Afterpay is a buy now pay later (BNPL) service that breaks your payments into installments. Afterpay has been increasing in popularity. However, many users don’t quite understand how Afterpay works, yet sign up for it anyway.

Over the past holiday season, a survey done by LendingTree discovered that Americans incurred an average debt of $1,249 when shopping for holiday gifts. Although it may be important to ensure loved ones receive all the gifts they wish for, going into debt causes more harm than good.

For the past couple of years, Walmart used a layaway plan to aid people with purchasing items. However, they are now promoting an alternative to layaway for their customers by using the Affirm app.