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How to Short-Ship Orders (Allow Partial Shipments)

The Allow Partial setting lets you pick, pack, and ship an order even when not all items are in stock. By default, orders are only available for picking once all inventory is fully allocated. Enabling Allow Partial lets you fulfill available items immediately and ship the rest once inventory arrives.

Items in non-pickable bins are not considered available and cannot be picked. All allocated items must be in pickable bins — items can be backordered, but not placed in non-pickable bins.

Example — Allow Partial ON, orders with 3 items:

Order #1: 1 item backordered, 2 items in pickable bins — Can pick the 2 items in pickable bins.

Order #2: 1 item backordered, 1 item in pickable bin, 1 item in non-pickable bin — Cannot pick any items. All allocated items must be in pickable bins.

Set Allow Partial on One Order

Enable Allow Partial on a specific order to pick, pack, and ship available items even if the order is not fully allocated.

  1. Log in to app.shiphero.com.
  2. Navigate to Orders > Manage Orders.

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  3. Select the order number you want to enable Allow Partial for.

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  4. Enable Allow Partial on the right side of the screen under Details.

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Set Allow Partial on All Orders

Enable Default Allow Partial to apply this setting automatically to every new order.

  1. Go to My Account > Settings > General Settings.

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  2. Enable Default Allow Partial.

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Once enabled, all orders will have Allow Partial on by default and can be picked, packed, and shipped even if inventory is not fully available.

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