<p>There may be circumstances in which you are going to require a prepayment (i.e. deposit) from your customer. There are a variety of reasons for this practice (new Clients, custom work, a Client with a bad track record in paying on time, etc.) If you need to account for a Customer Deposit here's how. In this context, we are applying a general deposit on account to be applied against some future invoice. This deposit is not tied to any specific invoice yet. If you want to Invoice a customer <em>now</em> and collect a pre-payment before shipping, you may want to look at the <a href="x-screensteps-link://screensteps.com/?type=article&amp;uuid=41737938-8B54-4D09-940C-9BA93537CD56&amp;manual_uuid=" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="41737938-8B54-4D09-940C-9BA93537CD56" data-object-manual-uuid="" data-resolve-url="true">Deferred Revenue</a> feature.</p> <p>If you have already entered a Customer Deposit and you need to know how to apply the Deposit to an Order then check out this article on <a href="58487?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="7BAB8443-9A58-4430-AEBB-37EA595805C2" data-object-manual-uuid="" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">How to Apply a Customer Deposit</a>.</p>