Can’t believe we can’t simply choose location based on Market. Having the same issue, shipping in Europe and Asia. Did you ever find a solution?
Topic summary
Issue: Shopify Markets fulfills out‑of‑stock orders from inventory in other regions, forcing cross‑border shipping at domestic rates. For stores that include local shipping in price (e.g., Australia vs USA), this is financially unfeasible and has led to frequent refunds.
Shopify’s suggested workaround is to remove products from a market when that market’s stock runs out, then re‑add when restocked. Merchants with large catalogs (e.g., 500+ SKUs) find this impractical and criticize advice to “not go out of stock.”
Multiple merchants report the same problem and want to choose fulfillment location per Market. The inability to bind a Market to a specific inventory location is a central pain point.
Proposed automations: 1) automatically remove products from a Market when out of stock via a workflow tool (e.g., MESA), though product pages may still be visible; 2) set a product metafield and adjust the theme to display an out‑of‑stock message.
Key terms: Shopify Markets (multi‑region selling/fulfillment), SKU (stock keeping unit), metafield (custom product data used by themes). No resolution yet; discussion remains open with suggested workarounds but no official fix.