What is Shopify Bill Pay?

Shopify Bill Pay is a business bill-payment tool that lets Shopify merchants schedule, pay, track, and manage business invoices directly from their Shopify admin. Instead of switching between a bank account, accounting software, email, and supplier portals, merchants can handle vendor and supplier payments from the same place where they run their online store. Shopify Bill Pay is powered by Melio and is designed to simplify accounts payable for businesses.

What Shopify Bill Pay is used for

Merchants can use Shopify Bill Pay to pay:

• Suppliers and wholesalers

• Manufacturers

• Contractors and freelancers

• Service providers

• Landlords

• Utilities and other business expenses

• Any business that accepts bank transfer or check payments

It is essentially an accounts payable solution built into Shopify, allowing businesses to manage outgoing payments alongside orders, inventory, and finances.

How it works

A typical workflow looks like this:

1. Receive an invoice or bill from a vendor.

2. Add the bill to Shopify Bill Pay manually or by syncing it from supported tools.

3. Choose a payment method such as a bank transfer (ACH), a business debit or credit card, or a Shopify Balance account.

4. Schedule the payment for a future date or pay immediately.

5. Shopify Bill Pay sends the payment to the vendor in the format they accept, such as a bank transfer or a paper check.

One of its key advantages is that you can pay a vendor using a payment method they do not normally accept. For example, you may pay with a credit card while the vendor receives a bank transfer or check.

Payment methods supported

For eligible merchants, Shopify Bill Pay can generally pay bills using:

• Bank transfer (ACH)

• Business debit card

• Business credit card

• Shopify Balance account

Vendors can receive funds through bank transfer or mailed paper check, depending on their payment setup.

Key features

Shopify Bill Pay includes several tools for managing business payments efficiently:

• Bill scheduling for future payments

• Recurring payments for regular expenses

• Batch payments to pay multiple bills at once

• Vendor management in one dashboard

• Payment tracking and history

• Search, filter, and organize bills

• Integration with accounting and business tools, including QuickBooks Online and other supported sources, to help import invoices and reduce manual entry.

Benefits for merchants

Using Shopify Bill Pay can help businesses:

• Save time on manual bill payments

• Keep vendor information organized

• Improve cash-flow planning by scheduling payments

• Reduce missed or late payments

• Centralize financial operations inside Shopify

• Gain visibility into upcoming and completed business expenses

For growing ecommerce businesses that work with multiple suppliers and service providers, these features can significantly reduce administrative work.

Example

Imagine a merchant receives three invoices:

• ₹200,000 from a manufacturer

• ₹40,000 from a packaging supplier

• ₹25,000 for digital advertising

With Shopify Bill Pay, the merchant can upload all three bills, schedule each payment for its due date, pay one with a Shopify Balance account and another with a business credit card, and track all payment statuses from a single dashboard. The vendors receive their payments by bank transfer or check even if they do not accept the merchant’s preferred payment method directly.

Overall, Shopify Bill Pay is an integrated business payment solution that allows Shopify merchants to pay vendors, suppliers, contractors, and other business bills from within Shopify, using bank transfers, cards, or Shopify Balance while tracking and managing all invoices in one place.