Setting up your locations

You can add, deactivate, reactive, and delete your locations. You can also view, filter, sort, and search your locations in Settings > Locations > All locations.

The maximum number of locations that you can have depends on your store's Shopify subscription plan.

Location quantity limit

The maximum number of locations that you can have depends on your store's Shopify subscription plan. Review the the following table to learn more on how many locations you can have in your store:

The number of available locations per subscription plan

Subscription plan	Location quantity limit
Shopify Starter	2
Basic Shopify	10
Shopify	10
Advanced Shopify	10
Shopify Plus	200

Locations that you deactivate don't count toward your location limit. You can find your location limit and how many you used in the Locations settings page.

If you use apps that physically stock inventory for you, then they're treated as locations. Inventory apps include dropshipping apps, third-party logistics services, and custom fulfillment services. For example, an app can be a warehouse that fulfills orders on your behalf. Location apps are listed in the Locations settings in the App and custom fulfillment locations section. Although these apps are treated as locations, they don't count toward your location limit.

Some fulfillment apps allow multi-managed inventory, so that you can manage some of a product's inventory at store locations while some of its inventory is managed by the fulfillment app. If you manage a product's inventory by using a fulfillment app that doesn't allow multi-managed inventory, then you can't also stock the product in your store locations.

Add a location

You can add a location. After you create a location, it’s added to the bottom of your fulfillment priority list.

Steps:

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Locations.
2. In the All locations section, click Add location.
3. In the Location name section, enter a location name
4. In the Address section, enter a location address.
5. Optional: To make your inventory available for online purchases at this location, in the Fulfillment details section, select Fulfill online orders from this location.
6. Click Save.

Verify your location address

When you enter your location's address, it's automatically verified by Google. If your address can't be verified, then a suggested address is displayed. If you have a location with an unverified address, then this can prevent you from offering local delivery in your store or buying shipping labels in Shopify admin.

If your address can't be verified, then check whether a postal service or Google recommends a different address format, and update your address to the new format. If the postal service uses a different address format than Google, then you can submit a correction to Google directly.

Steps:

1. Verify that the address is recognized by a postal service, such as Canada Post, DHL, or USPS.
2. Search the address in Google Maps to view what it suggests is the correct address formatting.
3. If the address formats in the previous steps don't match, then you can submit an address correction to Google.

Deactivate a location

If you no longer want to sell, fulfill, or stock inventory at a location, then you can deactivate a location.

When you deactivate a location, it’s no longer displayed on filters and menus, you can no longer manage or transfer inventory in the location, and you can't use it as your default location. You always need to have at least one active location.

Deactivated locations don’t count towards your locations limit.

You can’t deactivate a location that's a private or third-party app. Instead, remove the app.

You can’t deactivate the location that's currently set as your default location. You first need to change the default location to another location.

Before you deactivate a location, you need to complete all orders and transfers that are assigned to it, and reassign them to another location. If you don’t, then you’ll be prompted to fulfill the orders and have the inventory quantities reassigned.

If the location's on the POS Pro subscription plan, then you need to change the location to the POS Lite plan before you can deactivate it.

Steps:

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Locations.
2. In the All locations section, click a location that you want to deactivate.
3. In the Deactivate location section, click Deactivate location.
4. If your location has any inventory, orders, or transfers assigned, then select another location to move the inventory to.
5. Click Deactivate location.

Reactivate a location

You can reactivate a location that you previously deactivated and continue fulfilling orders from this location.

Steps:

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Locations.
2. In the All locations section, click a location that you want to reactivate.
3. In the Activate location section, click Activate location.

Delete a location

If you no longer want to sell from, fulfill from, or stock inventory at a location, then you can delete a location permanently. Historical data is saved for reporting purposes.

Before you can delete a location, you need to deactivate it.

Steps:

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Locations.
2. In the All locations section, click a location that you want to delete.
3. Click Delete location, and then click Delete location.