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Why Locations & Addresses Matter

In the Supplier Purchase Orders app, properly managing locations (warehouses) and corporate “ship-to” addresses ensures that:

1. Inventory is updated correctly when goods are received, because only certain locations affect on-hand stock.
2. Your purchase orders (POs) display the right address on “ship-to,” which matters both for logistics and documentation.
3. You can support different workflows, like drop-ship or separate BigCommerce locations, without contaminating your default shipping address’ inventory counts.

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Key Concepts: Inventory-Tracked vs Non-Tracked Locations

• BigCommerce Locations: This includes all locations from BigCommerce, including your default shipping location and other locations set up in BigCommerce. When you mark POs as received to these locations, inventory will be updated.
• Corporate “Ship-To” Addresses: These are non-warehouse addresses (e.g., a drop-ship fulfilment center, partner, corporate offices, or alternate location). POs sent here do not update your inventory.

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BigCommerce Locations

When you go to the manage locations tool in the Supplier Purchase Orders app, you’ll see a couple of lists appear. The first list is a list of your BigCommerce locations. This data is taken directly from BigCommerce, and should represent the most up-to-date information available from the platform.

Any warehouse receiving orders created to one of these locations will attempt to increase that location’s inventory levels by the amount of received products.

Corporate Addresses

In addition to your BigCommerce locations, the Supplier Purchase Orders app can help you create additional locations to list as “ship to” or corporate addresses in your purchase orders. Purchase orders with any of these addresses used as the “ship to” address will modify not your BigCommerce store’s inventory.

In order to set the corporate address in your purchase order PDFs, you’ll need to create the address here, then set it as the corporate address in the Supplier Purchase Orders app settings.

New Address

When you click the + New Address button at the bottom of the Corporate Address panel, you’ll see the address options for creating a new address. Once you’ve filled out all of the address’ information, click the New Address button to create the address.

Edit Address

Clicking the Edit button for any corporate address row will bring up a modal with update options for the selected address. Once you’re done updating address options, click the Update Address button to update the address.

Remove Address

Clicking the Delete button for any corporate address row will bring up a confirmation modal for removing the selected address. Click the Remove Address button to confirm removing the address.

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Best Practices & Tips

• Use clear naming conventions for your addresses — e.g., “Main Warehouse – Toronto,” “Drop-Ship Center – US” — so your team can quickly pick the right one.
• Validate the warehouse / origin address carefully early in setup so you don’t misroute receipts and distort inventory.
• Limit unused addresses — if you no longer use a “Ship-To” address, remove it to declutter the dropdown.
• Check PO PDFs: Whenever you create a PO, download the PDF to ensure the ship-to address is correct and matches what you expect.
• Review periodically: As your business grows or changes (new warehouses, drop-ship partners), revisit this settings area to stay aligned.

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