Can you fulfill Shopify orders in batches?

What does a Shopify batch do?

A batch groups fulfillments by criteria such as product type or shipping destination, so you can pick, pack, purchase labels and print documents across many orders in one run instead of order by order. Shopify's changelog announced it on October 16, 2026.

It's one of three ways to fulfill your own orders: individually, in bulk or in batches. Bulk and batch are easy to mix up. Bulk actions manage the fulfillment status of several orders at one time; for workflows that create packing lists, purchase labels and print documents, Shopify's bulk page points you to batches.

To start one, select the orders on the Orders page (you can filter and select them in bulk) and click Create batch. Look for it in the bar of bulk actions above the list, and if it isn't there, open the bar's ⋯ menu. That's where it sat in our development store on October 17, 2026, next to Move to batch, with two orders selected, in a browser window only 1066 pixels wide.

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By default, a new batch walks through three steps, and you can add, remove or reorder them:

• Pick — a Pick list of every product in every order in the batch, with fields such as SKU, bin and tags.
• Print — Buy shipping labels, plus packing slips, shipping labels and customs forms; customs forms print only where available and only alongside shipping labels.
• Pack — Scan to verify; without a scanner or product barcodes, you can manually adjust quantities in the Shopify admin.

Which stores get the Create batch button?

Shopify's batch page ties the button to your locations, in one sentence:

The same page closes the obvious workaround: a location that a fulfillment service manages on your behalf doesn't make your store eligible. Who controls those orders' status is covered in why you can't mark a fulfillment-service order as fulfilled.

The country half lives on the label setup page, in its table of carriers available through Shopify's carrier accounts. Buying labels needs an eligible fulfillment location, and for some carriers your store must be based in the same country as that location: for Evri or DPD, both have to be in the United Kingdom. If labels fail for every order from one location, start with why no order from one location gets a label.

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How many orders fit in one batch?

The batch limit is counted in fulfillments: one batch groups up to 250 fulfillments.

Batching in bulk adds limits counted in orders. It takes up to the 250 most recent orders, and only unfulfilled orders from the last 14 days. To batch an order older than 14 days, create the batch manually by selecting that order, or add it to an existing batch.

Label printing has its own ceiling. Shopify's printing page says you can print a maximum of 100 shipping labels at the same time from the Shipping labels page; it doesn't mention batches, so don't assume that figure applies inside one.

For splitting one order across labels and voiding them in bulk, see the limits on split and batch-printed labels.

What happens when you edit, close or delete a batch?

Each action on a batch has a narrow effect on your orders:

• Edit the workflow — affects following batches, plus the current batch if it hasn't been started yet. The help page doesn't say what happens to a batch already under way.
• Close batch — at the final step, Done, it completes your fulfillment and archives the orders in the batch.
• Delete batch — doesn't cancel the orders or change their fulfillment status.
• Remove an order — its fulfillment status doesn't change, and it remains on your Orders page.

You can also assign a staff member to a step from the drop-down menu at the top of that step. It's optional.