# Shopify: Manage pre-orders
URL: https://support.starshipit.com/articles/360000117335-shopify-manage-pre-orders
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Updated: 2026-05-06

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> Prevent pre-orders from importing into Starshipit by tagging them in Shopify while keeping them unfulfilled.

This is useful if you have some orders that are pre-orders or on back order, and you wish to keep the status as unfulfilled or open. Orders import into Starshipit based on the status that you set in the Shopify settings.

## Set up

The following steps will guide you on how to prevent pre-orders from being imported into Shopify while maintaining their unfulfilled status. You can achieve this by adding one or more tags to the orders.

#### 1. In Starshipit, set up the tags to be used to exclude orders

1. Go to **Settings** > **Integrations**, > **Shopify.**
2. Click the **Advanced** tab.
3. In the **Exclude orders with these tags** field, enter the tags that you will use on Shopify orders to stop them from importing. In this example, we will use **preorder**.

#### 2. Add a pre-order tag to the order in Shopify

1. Open the order in Shopify.
2. Navigate down to the **Tags** **section.**
3. Add the **preorder** tag.
4. Now when you run an import in Starshipit, the tagged order will not import.

:::warning
NoteYou must tag the order itself, not the items in the order.
:::

#### 3. Removing the pre-order tag for when you want to import

1. Open the order in Shopify.
2. Navigate down to the **Tags** **section.**
3. Remove the preorder tag.
4. When you run an import in Starshipit, the order will now import.

:::warning
NoteBe sure to run an import back to the date the order was placed. e.g. if the order was placed 20 days ago then you should run an import for 20-21 days.
:::

#### 4. Removing multiple pre-order tags

1. Open the **Orders** page in Shopify.
2. Next to the search bar, select **Filters** **> Select a Filter > Tagged with.**
3. Select the pre-order tag you used and click **Add Filter.**
4. In the results, select the orders you'd like to remove the pre-order tags from and then select **Actions > Remove Tags.**
5. Be sure to select the preorder tag to be removed from the list of existing tags.
6. Click **Apply changes.**
7. Your orders can now be imported.

:::warning
NoteBe sure to run an import back to the date the order was placed. e.g. if the order was placed 20 days ago then you should run an import for 20-21 days.
:::