Limit inventory (and stock display) to the location (warehouse) assigned to country (shipping zone)

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment

Topic summary

Merchants are struggling with Shopify’s inability to automatically limit inventory display and fulfillment based on warehouse locations assigned to specific markets or shipping zones.

Core Problem:

  • Multiple warehouses stock the same products but serve different geographic regions
  • Shopify displays combined inventory across all locations regardless of customer’s market
  • Customers can purchase items even when their assigned warehouse has zero stock, leading to overselling
  • Orders may incorrectly pull from warehouses not configured to ship to that region

Current Workarounds:

Official Solution (Limited Access):

  • Shopify offers a “Markets inventory and fulfillment” feature that properly assigns stock to markets
  • Only available to selected merchants or by special request to support
  • Some users report success requesting activation (pre-December 2022), while others are denied
  • Feature has limitations: stock checks fail if customers switch delivery country during checkout

Alternative Approaches:

  • Manual product exclusion from specific markets (tedious, not scalable)
  • Custom app development (~$2,000 USD quoted)
  • Custom shipping methods linked to specific location origins
  • Server-side integration using Shopify Admin API to query location-specific stock
  • Third-party apps now emerging to address this gap

Community Sentiment:
Widespread frustration that this “basic” multi-warehouse functionality isn’t standard, even on Shopify Plus ($24k/year). Merchants view location-based inventory management as fundamental for global operations.

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Hi Shopify Addict here,
-In response to the whole thread-
The solution is available for Shopify plus : https://shopify.dev/docs/api/functions/reference/fulfillment-constraints/graphql/common-objects/mustfulfillfrom,

Using checkout ui extension allows to create a back in stock flow from there.

Nevertheless you are able to create a custom shipping method and link them to specific “Shipping origins” which are locations. Thus when locations become OOS you won’t have any shipping method available in the checkout.

If you want something more robust, you should probably use a server side integration on your PDP to query the desired location’s stock availability using Shopify ADMIN API and display the desired UI.

Best regards.