Packing slips & documents

A packing slip is the document you drop in the box: what’s in this shipment, who it’s going to, and which order it belongs to. Sellerlane renders slips from a template you can fully customize with HTML, CSS, and Liquid — and deliberately prints no prices, so a slip is always safe to include in a gift or a marketplace shipment.

Print packing slips

From an order — open the order and use Print packing slip on a fulfillment (or on a fulfillment order that hasn’t shipped yet, as a pick list). Each slip covers one shipment: if you ship an order in two parts, each part gets its own slip listing only its items. The slip opens as a print-ready page in a new window — use your browser’s print dialog to print or save as PDF.

In bulk — on the Orders list, tick the orders you want and choose Print packing slips from the bulk actions. Sellerlane produces one combined print document; when your selection spans multiple locations you can filter to one location’s slips.

Note

For a pickup order, the slip swaps its shipping-address block for the pickup details and your pickup instructions — see Pickup in store.

Partial shipments show “N of M”

When a shipment contains only part of a line, the slip prints the quantity as shipped of ordered — for example 2 of 5 means this box holds 2 of the 5 the customer ordered. The template also knows whether the shipment contains the entire order, so it can print an “items in this shipment” heading only when relevant.

Customize the template

1. Go to Settings → Shipping and delivery → Documents and open Packing slip template.

2. Edit the template. It’s plain HTML and CSS with Liquid variables, filters, and tags — the full Liquid variable reference is below.

3. Click Preview template at any time to render your template with sample order data, so you can iterate without a real order.

4. Save. Every slip printed from now on uses your template.

To throw away your customizations, click Revert to default — the built-in template is restored.

Tip

The default template is a solid starting point: shop header, order name and date, addresses, and the item table with “N of M” quantities. Customize incrementally rather than starting from a blank page.

Liquid variable reference

All variables below are available in the packing slip template. Loop over line_items_in_shipment for the items; everything else is a single object.

shop and shop_address

Variable	Description
shop.name	Your store’s name
shop.email	Your store’s contact email
shop.domain	Your store’s primary domain
shop_address.address1	Street address of your default location
shop_address.address2	Apartment, suite, etc.
shop_address.city	City
shop_address.province	State or province name
shop_address.province_code	State or province code
shop_address.zip	Postal code
shop_address.country	Country name
shop_address.country_code	Country code
shop_address.phone	Phone number

<p>{{ shop.name }} — {{ shop_address.city }}, {{ shop_address.country }}</p>

order

Variable	Description
order.order_number	The order’s number, without prefix (1001)
order.name	The customer-facing order name (#1001)
order.note	The note on the order, if any
order.created_at	When the order was placed, in your store’s timezone — format it with the date filter

<p>Order {{ order.name }} — placed {{ order.created_at | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }}</p>

customer

Variable	Description
customer.first_name	Customer’s first name
customer.last_name	Customer’s last name
customer.name	Full name
customer.email	Email address

shipping_address and billing_address

Both addresses expose the same fields:

Variable	Description
shipping_address.name	Full name on the address
shipping_address.first_name	First name
shipping_address.last_name	Last name
shipping_address.company	Company, if given
shipping_address.address1	Street address
shipping_address.address2	Apartment, suite, etc.
shipping_address.city	City
shipping_address.province	State or province name
shipping_address.province_code	State or province code
shipping_address.zip	Postal code
shipping_address.country	Country name
shipping_address.country_code	Country code
shipping_address.phone	Phone number

Use billing_address. with the same field names for the billing address. Pickup orders have no shipping address — guard with a conditional:

{% if shipping_address %}
  <p>{{ shipping_address.name }}<br>{{ shipping_address.address1 }}, {{ shipping_address.city }}</p>
{% endif %}

line_items_in_shipment

The items in this shipment (not the whole order). Inside the loop each line_item exposes:

Variable	Description
line_item.title	Product title
line_item.variant_title	Variant title (blank for products without variants)
line_item.vendor	Product vendor
line_item.sku	Variant SKU
line_item.quantity	Total quantity ordered on this line
line_item.shipping_quantity	Quantity in this shipment
line_item.image	Product image URL
line_item.properties	Line customizations — each has a name and value

{% for line_item in line_items_in_shipment %}
  <p>
    {{ line_item.title }}{% if line_item.variant_title %} — {{ line_item.variant_title }}{% endif %}
    ({{ line_item.shipping_quantity }} of {{ line_item.quantity }})
  </p>
  {% for property in line_item.properties %}
    <small>{{ property.name }}: {{ property.value }}</small>
  {% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

Other variables

Variable	Description
includes_all_line_items_in_order	true when this shipment contains the entire order — use it to switch between “Items” and “Items in this shipment” headings
delivery_method.instructions	Your pickup instructions, present on slips for pickup orders
now	The current date and time — format with the date filter

{% unless includes_all_line_items_in_order %}
  <h3>Items in this shipment</h3>
{% endunless %}
<p>Printed {{ now | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }}</p>

Note

Packing slips show no prices — by design. There are no money variables in the template context, so a slip can never leak what the customer paid. Use the order confirmation email or an invoice for amounts.

Sender name on shipping labels

Also under Settings → Shipping and delivery → Documents is the Sender name on shipping labels setting. Choose your store name (the default) or a custom name between 3 and 25 characters. This name is saved now so it’s ready for when shipping label purchasing is supported — it doesn’t appear on packing slips.

Next steps

Fulfilling orders

Create the fulfillments and shipments slips are printed for — see Fulfilling orders and tracking.

Pickup in store

Slips for pickup orders carry your pickup instructions — see Pickup in store.

Orders & fulfillment

Bulk actions on the Orders list in Orders & fulfillment.

Fulfillment services

Documents when a partner ships for you — see Custom fulfillment services.