<p>This extension allows to limit which payment methods customers can use at checkout. Restrictions can be based on group memberships, roles, countries, and order amounts. As a shop owner, you benefit from its efficient and flexible approach.</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-primary">
<li>Restrict the use of any payment method based on group memberships, roles, countries, and order amounts.</li>
<li>Free of complicated rules, easily manage which payment methods your customers are allowed to use.</li>
<li>Restrictions are conveniently managed for all payment methods in a subsection of the Payments settings.</li>
<li>The extension is very intuitive, quick, and easy to set up and use.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Restrictions</h3>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A new <strong>Restrictions</strong> section is added to the Payments settings, where payment method restrictions are shown and managed for all payment methods.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734004809230" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RPM-Settings-Payments-Restrictions.png" alt="A colorful composition showing the Restrictions overview where settings are managed." width="980" height="780" /></p>
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<h3>Restriction Features</h3>
<p>Payment methods can be restricted using one or more criteria:</p>
<p><strong>Restrictions by Group Memberships</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Restrict to Group Members: Limit the use of a payment method to members of one or several groups. The free <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/">Groups</a> plugin is required for this option.</li>
<li>Exclude for Group Members: Exclude members of one or more groups from using a payment method. The free <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups/">Groups</a> plugin is required for this option.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Restrictions by Roles</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Restrict to Roles: Limit the use of a payment method to one or more roles.</li>
<li>Exclude for Roles: Exclude one or more roles from using a payment method.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Restrictions by Countries</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Restrict to Billing Countries: Limit the use of a payment method to one or more billing countries.</li>
<li>Exclude for Billing Countries: Exclude one or more billing countries from using a payment method.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Restrictions by Order Amount Limits</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Minimum Order Amount: Restrict the use of a payment method to require a minimum order amount. Shipping and taxes can be excluded from the computation.</li>
<li>Maximum Order Amount: Restrict the use of a payment method to orders that do not exceed a certain order amount. Shipping and taxes can be excluded from the computation.</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18734004809233" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/RPM-Example-Settings.png" alt="A colorful composition showing examples of restriction settings for different payment methods." width="980" height="780" /></p>
<p>In addition to restrictions, settings for payment methods include options to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Evaluate limits excluding taxes from order amounts.</li>
<li>Evaluate limits excluding shipping from order amounts.</li>
<li>Log debugging information about rejection reasons applied, which is helpful during tests.</li>
</ul>
<p>The extension also integrates with <em>WPML</em> to support currency conversion for order amount restrictions.</p>

Restrict Payment Methods

<p>Limit the use of Payment Methods by Group Memberships, Roles, Countries, and Order Amounts.</p>

<h2>Extend the Capabilities of Your Existing Cash-on-Delivery Payment Method</h2>
<h3><strong>Cash on Delivery Pro</strong> for WooCommerce adds multiple features to cash-on-delivery payment methods.</h3>
<h2><strong>Capabilities</strong></h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Charge a Deposit</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Charge a deposit amount when your users choose to place orders with the cash-on-delivery payment method.</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Usage Restrictions</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>You can place restrictions on who can place orders using the cash-on-delivery payment method.</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Additional Fees</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Charge an additional fee when your users choose to place orders with the cash-on-delivery payment method.</p>
<h2>Benefits</h2>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Avoid fake orders</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Charge a deposit amount for orders placed using cash-on-delivery payment method. You can prevent all unwanted fake orders thereby saving time and money.</p>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li><strong>Earn additional revenue for your site</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Earn additional revenue by charging a fee when customers place their orders using the cash-on-delivery payment method.</p>
<h2><strong>How Does it Work?</strong></h2>
<p><strong>Cash on Delivery Pro</strong> for WooCommerce adds the following additional capabilities to your existing cash-on-delivery payment method.</p>
<h3>Charge a Deposit</h3>
<ol>
<li>A user adds a product to the cart and proceeds to the checkout to make the payment.</li>
<li>On the checkout page, they choose the cash-on-delivery payment method.</li>
<li>Once the payment method is selected, a notice is displayed stating that they have to pay a deposit now and pay a balance on delivery.</li>
</ol>
<figure style="width: 1080px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cod-pro-deposit-info.png" alt="" width="1080" height="608" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Collecting deposit info when a cash-on-delivery payment method is chosen. The deposit payment can be paid using the allocated payment method.</strong></figcaption></figure>
<figure style="width: 1080px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cod-pro-deposit-gateway.png" alt="" width="1080" height="608" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Payment method to pay the deposit amount</strong></figcaption></figure>
<h3>Usage Restrictions</h3>
<ol>
<li>The users add products to the cart and proceed to checkout to make the payments.</li>
<li>On the checkout page, the cash-on-delivery payment method will be visible only if the users are eligible and their purchase amount is within the specified threshold.</li>
</ol>
<figure style="width: 1080px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cod-pro-gateway-visibility.png" alt="" width="1080" height="608" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Cash on delivery payment method visible</strong></figcaption></figure>
<p>If the user is not eligible or if their purchase amount is not within the specified threshold, the cash-on-delivery payment will not be visible on the checkout page.</p>
<figure style="width: 1080px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cod-pro-visibility-hidden.png" alt="" width="1080" height="608" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Cash-on-delivery payment method hidden</strong></figcaption></figure>
<h2>Additional Fee</h2>
<ol>
<li>A user adds a product to the cart and proceeds to the checkout to make the payment.</li>
<li>On the checkout page, they choose the cash-on-delivery payment method.</li>
<li>Once the payment method is selected, the user will have to pay an additional fee based on the rule configuration.</li>
</ol>
<figure style="width: 1080px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cod-pro-gateway-fee.png" alt="" width="1080" height="608" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Charging an additional fee for using a cash-on-delivery payment method</strong></figcaption></figure>
<h2>Extensive Features List</h2>
<h3>COD Risk Reduction & Revenue Protection</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Multiple deposit calculation methods:
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Fixed deposit amount</li>
<li>Percentage of order total</li>
<li>Percentage of order subtotal</li>
<li>Full shipping cost as deposit</li>
<li>Full tax amount as deposit</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Customers can pay deposits using selected online gateways while keeping COD for final settlement</li>
<li>Deposit gateway restrictions</li>
<li>Balance due tracking</li>
<li>Balance order payment status tracking</li>
</ul>
<h3>COD Availability & Restriction Rules</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Shipping method-based COD restrictions</li>
<li>Shipping method exclusion rules</li>
<li>Minimum and maximum order threshold rules</li>
<li>Show or hide COD when no rule matches</li>
<li>Rule-level COD visibility modes</li>
<li>Dedicated rule management system</li>
</ul>
<h3>COD Fees & Cost Recovery</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Multiple fee calculation methods:
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Fixed fee</li>
<li>Percentage-based fee</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Additional fee tracking on orders</li>
</ul>
<h3>Balance Collection Automation</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Balance order creation workflow</li>
<li>Automatic balance order linking</li>
<li>Deposit order identification</li>
</ul>
<h3>Store Operations & Order Management</h3>
<ul class="wccom-tick-list-secondary">
<li>Hide balance orders from WooCommerce orders list</li>
</ul>
<h3>Customization & Flexibility</h3>
<p>Custom CSS support</p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 5.6</p>
<p><strong>Cash on Delivery Pro</strong> for WooCommerce allows you to charge a deposit, an additional fee, and restrictions for using cash-on-delivery.</p>

Cash on Delivery Pro

<p>Charge a deposit for orders placed using Cash on Delivery payment method. You can also charge a fee and place restrictions on usage.</p>

Restrict Payment Methods vs Cash on Delivery Pro