Before you start
- The exact original label from your live checkout.
- The new label. Keep it short — long names wrap awkwardly on mobile checkout.
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Steps
1. Install Nex Reorder
Search Nex Reorder in the Shopify App Store, or use the button below. Approve the permissions and the app appears in your admin under Apps. There is a free trial, and it is free on development stores.
2. From the dashboard, choose Rename Payment Method.
3. Name the rule.
4. Under Renaming Pairs, click Add renaming. Put the current label in Original method and the new one in New name.
5. Add more pairs if the rule should relabel several methods at once.
6. Add conditions if the new label should only apply sometimes — a different name for wholesale customers, say.
7. Set Rule Status to Activated and save.
Verify it worked
Open checkout and confirm the new label appears. If you used conditions, also check a cart that should not match still shows the original.
Limitations
What Shopify will not let any app rename
- Any method named by a logo — Shop Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and all wallets.
- The Shopify native gift card field.
- The credit card option, in the US and Canada, unless you are on Shopify Plus.
These are platform restrictions applying to every app in this category. The US/Canada one is worth reading in full, because a rename there fails silently rather than erroring — see Shopify limitations.
Renaming also does not change anything in your Shopify admin, order exports or customer emails — the new label is a checkout display name only.
Worth renaming
| Original | Better | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Credit Card | Debit / Credit Card | The field takes both; debit-only shoppers often assume it doesn’t |
| Manual Payment | Pay by Invoice (Net 30) | Vague label to a clear commercial term |
| Cash on Delivery | Pay at your door | Plainer language for the customer |
| Bank Deposit | Bank Transfer (2–3 days) | Sets the expectation up front |