Managing multiple locations
Location-scoped bins, 3PL exclusion, and how Shopify Locations map to your physical warehouses.
Shopify Locations are the source of truth
BinTech does not maintain its own list of warehouses. Every BinTech location is a Shopify Location — the same ones you manage under Settings → Locations in your Shopify admin. Add a location in Shopify and it appears in BinTech the next time the app loads.
Bin names are unique per location
A bin name only has to be unique within its Shopify Location. That means you can use the same naming scheme — A-01, A-02, A-03 — across every warehouse. BinTech will never confuse "A-01 at NYC" with "A-01 at LA" because they are different rows scoped to different locations.
| Bin name | Location | Allowed? |
|---|---|---|
| A-01 | NYC warehouse | Yes |
| A-01 | LA warehouse | Yes (different location) |
| A-01 | NYC warehouse (second one) | No — duplicate within location |
Excluding 3PL-managed locations
If you use a third-party logistics provider — ShipBob, Amazon FBA, your own fulfillment service — that location's inventory is already managed outside your warehouse. BinTech should not generate pick lists for orders routed there.
- 01 Open Settings → Locations
You will see the full list of Shopify Locations with an Included / Excluded badge.
- 02 Click "Exclude" on the 3PL-managed location
BinTech immediately stops generating pick lists for that location. Any pending pick lists scoped to it are left in place — finish them out manually if needed, then archive.
- 03 Re-include later if you take fulfillment back in-house
Click "Include" to bring the location back into BinTech. You will need to create bins and assign inventory before pick lists start generating again.
The Bin context selector
The Products and Bins pages always show a single location at a time — the "Bin context" selector at the top of each page. This keeps assignments unambiguous: when you put 12 units of a SKU into bin A-01, BinTech knows you mean A-01 at the currently-selected location.
Switch contexts to manage a different warehouse. The Pick lists and Reconciliation pages aggregate across all included locations, with location columns so you can filter and sort.
Split-shipment pick lists
When a Shopify order is split across two locations — e.g. half the items ship from NYC and half from LA — BinTech generates two independent pick lists, one per location. Each list is scoped to its location's bins, can be picked on its own schedule, and completes independently.
Shopify will fulfill the order in two shipments and BinTech will mark each pick list FULFILLED as the matching shipment goes out.