- Short answer
- For Shopify return labels, no: the fulfillment location needs a valid US street address; UPS's return address for Shopify labels can't be a PO Box.
- Where return labels take the address from
- Your fulfillment locations; shown only on shipping labels, not in notifications or on your storefront unless you add it.
- UPS return address
- Entered with your first UPS label; returned or rejected UPS shipments go there, not to the label's return address.
- PO Box origin with UPS
- UPS can't process shipments from it through Shopify, and doesn't use it to return undeliverable shipments.
- New ZIP code with UPS
- Contact Shopify Support; the update takes 24 hours, and UPS labels can't be bought through Shopify meanwhile.
Can a Shopify return label use a PO Box return address?
Not on a return label you buy in Shopify. Shipping from a US fulfillment location, you can create return labels in your admin, and Shopify's help says their return address is taken from your fulfillment locations.
Your fulfillment location in Settings > Locations must have a valid US street address. PO Boxes aren't valid return addresses.
Even if that street address is your home, it shows only on shipping labels, not in your notifications or on your storefront unless you add it, and it might be available to apps that you install in your store, depending on the app's permissions.
Can your UPS return address be a PO Box?
UPS keeps a second return address, which you enter the first time you buy a UPS label through Shopify. Returned or rejected UPS shipments go there, not to the return address on the label.
The address isn't a PO box - UPS cannot process shipments from a PO box through Shopify.
If a PO Box is already set as your origin address, Shopify's help says UPS doesn't use it to return undeliverable shipments.
How do you change your Shopify return address?
You pick a return address from your saved locations, so first give one a street address in Settings > Locations. To make it the default, in the Return to section of the return label form:
- Click an address.
- Click Update default location for return labels.
- Select an address from your saved locations.
- Click Save.
For UPS, if your new fulfillment address is in the same ZIP code, complete the confirmation form and keep buying UPS labels. Outside that ZIP code, contact Shopify Support with your new return address: the update takes 24 hours, and UPS labels can't be bought through Shopify meanwhile.
A PO Box on your customer's side is a different question — see which carrier works then.
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