Can inventory deduction be automated based on shipping type?

Hello dear community, I’ve been trying to find a solution for this with no luck. Maybe you can help me.

Our store has 2 locations:

Location A: This location is used for “standard shipping” (next day) orders. So if a client purchases and chooses “standard shipping”, we will ship the product from this warehouse.

Location B: This location is used for “express shipping” (within 3 hours) orders. Same as above but with express shipping orders.

Is there a way to configure Shopify (or any third-party app) so that whenever a client chooses “standard shipping", the product is deducted automatically from Location A’s inventory, and when a client chooses “express shipping”, the inventory gets deducted from Location B’s inventory?

Is this even possible?

Thanks a lot.

Hi @fmartinezja ,

Yes, you can set it up in under 5 minutes using Order Fulfillment Guru. Simply select the Professional plan after installing the app, and go to Auto-assign locations & partners and create 2 Fulfillment priorities based on shipping method. Then assign either Location A. Repeat the steps for Location B. That’s it!

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Hi Ronald, thanks for your reply!

This does seem like a good solution but I haven’t been able to make it work properly. Either the product gets deducted from both locations, or it gets removed from the wrong one. I’ve contacted support to see if I have something configured wrong. If this ends up being the right solution, I’ll come back to mark it as such :wink:

Just wanted to give an update on this. The app works as intended and does exactly what I needed. Thank you!