# When do you deliver what the customer paid for?

[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.

Delivery is what decides this, not the product. Take the money when you've earned it, and hold it until then.

**Choose one**

- [At the moment they pay.](https://devportal.qa.winkpg.io/docs/decide/charge-now-or-authorize-first/send-a-sale.md): A download, a ticket, a counter sale, or a service already provided.
- [Within a few days of the order.](https://devportal.qa.winkpg.io/docs/decide/charge-now-or-authorize-first/can-the-final-amount-change.md): Goods you pick and ship, or a booking that starts this week.
- [Weeks later, or on a date nobody knows yet.](https://devportal.qa.winkpg.io/docs/decide/charge-now-or-authorize-first/store-the-payment-method-and-charge-at-delivery.md): A preorder, a made-to-order item, or a charge after a stay ends.

- [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.