--- title: "Payment rule recipes: COD by country, cart total, tags, B2B and more" description: "Copy-ready Shopify payment rules: hide cash on delivery by country, cart total, tag or first order, wholesale-only methods, pre-order carts and more." url: "https://smart-preorder.com/help/payment-rules/payment-rule-recipes" updated: "2026-11-02" product: "SMART Preorder & Back in stock" section: "Help center / Payment rules" --- # Payment rule recipes: COD by country, cart total, tags, B2B and more Each recipe below is one payment customization: set **When this customization runs** to **When conditions are met**, add the conditions shown, add the action, save and click **Activate**. Replace the example names and values with your own, and check the result in a fresh checkout. New to the editor? Start with [Hide payment methods](https://smart-preorder.com/help/payment-rules/hide-payment-methods). In these recipes, "COD" means your cash on delivery method; match it with **whose name contains** and a word from its name, such as "Cash on Delivery". ## Cash on delivery ### Offer COD only in the countries you deliver to - Condition: **Country** **is not one of** the countries where you accept COD. - Action: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** "Cash on Delivery". - Country is the checkout's country, then the shipping address country once the buyer enters one, so this works before an address is typed. ### Hide COD above a cart total - Condition: **Cart total amount** **is greater than or is** 500. - Action: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** "Cash on Delivery". - **Cart total amount** is what the buyer pays at checkout; **Cart subtotal amount** is before taxes and cart-level discounts. Enter amounts in your store currency: other currencies are converted at Shopify's rate, so prefer greater or lower over **is**. ### Hide COD for some products - Condition: **Product tag** **is any of** "no-cod", **Applies to** **Any product in the cart**. - Action: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** "Cash on Delivery". - Tags match whole tags, exactly as spelled in Shopify. **Collection** and **SKU** work the same way if you'd rather not tag products. ### Hide COD on a first order - Condition: **Customer order count** **is lower than or is** 0. - Action: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** "Cash on Delivery". - Guests and checkouts without a customer account count as 0 orders, so they lose COD too. ### Hide COD while a discount is applied - Condition: **Applied discount** **is any of** the discounts you pick with **Select discounts** (up to 10 per customization). - Action: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** "Cash on Delivery". - It checks the discount itself, so it works for codes and automatic discounts. ### Hide COD for heavy orders, some postal codes or on weekends - Heavy orders: **Order weight** **is greater than or is** your limit, with its unit. - Postal codes: **Shipping ZIP/Postal Code** **starts with** a prefix, for example "75". Spaces and case are ignored; there are no number ranges. - Weekends: **Day of week** **is any of** Saturday, Sunday. Dates and days use your store's time zone. - Action for each: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** "Cash on Delivery". ## Wholesale and B2B ### Invoice or bank transfer only for tagged customers - Condition: **Customer tags** **is not any of** "wholesale". - Action: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** the name of your invoice or bank transfer method. - Tags only match logged-in customers. Guests have no tags, so they never see the method. ### Different methods for Shopify B2B buyers - Condition: **Customer is a business customer**. Narrow it with **Purchasing company** or **Purchasing company location** if needed. - Action: **Show only specific payment method(s)** with the methods B2B buyers may use, or **Hide specific payment method(s)** for the ones they may not. - For the opposite, hide a B2B-only method from everyone else with **Customer is not a business customer**. - Buyers must be logged in to a company. The address **Company** field is not the same thing. ## Pre-order carts Hide methods you don't want on pre-orders, for example cash on delivery, when the cart has a SMART Preorder item. Use two groups, because pre-order lines are marked in two ways: - Group 1, for **Standard checkout** campaigns (the line carries Shopify's pre-order selling plan): **Subscription product** **is**, **Applies to** **Any product in the cart**. - Click **Add group (OR)**. Group 2, for **Simple checkout** campaigns and B2B buyers (the line carries a hidden property): **Line property / attribute**, **Property key** "_preorder", **exists**. - Action: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** "Cash on Delivery". - Real subscription products match group 1 too. Use **All products in the cart** instead of **Any product in the cart** to target carts with only pre-orders. Standard checkout pre-orders already can't be paid with Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay or local methods: that's a Shopify rule, see [Wallet or Apple Pay missing](https://smart-preorder.com/help/payment-rules/wallet-or-apple-pay-missing). ## Delivery, region and language ### Pay in store only for local pickup - Condition: **Delivery method type** **is not** Local pickup. - Action: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** the name of your pay-in-store method. - Until the buyer picks a delivery option, the condition matches, so the method stays hidden until they choose pickup. ### Hide PayPal for one US state - Condition: **Shipping state/province code** **is** "NY". Use Shopify's region code, not the state's name. - Action: **Hide specific payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** "PayPal". ### A different payment order per country - One customization per country group. Condition: **Country** **is one of** the countries. - Action: **Move payment method to the top** with the method buyers there prefer, or **Reorder a specific payment method** with a **Position** (0 is first). - Wallets such as Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal can't be reordered. See [Sort and rename payment methods](https://smart-preorder.com/help/payment-rules/sort-and-rename-payment-methods). ### A translated method name - One customization per language. Condition: **Language** **is one of** German. - Action: **Rename payment method(s)**, **whose name contains** "Bank Deposit", **New name** "Banküberweisung". ## Which conditions can share a customization Each customization runs on one of the app's Shopify Functions, and each function reads a different set of checkout data. **Add condition** only offers conditions that fit with the ones you've already picked. The main combinations that don't work: | If you use | You can't add | | --- | --- | | **Products** or **Variants** | Collection, SKU, login status, order count, discounts, dates | | **Subscription product**, **Gift card**, **Digital product**, **Line property / attribute** or **Cart attribute** | Login status, order count, ZIP, city, state code, Language | | **Applied discount** | Delivery method type or name | | **Date** or **Day of week** | Product conditions | | **Customer is a business customer**, **Purchasing company** | Language, delivery method, Product tag, SKU | If two conditions can't share one customization, split the rule into two customizations. Remember that a method hidden by any active customization stays hidden. **Build these rules for free** Every recipe here works with SMART Preorder's payment customizations, on any Shopify plan from Basic up. [Install SMART Preorder & Back in stock on the Shopify App Store](https://apps.shopify.com/smart-preorder-back-in-stock). ## Frequently asked questions ### Can I use Shopify Markets as a condition? No. Use **Country** **is one of** and select every country in the market. ### Can I use customer segments? No. Shopify doesn't give segments to payment functions. Tag those customers and use **Customer tags**. ### Can a rule depend on the payment method the buyer selects? No. Shopify doesn't give the selected payment method to payment customizations, so it can't be a condition. ### Can I base a rule on the billing address? No. Address conditions use the shipping address, and **Country** uses the checkout's country.