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Fulfilling and receiving inventory transfers in Shopify POS

Inventory transfers move products between your store locations. After you create a transfer in your Shopify admin, the transfer is assigned to your staff at two different locations to coordinate. Staff at the origin location fulfill the transfer in Shopify POS, and staff at the destination location receive it. This keeps your inventory counts accurate across all locations and helps you avoid overselling.

To move inventory incrementally, you can manage multiple shipments.

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Requirements for fulfilling and receiving transfers in Shopify POS

Your Shopify POS location must be on the Shopify POS Pro subscription for your staff to fulfill and receive transfers.

Considerations for fulfilling and receiving transfers in Shopify POS

Before you fulfill and receive inventory transfers in Shopify POS, review the following considerations:

  • You can't create a transfer. Transfers with Shopify POS only support fulfilling and receiving. Learn how to create an inventory transfer in your Shopify admin.
  • You can't purchase or print a shipping label.
  • You can't print barcode labels when you receive incoming inventory.

Step 1: Fulfill outgoing transfers

After you create a transfer in your Shopify admin, staff at the origin location can fulfill it by picking and packing the items. When staff create a shipment in POS, they can scan items with a barcode scanner or manually enter quantities. This process updates your inventory counts and notifies the destination location that items are on their way.

Steps:

  1. From Shopify POS, tap the Order icon > Outgoing transfers.
  2. Tap the transfer that you want to fulfill.
  3. When you're ready to pick and pack the items, tap Create shipment.
  4. You can add items to the transfer with the following methods:
    • To scan items with your barcode scanner, tap the Barcode icon.
    • To manually add or remove items, tap the + or - icons or type the quantity into the field.
  5. Tap Send Shipment, and then tap Send.

After you create a shipment in Shopify POS, you can print a packing slip for the shipment. The packing slip is a PDF that includes the following details:

  • Items, with variant name and quantity
  • Origin and destination locations
  • Transfer details, such as reference name, date, notes, and tags

The format is similar to an order packing slip, adapted for transfers.

Before you print a packing slip from Shopify POS, review the following requirements:

  • Your location is on the Shopify POS Pro subscription.
  • You're using Shopify POS version 11.6 or later.
  • You have a connected or AirPrint-compatible printer.

Steps:

  1. From Shopify POS, tap the Order icon > Outgoing transfers.
  2. Tap the transfer that contains the shipment.
  3. Tap Shipment details.
  4. Tap Print packing slip.

Step 3: Receive incoming transfers

After a transfer is fulfilled, staff at the destination location receive notification of the incoming inventory. They can review the shipment details, verify the items received, and update inventory counts. You can accept all items at one time, review shipments individually, or count and accept items one at a time.

Steps:

  1. From Shopify POS, tap Products > Incoming transfers.
  2. Tap the transfer that you want to receive.
  3. Choose one of the following options to accept the items:
    • To accept all shipments, tap Accept all, and then tap Accept.
    • To accept shipments individually, tap the shipment that you want to review and then tap Accept or Review items to review individual items.
    • To accept individual line items, scan or count the quantity to accept, and then select Accept.