- Short answer
- Yes — Flow's Capture payment action captures payment for the order, but its help page says you need to set up manual payment capture first.
- Authorization window
- Standard 7 days for credit card payments on Shopify Payments
- Edits and post-purchase upsells
- With Order created, new payments from order edits or post-purchase upsells aren't captured; use Order transaction created instead
- Amount
- The action's help page shows only an order ID; for a partial capture, change the amount on the order page
- Plans
- Flow is free on Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus; its help page doesn't name Starter
What does the Capture payment action need?
Flow's Capture payment action collects the money on the order that starts the workflow, and its help page says you need to set up manual payment capture first.
- Settings
- Payments
- Payment capture method
The trigger matters too: Order created doesn't monitor an order for new transactions, so if the order is edited or has a post-purchase upsell, the new payment isn't captured; Shopify points to Order transaction created instead, and says to test the workflow if you use an order-editing or post-purchase upsell app.
For risk checks, use Order risk analyzed: the template Capture payment if order is not high fraud risk captures only when the risk level is not high (risk-workflow setup).
What limits apply to Flow capture?
- No amount field on the action's help page: only the order ID. For a partial capture, change the amount on the order page.
- Authorization window: orders the workflow skips must still be captured within the authorization period, standard 7 days for credit card payments on Shopify Payments, or you “might be unable to collect any money.”
- Plans: Flow is free on Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus; its help page doesn't name Starter.
When is the built-in capture setting enough?
For a fixed moment rather than a condition, Shopify's capture methods need no workflow (online store orders only; which to pick):
- Automatically at checkout — the default.
- Automatically when order is fulfilled — the entire order must be fulfilled; not compatible with fulfillment apps that need a paid status; B2B orders “must be manually captured when they don't have a valid authorization and ‘due on fulfillment’ payment terms.”
- Automatically capture per fulfillment — Shopify Plus only.
- Manually — what the Flow action asks for.
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