
How to Tag Shopify Orders by Delivery or Ship Date for Fulfilment
Learn how to tag Shopify orders with delivery or ship dates to filter, batch, and automate fulfillment.
Jul 16, 2025
Why This Is Useful
Helps operations and fulfillment teams sort orders by date
Allows batching for delivery or courier prep
Enables Shopify Flow or 3PL workflows to run automatically
How to Set It Up in Flare
Enable order tagging in Flare settings
Choose between delivery date, ship date, or both
Define tag format (e.g.
Delivery-2025-08-07
)
Tags appear automatically in Shopify
Use filters by tag in Shopify's Orders tab
Use Flare's shipping calendar to filter, view and manage orders by each delivery or ship date
Export tagged orders to CSV
Automate fulfillment with Shopify, Shopify Flow and other integrations
Trigger fulfillment rules based on tag (e.g. send orders with
Ship-2025-08-08
to 3PL)Enable Flare's hold and release to automatically release orders at the future ship date
Connect fulfillment directly with platforms and 3PLs like ShipStation, Utordo, ShipTheory, DPD, UPS and FedEx
Use Cases:
Daily delivery batching
Setting order limits
Per-date pick and pack schedules
Export to calendar or ops board for precise order management
Auto-fulfillment by ship date
Streamline fulfilment with date-based tagging → See how with Flare