Delay Account Editor order fulfillment for post-purchase edits
If you're using Account Editor, you can prevent orders from being sent to your GetQuickMail until customers finish editing their orders.
This ensures customers have enough time to make changes (for example, update an address or modify products) before fulfillment begins.
How it works
When a customer places an order, Shopify creates it immediately. Normally, Shopify would trigger fulfillment right away.
However, if your store allows post-purchase edits, you want customers to have enough time to update their order before it’s sent to your GetQuickMail.
Here’s what happens once these settings are applied:
Customer places an order
Shopify creates the order immediately
Shopify does not automatically fulfill the order line items
During this period, the order stays editable in Account Editor
Once the order is paid and ready, and Reverse unpaid order edits is enabled in Account Editor, the order is sent to your GetQuickMail
⚠️ Note on GetQuickmail and similar 3PLs
Some 3PLs (like GetQuickmail) do not pull orders on their own. Instead, they rely on Shopify to push fulfillments.
That means this setup works perfectly: if “Automatically fulfill the order’s line items” is turned off in Shopify, your GetQuickMail will not receive the order until you or a Shopify Flow trigger fulfillment.
This ensures your fulfillment team only receives finalized orders, helping reduce mistakes, cancellations, and support workload.
Step-by-step setup
Step 1: Import the Shopify Flow
LINK FOR FLOW FILE PROVIDED AT END OF THE PAGE.
Path inside Shopify:
Shopify Admin → Apps → Flow → Create Workflow → Import attached Flow file → Activate Flow
Step 2: Configure Shopify order processing
Path inside Shopify:
Shopify Admin → Settings → Checkout → Order processing
Setting | Value |
After an order has been paid | Don’t fulfill any of the order’s line items automatically |
Visual: Shopify order processing settings — select “Don’t fulfill any of the order’s line items automatically”
Step 3: Enable reverse unpaid order edits in Account Editor
Path inside Account Editor:
Account Editor Admin → Admin → Order hold and revert settings
Setting | Value |
Reverse unpaid order edits | On |
Visual: Enable “Reverse unpaid order edits” from Admin → Order hold and revert settings
Example
Order placed: 10:00 AM
Order is editable in Account Editor for the set period
Once paid and ready, order sends to GetQuickMail: ~10:05–10:10 AM (next sync)
Result
Orders won’t enter your GetQuickMail or fulfillment workflow until the edit window expires — no manual steps required.
💡 Notes
You can adjust settings anytime
Works perfectly with any post-purchase editing window set in Account Editor
Reverse unpaid order edits is available on the Silver plan and above
Works best with 3PLs that rely on Shopify to trigger fulfillment (e.g., GetQuickmail)
Need help?
If you'd like our team to assist or verify your setup, just contact support — we’re here for you.