How to set up split shipping without showing it to customers
Standard inventory setups force merchants to either expose confusing multi-location shipping options at checkout or break fulfillment when stock is split across warehouses. This prevents stores from automatically dividing single-item quantities across locations like books across Location A and Location B, and stops orders from fulfilling properly when one location runs out of stock.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Using separate shipping profiles and fixed rates to manipulate checkout rates
- 2Manually fetching items across nearby locations to fulfill orders completely
- 3Using ShipperHQ
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Hi there! I'm trying to find the best set up to allow for split shipping in my shop.”source ↗
“I want to successfully use Split Fulfillment, but I don't want the customer to be able to see and choose shipping options based on that. I just want them to see the one shipping cost.”source ↗
“I'm concerned about inventory. If someone buys 5 of something like a book, and only 3 are available in Location A, and only 2 in Location B. I want it to split the order so we can see when we pull up the order that it's pulling 3 from Location A, and 2 from Location B.”source ↗
“Our issue is when A does not have inventory but B does. Users can order the products, but it cannot be shipped - only picked up.”source ↗
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