Multi-Origin/Product Level Origin Addresses

This tutorial will go over setting up product level origin addresses. This functionality allows you to specify origin addresses (for different locations), then assign those to individual items (e.g. you have Pens shipping from a warehouse in New Jersey but T-Shirts are shipping from a warehouse in Florida). These will be used in the event you have integrated shipping rate estimates provided (by FedEx, UPS, and USPS), and/or if you are using integrated sales tax calculation with Avalara.

Article Sections

• Creating Origin Addresses
• Assigning an Origin Address to an Item (Manually)
• Assigning an Origin Address to an Item (Bulk Edit)
• Notes

Creating Origin Addresses

To create an Origin Address:

1. After logging into your store's admin area, click to expand Shipping, then click into Origin Addresses.
2. Next, click on New Origin Address .
3. Fill out all the required fields (marked with an asterisk).
4. Click Save when finished.

Repeat the steps 2-4 for all additional origin addresses you need to add.

Assigning an Origin Address to an Item (Manually)

Now that you have origin addresses created, to assign these to items:

1. After logging into your store's admin area, click to expand Products & Categories, then click into Products.
2. Locate the item in the list (you can use the search tool), then click edit for that item.
3. Navigate into the item's Shipping tab.
4. Click into the drop-down list for Custom Origin Address and select the name of the origin address you're assigning.
5. Click Save when finished.

Assigning an Origin Address to an Item (Bulk Edit)

To use Bulk Edit to assign origin addresses:

1. After logging into your store's admin area, click to expand Products & Categories, then click into Bulk Edit Products.
2. Next, click into Column Headings and click and drag the option for Custom Origin Address into your current columns.
3. From here you can:
   • Manually select the address to apply to individual items by selecting the origin address name in the drop-down list.
     
   • OR You can check the boxes for which items (1) will have that address assigned, click Mass Edit (2), then in the pop-up/dialog window, select the address (3) that will be applied and click Save (4).
     
4. Click Save when finished and you'll see a banner indicating the changes have been applied.

Notes

• Using USPS Legacy Rates in conjunction with multiple product specific origin addresses may result in the shopper not being able to checkout properly.
• The shipping costs are calculated per item location to the shopper's ship-to address, then added together at checkout.
  • Example: Item A is shipping from 80202 in Colorado, and Item B is shipping from 66546 in Kansas. The shopper enters a ship-to address of 92618 in California; then the cost of shipping Item A to California, and the cost of shipping Item B to California is added together and the total cost is displayed at checkout.
• If you are utilizing the Avalara sales tax integration in conjunction with multiple product specific origin addresses, Avalara will return the sales tax amounts BASED on the origin address for each item.
• Items can only be assigned 1 specific origin address.