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Configuring Cash on Delivery

As a seller, you might want to configure Cash on Delivery (COD) for your website. If that's the case, it's worthwhile for you to note that the COD option is configurable from four places:

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Each sales channel website can have its own COD configuration. You may maintain separate COD settings in case you have multiple sales channel in your business account.


Main COD configuration

How to access

Sales Channel (choose application) → Settings → Cart & Payments → Payments → Payment Options (section)

Features

  • Enable or disable COD on the website
  • Allow or disallow COD for guest users
  • Enforce the maximum COD allowed per user (after exhausting the limit, customer won't get COD option during checkout until the order is delivered)
  • Enforce the maximum COD allowed per order (beyond the limit, the order has to be a prepaid one)
  • Levy extra delivery charges on the order value if a customer opts for COD during checkout
Read More: How to configure COD for your sales channel

Customer-level COD configuration

How to access

Path: Sales Channel (choose application) → Customers

Features

  • Allow or disallow COD for a specific user
  • Check the COD limits remaining for a specific customer (keeps decreasing whenever a customer places a COD order, and replenishes after the order is successfully delivered)
Read More: How to configure COD for specific customers

Product-level COD configuration

How to access

Path: Sales Channel (choose application) → Products

Features

  • Allow or disallow COD for a specific product
Read More: How to configure COD for specific products

PIN Code-level COD configuration

How to access

Path: Sales Channel (choose application) → Settings → Cart & Payments → Payments → Payment Options (section) → (Click Configure button)

  • Add the PIN codes one-by-one to enable or disable COD (customers would be eligible for COD if their delivery address is located in your whitelisted PIN codes)
  • Add the PIN codes in bulk (using CSV file) to enable or disable COD for multiple PIN codes at once
  • Enable or Disable COD option for PIN Codes
Read More: How to configure COD for specific PIN codes

Guest User-level COD Configuration

How to access

Path: Sales Channel (choose application) → Settings → Cart & Payments → Payments → Offline Payment (section) → (Enable Allow COD for anonymous users)

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Figure 1: Guest User-level COD Setting

  • Cash on Delivery for All: This feature lets sellers offer Cash on Delivery (COD) to all users, even those who aren't signed in.
  • No Login Required: Users don't need to log in to make COD payments.
  • Easy and Flexible: Sellers can activate this option, making it easy and flexible for all customers to pay with COD.