The Split Orders extension gives you the power to process and ship part of a customer’s order separately. You can choose the quantity of each item to be split to a new order, assigned to the same customer, with matching shipping and billing details.
<h3>Use cases</h3>
With split orders you can respond flexibly to different situations with orders, including:
<ul>
<li>When you have an order which is only partially ready to be shipped, or contains products on backorder. With the Split Orders plugin you don’t have to keep the customer waiting — split the delayed items to a new order so that you can ship the products you have available.</li>
<li>When you use different couriers for different parts of an order and want to attach tracking information for each shipment. Split the order to match shipments and attach tracking information to each order using <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/shipment-tracking/">Shipment tracking</a>.</li>
<li>When the customer asks you to ship part of an order to a different address. Split those items to a new order, update the shipping address, and process each order separately.</li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_6210761" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6210761" style="width: 755px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="wp-image-6210761 size-full" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/split-action-buttons.png" alt="" width="755" height="160" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6210761" class="wp-caption-text">All it takes is a click of the Split order action button to start a split.</figcaption></figure>
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Having the power to split orders will help you keep on top of order management and shipments. Customers will appreciate receiving prompt delivery for the part of an order that’s ready to ship, or for being able to flexibly accommodate their shipping requirements.

Split Orders

Split orders so you can process and ship each part separately.

The Merge Orders extension allows you to combine multiple customer orders so you can process and ship them as one.
<h3>Why merge orders?</h3>
The most common scenario for needing to merge orders is when you receive multiple orders for the same customer. Merging and shipping them as one package provides multiple benefits, including:
<ul>
<li>Reducing costs on shipping and packaging—better for you, and better for the planet!</li>
<li>Streamlining order processing and putting the tracking in one place.</li>
<li>Improving customer experience—they only have to track one delivery, and they receive everything they ordered at the same time.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to merge:</h3>
Start by clicking the Merge Order button
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Choose the orders you want to add to the merge.
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Then just complete the merge.
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The power to merge orders is a tool for improving your administrative workflow. Streamline order processing, save on shipping and packaging, reduce your environmental impact, and, most importantly, make your customers happy!

Merge Orders

Merge orders so you can process and ship them as one.

Split Orders vs Merge Orders