Auto-link orders to buying groups

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 [email protected].

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.

Short names in a CSV file

During a 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.