The Best Cash on Delivery Shopify Apps

Introduction

In many of the world's fastest growing ecommerce markets, most orders are still paid in cash at the front door.

Cash on delivery, or COD, unlocks sales in regions where shoppers do not trust or cannot use online payment, but it comes with fake orders, failed deliveries, and thin margins.

This guide covers the best COD apps by job, from order forms to fees to verification, with ratings pulled straight from the Shopify App Store.

By the end you will know which app fixes your specific COD problem.

Why native COD is not enough

Shopify lets you switch on cash on delivery, but that is where it stops.

It will not verify a phone number, charge a fee for COD, add upsells, or block customers who never accept deliveries.

In COD heavy markets, that gap is expensive.

Return to Origin, or RTO, is the killer: an order ships, the customer refuses or vanishes, and you eat the round trip shipping cost.

COD adoption clusters in places like Latin America, South Asia, and the Middle East, which is exactly where these apps see the heaviest use.

The tools below close the gap Shopify leaves open.

Releasit COD Form and Upsells

Releasit COD Form and Upsells is the most popular COD app on Shopify, installed on tens of thousands of stores.

It replaces the multi step checkout with a fast one-click COD order form that customers complete in seconds.

You can add upsells, downsells, and quantity offers to lift average order value, verify phone numbers with SMS or WhatsApp, and pass events to Facebook, TikTok, and Google.

It holds a rating of around 4.9 stars across more than 2,600 reviews, is free to install, and carries the Built for Shopify badge.

Best for dropshippers and COD-first stores that want higher conversions and bigger orders.

EasySell COD Form and Upsells

EasySell COD Form and Upsells is the closest alternative, and many merchants pick it for its tracking.

It offers the same one-click form, upsells, quantity offers, and OTP verification, with a reputation for clean Facebook and TikTok pixel data.

If your COD business runs on paid social, accurate event tracking matters as much as the form itself.

It carries a 4.9 star rating across more than 850 reviews and is free to install.

Best for COD stores that live on paid social and need reliable pixel tracking.

Releasit COD Fee and Partial Pay

Releasit COD Fee and Partial Pay tackles the money side of COD rather than the form.

It lets you add a COD fee or discount, set conditional rules by country, product, or order value, and collect a partial payment upfront to filter out unserious buyers.

That upfront deposit is one of the most effective ways to cut fake orders without losing the COD option entirely.

It holds a 4.8 star rating across more than 580 reviews, offers a free plan, and is Built for Shopify.

Best for stores that want to charge for COD and push shoppers toward prepaid.

Nex Advanced Cash on Delivery

Nex Advanced Cash on Delivery is the rules engine for merchants who want granular control over when COD appears.

It can add fees, limit COD by pincode, state, or country, set order minimums, and hide COD for specific products or discounts.

Its standout feature is disabling COD for high risk customers using tags, so repeat RTO offenders simply lose the option.

It carries a rating of around 4.9 stars and does not require a Shopify Plus plan.

Best for stores that need precise, conditional control over who sees COD.

COD King, Part COD and OTP Verify

COD King is built specifically to attack fake orders and RTO losses through verification.

It uses mandatory OTP verification by SMS or WhatsApp, collects partial or upfront payments, and can convert COD orders to prepaid with a discount.

For stores bleeding money on failed deliveries, filtering for genuine intent before you ship is the highest leverage fix available.

It holds a rating of around 4.9 stars across more than 650 reviews and is free to install, with paid plans from about $7.99 per month.

Best for high volume COD brands fighting fake orders and high return rates.

Also worth knowing

A few more tools cover narrower COD needs.

CODBot adds OTP verification with an IVR phone call fallback, useful where SMS and WhatsApp delivery is unreliable.

For pure payment control, apps like Payflow and COD Toolkit let you hide, rename, and reorder payment methods at checkout under specific conditions.

Most of the form apps above already include OTP, so only add a dedicated verification tool if you need more than they offer.

How to choose the right COD app

Start with the problem that costs you most.

If checkout abandonment is the issue, use a one-click COD order form like Releasit or EasySell.

If fake orders and returns are draining margin, prioritize OTP verification and partial payment through COD King or the fee apps.

If you just need to control when COD shows, a rules app like Nex is enough. Shopify's Help Center covers the native COD setup these apps build on.

Avoid stacking overlapping apps, since two COD tools fighting over checkout causes more problems than it solves.

Conclusion

Cash on delivery opens huge markets, but only if you manage its risks instead of absorbing them.

Use a fast order form like Releasit or EasySell to convert more shoppers, add COD fees and partial payments to protect your margin, and layer in OTP verification to stop fake orders before they ship.

Match the app to your biggest COD problem, keep the stack lean, and treat every unverified order as a cost until it is confirmed.

So before your next COD order goes out the door: do you actually know that customer will be home to pay, or are you shipping on hope?