Inquiry Regarding Fulfillment and Archiving of Orders in Shopify Sales Data

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

  • Issue: A merchant questioned the accuracy of their Shopify sales data after noticing that orders automatically move to “Archived” upon fulfillment. They asked whether this is default behavior and how fulfillment affects order status.

  • Clarification: Archiving after fulfillment is standard in Shopify. This behavior is not indicative of a data handling issue.

  • Action: If changes are needed to a fulfilled order, it must first be unarchived.

  • Status: The core question was answered; no further disputes or unresolved items were raised.

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We are currently facing an issue with our Shopify sales data, and we’re not entirely sure if the data is accurate. We have been following the steps outlined in your help center for canceling and fulfilling orders, but we’re concerned about the following:

When we fulfill orders, they seem to go into an “Archived” status automatically. We would like to confirm whether this is the default setting in Shopify, or if there might be an issue with how our data is being handled.

Could you please clarify how the fulfillment process affects the order status and if the archiving is a standard part of this process?

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Archiving is the standard process once an order is fulfilled. If you wish to make any changes, you need to unarchive it.