Below is an example of an order status workflow to provide insight into how statuses may be used in the fulfillment process. Every business is unique, and the best practices for one may not be ideal for another. Experiment with your workflow and see what best works for you.

1. You receive notification of a new order OR you create an order for customer.

2. Checking your orders page, you see you have a new order with a status of Unpaid & Unship.

3. You submit or review payment information, the status will come to Pending/Paid.

4. You package the order and print the shipping label. You take the package to a shipping provider.

5. Once in the hands of the shipping provider, you go to Orders and use the Ship Items action, which updates the order status to Shipped.

6. When the status come to Paid & Shipped, you can archive it.

Tips: Other order operations, click processing orders.