What happens when payment is not yet confirmed at verification?

If payment isn't yet confirmed at the verification/payment-check step, the order is held — it is not packed until payment is confirmed or it's explicitly flagged as COD. This guards against shipping goods that haven't been paid for: fulfilment won't advance past the payment gate without either confirmed funds or an explicit cash-on-delivery arrangement. It's a simple but important…

If payment isn't yet confirmed at the verification/payment-check step, the order is held — it is not packed until payment is confirmed or it's explicitly flagged as COD. This guards against shipping goods that haven't been paid for: fulfilment won't advance past the payment gate without either confirmed funds or an explicit cash-on-delivery arrangement. It's a simple but important control that ties the money state to the physical fulfilment.