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Split payments is the way to go.
This way, clients can pay a deposit, and then instalments, or separate "one-off" amounts, until the total is being cleared out...

Carl is correct in his comments. We have to use invoice2go for any deposit requests as xero does not have this facility and send that invoice to our clients. Then we transfer it over to xero. We are using two systems and paying for two systems , which is not viable in a business. Please add this ASAP TO XERO.

Staged payments is a fundamental part of many business operations and therefore should be a fundamental part of the Xero platform when it comes to invoicing. Please add this ASAP Xero!

need this asap

I was surprised this wasn't a standard feature. For deposits and in these times if a customer cant pay the whole amount, at least to agree partial payment is better than nothing.

Accepting deposits and part payments is an integral part of my business - it makes it hard for me to accurately track what is outstanding for a client and means I have to invoice them outside of Xero sometimes (using Dubsado) which I would like to get rid of completely!

We need this option please! We need the ability to request deposits for large invoices. Please add this feature Xero.

Just evaluating the free version, and it did surprise me that this wasn't an option per se ...

However, I just created an invoice for the final day of the service period and then applied the deposit payment. I left the quote at status Accepted, and the partially paid invoice sits as Awaiting Payment, ready to be sent once the job is complete.

Doesn't that do the trick?

This would be so so helpful!

I can't believe you still don't have this service. Been with Xero since 2012 but thinking about quitting. I don't mind making two invoices, but it creates problems for some of my larger suppliers who don't understand and try to make it fit into their workflow. I've been going back and forth with one customer for three months trying to get payment because of this. Shame.

After seeing that your customers have been demanding partial payment abilities and you have basically ignored those pleas for several years, I think it's safe to say we need to search for a new service. You clearly are not interested in providing this feature, and we are tired of having to jump through a thousand hoops just to do what EVERY OTHER program allows. I am determined to be off your service by the end of the year now.

Xero is supposed to make things streamline and easy. A high percentage of our clients take a deposit for their work. The fact the work around is to create 2 invoices (deposit + remainder) for the same job to be paid by stripe, surely makes this a critical feature. Esp when stripe provide this feature so it should be a matter of integration into Xero.

one more related... after the customer partial pay using stripe .. we can edit this invoice?

Being able to pay a deposit on an invoice would be a game changer for us. As deposit payments are essential to our business we are having to use work arounds which are time consuming and open to error. The possibility to split a payment on an invoice with a due date for both would be amazing.

this is defiantly an important must have feature for invoicing and being able to charge a % of total invoice as a start deposit

In a society where cashflow is becoming increasingly tight, it's simply not financially feasible for people in certain trades to start work without a deposit. Speaking for some of our clients, this does feel like it should be a standard feature for a product they are paying a premium for.

Another scenario where part payments are required are when you send an invoice (without allocating credits) and you have some credits on the customer account. There is no way for the customer to pay the balance using online payment methods - they have to do a bank transfer using the amount showing in the top blue bar. One solution is to go through each credit manually one by one and allocate it to the invoice which is a bit tedious if you have a lot!

Xero obviously does not listen or improve based on these post and ideas, as it has been many years asking for this feature. I guess it is time to move to another service everyone.

Our products are custom made overseas. We definitely need this function for our business, as the majority of our customers are required to pay a deposit before we can order the product.

Yes, this feature is very important. I represent both construction clients and motor body repairer clients that works for insurance companies that has to deduct a co-payment (called "excess" in SA) and adding it as a item is not an option for insurances strict invoicing protocol. So the deposit feature can be used for the co-payment received from clients. And the building industries 90% take deposits before starting any job. The bells and whisltes is nice (like the reporting feature) but the deposits must be seen as a basic function and not a nice to have.