Map locations for inventory sync

This guide shows you how to map Shopify locations between your Source and Destination stores so inventory sync works correctly.

To make sure your inventory quantities are always accurate, online orders and in-person sales are assigned to locations.

✅ Why location mapping is required

Shopify tracks inventory by location (warehouse, retail store, fulfillment center). To sync inventory accurately, Tipo Sync needs to know:

Which Source location should sync to which Destination location.

Without mapping:

• inventory may not sync

• inventory may sync to the wrong location

• stock can look incorrect in the Destination store

🛠️ Step 1: Decide locations to sync for Source store

1. Open the app in Source store > click Settings

2. Scroll down to Locations part, and select one of the 2 options below:

• All locations: products available in all locations of your store will be synced with the Destination store

• Specific locations: only the products in the selected location(s) is updated when there are changes in the Destination store

3. Click Save

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Step 2: Map locations when connecting 2 stores

1. Open the app in Source store > click Stores > click Get connect code button > copy the connect code on the popup

2. Go to the Destination store open the Tipo Multi-store app > click Stores > click Connect Store butto

3. Enter the connect key (from app setting in Destination store)

4. Select the products you want to sync and complete the setting in the connection detail. It is required to select the locations to sync inventory in Mapping locations section

On the mapping screen, you’ll see:

• Source store locations (left)

• Destination store locations (right)

Note: Currently our app only syncs 1 location from to Source store to 1 location from Destination store. It is not possible to map one location from Source store to 2 locations in Destination store

5 Click Save > the sync will be run immediately. It may take for while to complete.

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✅ What happens after mapping

Once mapping is saved, the app will

• Update inventory only at the locations you mapped in the connection

• Ignore locations that are not mapped

🧪 Example

Source store (EU)

• Store: urbanwear-eu.myshopify.com

• Product handle: classic-hoodie

• Location: Main Warehouse

• Inventory: 50 units

Destination store (US)

• Store: urbanwear-us.myshopify.com

• Product handle: classic-hoodie (same handle)

• Location: Main Warehouse 2

• Inventory: 20 units

Location mapping in Tipo Sync

• Main Warehouse (Source) → Main Warehouse 2 (Destination)

✅ Sync behavior (One-way: Source → Destination)

If you enable One-Way Inventory Sync:

• Tipo app finds classic-hoodie in the Destination store by matching the handle

• Then it updates inventory at the mapped location only

• So Main Warehouse 2 in the Destination store becomes 50 units (same as Source)

Result

• Destination store → classic-hoodie → Main Warehouse 2 = 50 units

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⚠️ Important note about other locations

If the Destination store has other locations that are not mapped (example: NYC Store), Tipo Sync will not change inventory there. Inventory sync only applies to mapped locations.

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