How to Buy Shipping Labels in Bulk on Shopify (Up to 250)

To buy shipping labels in bulk on Shopify, select up to 250 paid orders that need shipping, either from Orders > Shipping labels or by selecting orders on the Orders page and clicking Create shipping labels. On the Create shipping labels page you check weights and customs details, pick services, review and click Buy shipping labels, then print them all with Print documents. Shopify’s current Help Center says 250.

Steps and limits come from Shopify’s Help Center pages on buying labels in bulk and buying labels (read October 23, 2026).

Before you start

Bulk labels use Shopify’s own carrier accounts, available to stores fulfilling from the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain; the carriers you can choose depend on the fulfillment location. Label costs appear in your local currency and are charged to your Shopify bill.

Three things save time on the day:

• A store default package with real outside dimensions, so rates are right without editing each label. Our guide to Shopify shipping labels covers single labels and packages.
• Product weights on every product, because domestic labels need them.
• HS codes and country of origin on products you ship abroad, so customs details fill themselves.

Buy up to 250 labels at once

Start the batch. Either:

• go to Orders > Shipping labels and click Buy labels for [x] orders (Shopify selects paid orders that need shipping, up to 250), or
• go to Orders, select the orders you want, and click Create shipping labels.

If you fulfill from more than one location, choose the location and click Continue. The Shipping labels page shows 100 orders per page; for bigger batches you can open the batch and deselect individual labels with View all.

Prepare the labels. On the Create shipping labels page:

1. Optionally arrange the table: move or hide the Order date, Shipping Selected, Note and Tags columns; your layout is saved.
2. Optionally group orders with Group by: Same item name, Same item quantity or both. Shopify’s example: six orders for one green shirt and three for a green and a blue shirt become two groups, so you can pack each group in one run.
3. Select the orders and click Review [x] labels.
4. Use Review errors to fix problem orders first, or Ready to buy to see only those that can be bought now.
5. For domestic parcels, check weights in the Items field. Save weight to product details keeps the fix for next time; Copy to all labels with this product applies it across the batch.
6. For international parcels, check weight, value, description, country of origin and HS code for each item, with the same save and copy options.
7. Adjust Total Weight per shipment if the box adds weight, and change the shipping service where needed (preferred services show first; All shows every eligible one).

Buy. Click Review [x] labels, optionally change the shipping date and whether customers get a fulfillment email, then click Buy shipping labels. Your card issuer may ask you to verify the purchase.

Orders that get skipped

Bulk buying leaves out three kinds of orders:

• orders that contain only items that do not need shipping (digital products, services);
• orders without a valid shipping address;
• orders already fulfilled.

Fix the address and the order can join the next batch; fulfill digital-only orders separately. To mark many orders as fulfilled without labels (for example, orders you ship with another carrier), see how to fulfill multiple orders at once.

International and DDP limits

Two rules from Shopify apply to every label bought in Shopify, single or bulk:

• Declared value of an international shipment cannot exceed $2,500 USD.
• DDP labels (delivered duty paid, for orders where you collected duties at checkout) work only with Managed Markets or specific carriers: Canada Post (to the USA only), DHL Express, DHL Express Canada and DHL eCommerce. With any other carrier you must buy the label outside Shopify or refund the order.

If you collect duties at checkout, check which carrier your bulk batch defaults to before you buy.

Print now or later

You can print during the purchase or later: go to Orders > Shipping labels, select the orders and click Print documents. Shopify supports desktop printers and specific label printers; check yours against Shopify’s supported printers list before a big batch.

If labels are the step you want to remove altogether, a fulfillment service can take over; see automated order fulfillment. More shipping guides are in the shipping and returns hub.

FAQ

How many shipping labels can I buy at once on Shopify? Shopify lets you buy and print up to 250 labels at once. The Shipping labels page shows 100 orders per page, but a batch can hold up to 250.

Why are some orders missing from my bulk label batch? Orders with only items that do not need shipping, orders without a valid shipping address, and orders already fulfilled are left out of bulk label purchases.

Can I print Shopify labels later? After buying, go to Orders > Shipping labels, select the orders and click Print documents.

Can I buy DDP labels in bulk? DDP labels are supported only with Managed Markets or specific carriers (Canada Post to the USA, DHL Express, DHL Express Canada, DHL eCommerce). For orders with collected duties and another carrier, buy the label elsewhere or refund the order.