Shipping Schedule and Its Impact on Order Fulfillment

The "Shipping Schedule" setting defines when new orders containing products from this plan will be shipped. Shopify automatically assigns an order fulfillment status based on the selected option. Below is a breakdown of how each choice affects fulfillment.

1. Ship Immediately

• Orders are marked as Unfulfilled immediately.
  
• Merchants can start the shipping process right away.

2. Ship on Exact Date

• If the selected date is in the future, orders are set to Scheduled and will automatically move to Unfulfilled on that date.
  
• If the selected date is today, orders skip Scheduled and move directly to Unfulfilled.

3. Ship Date Unknown

• Orders remain On Hold until a shipping date is assigned.
  
• Once updated, they follow the applicable fulfillment process.

Note: Existing orders are NOT impacted by changes to this field. If you modify the shipping schedule for a plan, only new orders will follow the updated rules. Merchants must manually update the fulfillment status of previously placed orders if needed.