# Add orders by hand and paste tracking numbers

> Add a single order with the order form, and add tracking numbers to many orders at once by pasting lines from a spreadsheet, an email or a carrier page.

You can add an order by hand with the add-order form on the dashboard, and you can add tracking numbers to many orders at once with the paste-tracking page. Both are on every plan, and there is no limit on the number of orders.

## Add an order by hand

Use the add-order form on the dashboard for an order that email sync and the extension cannot see, such as an in-store purchase. Enter the store, the order number, the date, the product, the quantity, the cost and the buying group. Orders you add by hand go straight to the dashboard.

## Paste tracking numbers

The [paste-tracking page](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/orders/tracking/paste/) adds tracking numbers to orders you already have. Use it when a carrier page, a spreadsheet or an email gives you a list of tracking numbers.

1. Put one order on each line: the order number, then one or more tracking numbers.
2. Paste up to 500 lines.
3. Check the preview. It shows the order each line matches.
4. Click **Apply**.

What happens:

- The tracking numbers are added to the order, with the carrier.
- An order in Ordered moves to Shipped. An order is never moved backward.
- A line that matches no order, or more than one order, is flagged and not applied.
- A tracking number that a spreadsheet damaged (for example 1.23E+15) is refused, so a wrong number never reaches a buying group.

## Send the tracking on

On Pro and Concierge, if the order has a buying group and auto-submit is on, new tracking goes to the group at once. On Free, send it from the dashboard. See [send tracking to buying groups](https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/send-tracking/).

Source: https://www.buyinggrouppro.com/docs/manual-orders-and-paste-tracking/ (updated 2026-10-30)