Automatically add a tag based on shipping option?

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

Goal: Automatically tag orders when a customer selects a specific shipping method (e.g., USPS Express) to prioritize fulfillment.

Current limitation: Built-in “Delivery Method” filter only distinguishes Local Delivery, Pickup, or Ship, not specific carriers or service levels.

Attempted approach: Saving a view with the Delivery Method filter; confirmed by OP it doesn’t identify USPS Express specifically.

Proposed solutions:

  • Arigato automation app: Can tag orders based on the selected shipping option.
  • Shopify Flow automation app: Can also tag orders per shipping method; a pre-made Flow template URL was provided to implement this quickly.

Outcome: A concrete Flow template link was shared to auto-tag orders choosing USPS Express (or other methods), enabling filtered views and expedited processing by tag.

Status: No confirmation of deployment from participants; actionable solution paths are available.

Notes:

  • Image shows the Delivery Method filter, which isn’t granular enough for postage types.
  • Shopify Flow is Shopify’s native automation tool; Arigato is a third‑party automation app for rule-based order tagging.
Summarized with AI on January 8. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi there. I am wondering if there is a way to have the system add a tag to a customer order if they pick a specific shipping method? We usually get about 60 orders a day but we need to make sure we pull the orders where the customer chose USPS Express right away. I am trying to find a way to easily identify those. I see that you can only sort shipping method by Local Delivery or Local Pick up or Ship to Customer. I feel like there is an easy way to do this and I am just missing it.

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Hi @lisankelly

There is actually, you should filter by Delivery Method inside “More Filters” then Save the view and name it like you want!

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That should do it, don’t forget to like & mark as solution if this solves your issue :wink:

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Thanks for your reply. I tried that before posting but the delivery method doesn’t break down by type of postage delivery method. It only gives options of local delivery, pickup or ship. I need to know specifically who chose USPS express.

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I also would love a solution to this issue. We would like to sort orders by custom shipping method.

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Hi @twfwa

There is a solution that involves automatically tagging the orders with a distinct tag per shipping option using the Arigato automation app. Let us know if this approach might work for you and we can take it from there. Cheers!

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can i do this with the FLOW automation app?

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Hey Nicole,

You can do this with the Flow automation app

Here is the URL to a pre-created template for your scenario.

https://shopify.com/admin/apps/flow/web/editor/templates/e1089635-756a-4226-9375-20b5baa34891

Let me know if you need any extra help!

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Hey Lisankelly,

You can do this with the Flow automation app

Here is the URL to a pre-created template for your scenario.

https://shopify.com/admin/apps/flow/web/editor/templates/e1089635-756a-4226-9375-20b5baa34891

Let me know if you need any extra help!

P.S. Hopefully this is useful to you. I know this post is a bit old.

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