# Can the final amount change before you deliver?

[Charge now or authorize first](https://devportal.qa.winkpg.io/docs/decide/charge-now-or-authorize-first.md): Whether to take the money in the same request as the approval, or hold the funds and capture them when you deliver.

A capture can go down from the amount you authorized, never up. Which way the total can move decides whether one authorization is enough.

**Your answers so far**

- When do you deliver what the customer paid for? Within a few days of the order.

**Choose one**

- [It stays the same, or it can only go down.](https://devportal.qa.winkpg.io/docs/decide/charge-now-or-authorize-first/authorize-then-capture-what-you-deliver.md): An item out of stock, or an order shipped in part.
- [It can go up.](https://devportal.qa.winkpg.io/docs/decide/charge-now-or-authorize-first/authorize-and-raise-the-hold-if-it-grows.md): An added item, a tip, or an extended stay.

- [Start over](https://devportal.qa.winkpg.io/docs/decide/charge-now-or-authorize-first.md): go back to the first question.

## See also

- [All documentation](https://devportal.qa.winkpg.io/llms.txt): the machine-readable index of every public page on this site.