# Auto-link orders to buying groups

> How BuyingGroupPro links new orders to the right buying group with each group's warehouse addresses and email aliases, and how to set them up.

Auto-link sets the buying group on new orders, so you do not have to set it on every order. An order shipped to one of a group's warehouse addresses, or an order email sent to one of a group's email aliases, is linked to that group.

## Set it up

1. Go to **Settings › Library › Buying groups** and choose **Manage** on a group.
2. Under **Shipping addresses**, add each warehouse or jig address you ship that group's orders to. Street and ZIP code are required.
3. Under **Email aliases**, add each email address that gets that group's order emails, such as a plus-alias like you+bfmr@gmail.com.

Any signed-in member can set these up, on every plan.

## Good to know

- **Enter aliases exactly** as they appear on your order emails, with any dots and "+" part.
- **Known warehouses:** many buying group warehouses are already known, so orders shipped to them link with no setup. Your own addresses come first.
- **Learning:** when you set the group on an order by hand, its address is added to that group, marked "Auto-detected".
- **The extension:** orders imported with the Chrome extension are linked the same way.

## Other ways an order gets its group

- You set it in the add-order form, in the CSV `buying_group` column, or on the order.
- When you send tracking by hand to BFMR or BuyingGroup.com for an order with no group, the order gets that group.
- Group integrations link receipts and reservations to orders. See each group's page under [supported buying groups](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/buying-groups/).

## Short names in a CSV file

During a [CSV import](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/csv-import/), short names such as "D&R", "P4D" or "B4P" are matched to the right group. You confirm each guess on the review screen.

Source: https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/auto-link-orders/ (updated 2026-10-30)