We need the ability to use Meta Fields in Draft/Order line items or a work around app!

Topic summary

A Shopify Plus user is seeking the ability to add metafields to draft order and order line items, which is currently not supported by Shopify.

Use Case:

  • Wholesale operations require line-item-specific information such as:
    • Different delivery dates per item
    • Special instructions for individual products

Request:
The user is looking for:

  • Either native Shopify functionality to support line item metafields
  • A third-party app that enables custom/metafield data entry at the line item level when creating orders or drafts
  • Workarounds from others who have faced this limitation

Status: The discussion remains open with no solutions or responses yet. The poster is gauging whether others share this need and have found viable alternatives.

Summarized with AI on October 27. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

I am putting this post to see if anyone else has the need for Meta Fields in the Draft/Order line items. I do not understand why Shopify does not allow nor have the functionality to do this. For a wholesaler, that need dates (different delivery dates) or instructions for specific line items, Line item Meta Fields are a necessity. I am also seeing if anyone had had the same issue, and have found a workaround, or an app that enter orders/draft, and allow the ability to enter Custom/Meta Fields information in the line item.