Fulfilling local delivery orders from the admin
From your Shopify admin you can manage local delivery orders, prepare them for delivery, and update their order statuses.
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Local delivery workflow and statuses
As you fulfill your local delivery orders, they progress through the following order statuses:
Unfulfilled: Order preparation and fulfillment haven't started. Your next step is to prepare the order for delivery by picking and packing the items. You can also choose to print packing slips to include with the order. To finish, mark the order asReady for delivery.
Ready for delivery: The order is about to be delivered, or is out for delivery. Orders might also have this status if delivery was attempted, but the order wasn't successfully delivered. After the order is delivered, your next step is to mark it as delivered.
Delivered: After you mark the order as delivered, the order status changes toFulfilledand the fulfillment process is complete.
Manage local delivery orders
Learn how to manage your orders to quickly access local delivery information.
Sort and filter delivery orders
From the orders list, you canfilter ordersto view local delivery orders only.
单击Local deliverytab at the top of your orders list for a list of local delivery orders that areUnfulfilledandReady for delivery. You can use this list to prepare orders for delivery.
View delivery instructions
Your customers have the option to add delivery instructions to orders at checkout. These instructions can help you find delivery locations and give you extra information about where to leave the package.
Steps:
From your Shopify admin, go toOrders.
单击order you want view.
UnderDelivery instructions, you can read any instructions left by your customer at checkout.
Prepare an order for delivery
船尾er a customer places an order for local delivery, you or a member of your staff need to collect and pack the items.
You can also print a packing slip to attach to the order.
船尾er you prepare an order, mark it as ready for delivery.
Steps:
From your Shopify admin, go toOrders.
单击order that you want to fulfill.
ClickPrepare delivery.
Optional: To print a packing slip, clickPrint packing slip.
Pick and pack the items for delivery.
ClickMark as ready for delivery.
Mark an order as delivered
When an order is delivered, you need to mark the order as delivered within Shopify. This changes the order status and signals to you and your staff that the order was delivered and no further action is required.
Marking the order as delivered also sends a notification to your customer so they know that the order arrived.
Steps:
From your Shopify admin, go toOrders.
单击order that you want to mark as delivered.
ClickMark as delivered.
Cancel a delivery
When you cancel a delivery, the status of the order changes fromReady for deliverytoUnfulfilled.
Steps:
From your Shopify admin, go toOrders.
From theOrders page, click the order in the list that has aFulfillment statusofReady for delivery.
In the fulfillment details, click the...button.
ClickCancel delivery.