Bundle components & shipping method on a pick or pack list

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Topic summary

Need: a single pick/pack report that (1) lists bundle components and flags they belong to a bundle, and (2) shows the shipping method.

Constraints: post‑checkout, Shopify doesn’t clearly persist bundle-component relationships; pre‑checkout, there’s no shipping data. The default packing slip can show components but not shipping method.

Workaround implemented: modified the Shopify packing slip and passed extra data via order notes.

  • Cart page: add hidden input name=“note”; use JavaScript to concatenate extra fields (e.g., gift message, custom fields) separated by |.
  • Packing slip (Liquid): split the note to render those values. Bundle membership shown using line_item.groups (e.g., “Part of: {{ group.title }}”).
  • Optional: auto‑tag bundle orders via Shopify Flow (not fully explored).

Clarification/update: shipping method can be printed directly in the packing slip via {{ order.shipping_method.title }}, reducing the need for the notes hack for that field.

Open items: better hierarchy where a bundle line nests its components (especially for multiple gift sets) remains a desired feature. A screenshot of the packing slip was shared to illustrate the workaround. Status: workable but not ideal; discussion ongoing.

Summarized with AI on December 23. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hi

We’re using Shopify bundles with reasonable success except when it comes to the warehouse picking the order. They need the following information on a single report (pick or pack list):

  1. The bundle components are split out individually but need to have recorded against each of these that they are part of the bundle

  2. Shipping method

It seems to be a problem because after check out, Shopify does not record the information that the product is a component of a bundle, but before check out there is no shipping information.

The Shopify packing slip provides the information in 1. above but there is no facility to add shipping method. I have tried MANY order printer & pick list apps but none of them do both the above.

We are not tied to Shopify bundle app, and would consider any app if it could do this OR record the sale of the bundle as a single item, whilst correctly managing the inventory AND charging the correct tax (when there are components of the bundle at different tax rates).

Any ideas & solutions to get these two bits of information onto a single, printable report would be HUGELY appreciated :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks

Dominic

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We have managed to do this now using the Shopify packing slip and modifying the template - even though it says it’s not possible, it is!

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Hi, we’re running into this same issue! Could you elaborate on how you were able to make this work?

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Hi, happy to share our slightly clumsy but fully functional solution! As the only field available to us seemed to be the notes, we set up the fields on the cart page but also included a hidden field which is assigned with name=“note”. We then populated this hidden field, using a bit of javascript, with the values of the other additional fields, separated by a |, as this seemed the least likely character to be used by the user. By passing these into the notes property we are then able to access these in the packing slip template. By using some liquid code, in the template, splitting the notes back into the separate values we are then able to show these on the packing slip.

Hope this helps

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totally confused by this but needing to find a solution. Could you possibly share a screenshot of how a packing slip with your fix looks now?

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I understand it’s a bit confusing, but it works! I have also found a way to automatically tag orders that are bundles if that helps as perhaps the tags are visible following check out - since we already have a solution in place we haven’t investigated this further but I can explain the tagging process using Shopify Flow app if it would help. Here’s one of our packing slips as requested, good luck!

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Oh gotcha, that’s how mine already show up actually! But I had people buying multiple gift sets and it got really confusing, even having that “Part of” piece. I was hoping to find a way to list the name of the bundle with the individual products underneath.

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That would be a lot better, hope Shopify can do something about this soon. So if your packing lists show up like that already - what did you do to get them to have the “Part of” bit on there as that is not standard and took us ages to figure out. What we have in place is functional but not perfect, so would be interested if there was a better way to do it?

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I didn’t do anything to mine unless it was an alteration that was made for a different purpose when I first set up my website. Although, I do see this code in my packing slip template, so maybe it was added by the app when I downloaded it? Could be a recent update.

{% for group in line_item.groups %}

Part of: {{ group.title }}

{% endfor %}

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Ah yes of course, sorry I’m getting my edits mixed up - we did have that on the packing slip already but we couldn’t get the shipping method on to it as well (plus gift message, notes and another bespoke field we wanted). These are what have caused us to implement a bit of a clumsy workaround, not the “Part of…” text.

As you suggested before, it would be great if Shopify could have a line for the Bundle which then indented below a list of the components of the bundle.

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Hi Dominic,

I just discovered and would like to share that in the Shopify’s packing slip, you can access the shipping method using {{ order.shipping_method.title }} .

Hope this helps!

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