The food delivery service DoorDash said on Thursday it has partnered with financial service company Klarna to offer that company’s payment plans, meaning someone ordering food for delivery could pay for it on an installment plan. Klarna will appear as a pament option when a DoorDash customer checks out, and they can choose to pay in full, to pay in four interest-free equal payments, or to defer payments to a later time.
“As we expand DoorDash’s offerings — from groceries and beauty to electronics and gifts — flexible payment options are essential to meeting our customers’ needs,” Anand Subbarayan, Head of Money Products at DoorDash, said in a statement.
The statement says the Klarna option will appear “in the coming months.”
A representative for DoorDash did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
DoorDash competitor GrubHub also uses Klarna as a payment option.
Not all reaction was positive to the idea that people might be paying for food, or other DoorDash deliveries, on the installment plan.
Financial commentator and radio host Dave Ramsey posted a link to the news on X, and added a video clip showing Ramsey putting his head in his hands.
A person commenting on Ramsey’s X post wrote, “The only person this would be aimed at is someone that says, ‘Damn, I can’t afford a $12 door dash. Ohhh! I can pay in installments?? I’m in!'”