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Editing an order after checkout (Post-Purchase)

Let customers fix their own orders - address, size, quantity, extra items - without a support ticket

Most "can you change my order?" emails happen in the first few minutes after checkout. PDQ's Post-Purchase feature hands that back to the customer: for a window you define, they can edit their own order - change a variant, add items, fix the shipping address - with no help from your team. It cuts support volume, reduces returns, and even opens a post-purchase upsell. You stay in full control of what can be changed and for how long.
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What you can measure

The top of the page shows four metrics (default Last 30 days):

  • Impressions - how many customers were shown the edit option

  • Edits Completed - how many finished an edit

  • Net Revenue Change - net dollar impact of all edits (adds, removals, upsells)

  • Edit Engagement Rate - % of customers who saw the option and acted

Settings tab - the core rules

Order edit window - how long customers can edit after checkout, set in minutes, hours, or days. Orders can never be edited once marked Fulfilled in Shopify, regardless of the window.

  • Extend for Weekends & Holidays - pushes the window into the next business day for orders placed on a weekend or holiday.

Discount Code Settings

  • Keep Discounts In Sync With Order Edits - keeps discounts accurate as customers edit: new items get their checkout discounts, and codes that stop qualifying are removed.

Shopify Logic

  • Follow Shopify Flow - any Shopify Flow automations you've already set up continue to apply to edited orders.

Shipping Rate Recalculation - recalculates shipping whenever a customer makes a qualifying change.

  • ⚠️ Not supported for multi-origin orders.

  • Allow Shipping Downgrades - when off, customers can't switch to a cheaper method to get a refund.

  • Eligible shipping methods - All shipping methods, Exact match by name, or Keyword-based matching.

  • Minimum charge threshold - only charge the customer when the increase is at least this much (smaller increases are absorbed). Set to $0 to always charge.

Order Edits tab - what customers can change

General

  • Show Order Editing Extension - master toggle for the whole editing UI.

  • Allow Item Removal & Refund - customers remove items; refunds go automatically to the original payment method.

Unpaid Edits Handling - what happens if a customer makes changes but doesn't pay before the window closes:

  • Roll back unpaid changes to the last paid state (recommended) - the order reverts cleanly.

  • Keep unpaid changes in the customer's order - changes stay; be aware this can leave a manual refund owed (removed item, unpaid) or money owed to you (added item, unpaid), unless Allow Item Removal & Refund is handling refunds automatically.

Product - toggle each on/off:

  • Change Product Option (variant - size, colour) · Change Item Quantity · Add Products · Add/Edit Order Note · Allow Order Cancellation · Allow Edits Across Warehouses · Allow Out-of-Stock Items · Allow Apply Discount Code

⚠️ Change Item Quantity note (in-product): shipping fees aren't recalculated on quantity edits unless Shipping Rate Recalculation is on - new items ship at the original rate, which may not match actual cost.
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​Customer details - toggle each on/off:

  • Change Shipping Details · Edit Customer Phone Number · Edit Customer Email · Allow Changing Destination Country · Allow Tax Recalculation (adjusts taxes on address changes; may remove custom product details like gift messages or personalization)

Display Conditions - at the bottom, Add Rule Group to control when editing is shown (e.g. Cart value is more than or equal to $10; or exclude by product tag, SKU, or subscription selling plan). Orders matching an exclusion won't see the editing extension.
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Address Validation tab

Automatically checks the shipping address after checkout and, when it finds an issue, shows the customer a Suggested vs. Current address to choose from before the parcel ships - cutting failed deliveries and address-fix tickets.

  • Configurations - turn Address Validation on/off. The correction window follows the edit time limit set on the Settings tab.

  • Flagged Orders - a searchable table of every checked order with a status: Corrected, Pending, Kept Original, or Expired, plus the corrected address.


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Post-Purchase Upsell (in order editing)

The Preview panel also shows a product-recommendation carousel at the point of order editing - each product has a price and an Add to order button, configured separately under the Post-Purchase Upsell tab.

This is different from One-Click Upsell, the one-tap Add/Swap offer shown on the thank-you page. See Setting up One-Click Upsell (post-purchase).
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Good to know

  • Run the feature in Test Mode to validate your setup before going live, without touching real orders.

  • The Preview panel (right side) shows exactly what customers see; toggle Desktop/Mobile or open a live preview in Shopify.

Questions? Reach out via chat or support@prettydamnquick.com.

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