Can I charge customers later instead of at checkout (manual capture)? (Essent Preorder Back in Stock app)

Yes. Use a Partial payment with a 0% deposit. The customer pays nothing at checkout. Shopify saves their card, and you charge the full amount when you are ready.

Set it up

1. Open the preorder campaign. Stay on the Offer tab.
2. Open Payment and pick Partial payment.
3. Set Deposit to Percentage and enter 0. The preview shows "Pay €0.00 now".
4. Save.

Partial payment works with Shopify Payments only, and Use selling plan must stay on.

Charge the customer

• In bulk: Preorder → Preorders tab → select the orders → Collect payments. Needs the Lite plan or higher.
• One order: open the order in Shopify admin → Collect payment.
• Automatically: use the Shopify Flow action Collect preorder balance now, for example when stock arrives.

Never use Shopify's bulk Capture payments in the Shopify order list. It marks orders as paid without charging and removes what is needed to collect the payment.

Full guide: Collect remaining balances on partial-payment preorders.