Shopify added pick list printing to its Order Printer in May 2025, and it's free. For a lot of stores that's all they need. Here's an honest look at where it fits and where a pick and pack app takes over.
What Shopify's pick lists do well
- Free, and built into Shopify.
- Templates for picking by order or by product.
- You choose the fields and columns, and sort by product name, SKU, order number and more.
- Printed straight from the Orders page.
Where they stop
| Order Printer pick list | Pickadoodl | |
|---|---|---|
| Orders per list | What you select on the Orders page (bulk actions work 50 at a time) | Any number in one batch |
| Stock check before picking | No | Orders flagged Ready or Out of stock before the batch |
| Scan to verify | No, it's a printed list | At pick and again at pack |
| Progress tracking | On paper | Live, per batch, on a work board |
| Temp staff | Shopify staff accounts | No-login picker links |
| Exceptions | Notes on paper | Flagged orders held out of fulfillment |
| Fulfill, labels, returns | Separate steps in Shopify | In the same batch (labels on Pro) |
| Cost | Free | Free to 75 orders/mo, then $10.99 or $19.99 |
Stay with Order Printer if
- You ship a few dozen orders a day or fewer.
- One person picks and packs and knows the shelves by heart.
- A wrong item now and then is an easy fix for you.
Add Pickadoodl when
- A normal day means more than 50 orders, and you're printing several lists.
- More than one person picks, or you bring in seasonal help.
- Mis-picks are costing you reships, returns or reviews.
- You want one place to see what's picked, packed and fulfilled.
You don't have to choose forever. Pickadoodl is free up to 75 orders a month, so you can run one busy day through it and compare.
Order Printer details are from Shopify's May 2025 changelog announcement as of October 12, 2026. Prices and features change, so check the listing before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell me and I'll fix it.
