Pre-sale - Authorize now, capture payment later

Hi there, 

We are wanting to pre-sell items while they are still in production. We're trying to set the site & Payment gateways (Stripe and PayPal) up so that we can authorize the payment and capture funds closer to the ship date. Has anyone had success with this on SS? So far we've learned that the Stripe create customer API is not compatible with Squarespace. What about PayPal? Anyone have success with this and want to share how they've done this? 

Khew did you ever have any luck figuring this out? Has this feature been added since your post in 2019? 

@shonna Things haven't changed. You can only do this on Scheduling. You cannot do it on Squarespace Commerce.

Any update on this functionality? I could really use it!

I am in the same boat. I've contacted support and was told my suggestion would be noted. It's really frustrating as Shopify has had this feature since 2015, so it seems from a post I found. We simply need one toggle in the commerce section to "authorize only" which then gives us 7 days to capture the order in the Stripe dashboard (or SS orders tab).

I need this kind of processing ability as my orders almost always change in value, most times increase. It also adds another level of security and avoids all sorts of issues associated with accepting credit card payments. Merging authorization and capture at the time of checkout simply does not fit the way we do business... I did not know about this before choosing SS, you only learn about these things afterwards... as a newbie to all this.

I hope others here contact support and raise this matter, perhaps it will be heard a bit more loudly.

Here is what is on Shopify's website -

1. In the Payment capture section, click Manage.

2. Select Manually capture payment for orders.

3. Optional: If you use Shopify Payments and you want to receive emails before the authorization period for each order ends, then check Send a warning email when authorizations are close to expiring.

Wondering if anyone has shared their frustrations with SS and asking to have this option....? Many thanks.