- Short answer
- The fulfill by date is the latest day to fulfill an order, set by your fulfillment time setting.
- Where you set it
- Settings > Shipping and delivery > Estimated delivery dates, Fulfillment time drop-down
- Options
- Same, next or 2 business days, or custom from 3 to 40 business days or 1 to 8 weeks
- Where it shows
- Fulfill by column on the Orders list, if the view shows it, and the order details page
- Also driven by it
- Delivery dates at checkout and Shop Promise eligibility
Where does the fulfill by date come from?
It's the latest day to fulfill an order, set by your fulfillment time: Shopify's help says that setting “determines the Fulfill by date”. A shipped order counts as fulfilled once it's handed to a carrier.
Fulfillment time has four options:
- Same business day
- Next business day
- 2 business days
- Custom: 3 to 40 business days, or 1 to 8 weeks
The same setting calculates delivery dates at checkout and decides Shop Promise eligibility, so changing it moves those too.
- Settings
- Shipping and delivery
- Estimated delivery dates
Per Shopify's manual delivery date steps, select Manual, pick from the Fulfillment time drop-down menu, then click Save.
Where do you see the fulfill by date in Shopify?
In the Fulfill by column of the Orders list and on the order details page. Shopify's help says the built-in Unfulfilled and Open views show it by default and Unpaid doesn't; in our test admin on November 10, 2026, neither showed it until we turned it on.
- Orders
If it's hidden, open any view except All, click the Layout Columns icon, then the eye icon beside Fulfill by under Columns, and click Save; views save only on desktop.
To pick what ships first, use the column: Shopify's fulfillment help suggests filtering by this date, but the order filters page we read on November 10, 2026 lists no such filter.
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