Paying multiple bills at once through Shopify Bill Pay

With Shopify Bill Pay, you can handle multiple bill payments simultaneously. On this page, you can learn how to schedule payments for several bills to different suppliers or vendors at once, whether they're domestic or international.

Schedule multiple payments at once

When you have several bills to manage, you can save time by processing as many as 20 payments simultaneously. If you select more than 20 bills, then only the first 20 will be processed in this batch, and you'll be notified about any excluded bills.

Steps:

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Finances > Bill Pay.
2. Select the bills that you want to pay. You can mix both domestic and international bills.
3. Click Schedule payments.
4. On the Schedule payments page, review each bill's details. The payment and delivery methods displayed will default to those used in your last payment to each vendor.
5. Click Schedule (X) payments, where X is the number of payments that you're scheduling. A popup will display the total bill amount and total fees.
6. Review the details in the dialog that displays the total bill amount and total fees carefully.
7. Click Schedule payments. A notification will confirm the number of payments successfully scheduled.

Addressing missing details

Sometimes, certain information may not be automatically populated or may be missing entirely, which prevents the payment from being scheduled until these details are provided.

Common errors and how to resolve them

Missing amount

If the payment amount wasn't captured from the imported bill, then the Missing amount error is displayed.

1. In the Amount column, click the bill with the Missing amount error.
2. Enter the correct amount for the payment.

Missing payment method

If no payment method is saved, then the Missing payment method error is displayed.

1. In the Payment method column, click the bill with the Missing payment method error.
2. Click + Add payment method.
3. In the Add payment method dialog, choose to add a credit card, debit card, or bank account, and follow the prompts to input the required details.

Missing delivery method

For new vendors or if a delivery method has yet to be set, the Missing delivery method error is displayed.

1. In the Delivery method column, click the bill with the Missing delivery method error.
2. Select ACH bank transfer, Paper check, International wire, or Ask vendor to choose from the dropdown list.
3. Follow the prompts to input the required details.

Note

International payments require either a bank account or a Mastercard. Other card types won’t offer an international payment option.

Missing purpose for an international payment

When you schedule an international payment, you must declare what the purpose of the payment is.

1. In the Delivery method column, click the bill with the Missing purpose of an international payment error.
2. Select Update purpose of payment from the dropdown list.
3. Follow the prompts to input the required details.

Delete a batch of bills

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Finances > Bill Pay.
2. In the Unpaid or All tabs, select the bills that you want to delete.
3. Click Delete bills.
4. In the dialog, click Delete bills. A notification will confirm the number of bills successfully deleted.

Mark bills as unpaid

If bills were accidentally marked as paid, then you can revert their status. After a bill is marked as unpaid, you can find it in the Unpaid or All tabs.

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Finances > Bill Pay.
2. In the Paid or All tabs, select the bills that you want to mark as unpaid.
3. Click Mark as unpaid. A notification will confirm the number of bills successfully reverted to unpaid status.