on our end and its acting like the customer is trying to do it.

    Plugin Support Shameem R. a11n

    (@shameemreza)

    Hi @mattgray92,

    The error message you’re seeing typically shows when trying to pay for an order that is already paid or does not require payment. However, it seems you’re trying to update the payment method on your end, not initiate a new payment.

    Unfortunately, WooCommerce does not support changing the payment method after an order is placed. The system is designed this way to maintain the integrity of the transaction records.

    However, you can make a note in the order notes section stating the actual method of payment. This note can be made visible to the customer so they can see the correct payment method.

    I hope this clarifies your concern. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

    Thread Starter mattgray92

    (@mattgray92)

    Good Morning @shameemreza,

    Thank you for the quick response. That makes perfect sense for transaction records. We normally have customers who pay the $2,000 deposit via credit card, but then either send us a check, wire transfer, or cash to pay the remaining balance. I just did not want them to get concerned after they make the remaining balance payment and it shows up they paid via credit card even though they did not. I will put it in the notes however they paid from now on.

    Thank you for the help!

    Matt Gray

    Mullins Race Engines

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    Have a wonderful day!

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