Customers always want to know where their order currently is. And to help you solve this problem and to stop customers continuously chasing orders, you can have an order tracking app installed on your website. An excellent app is this one here. However, you might also want to get your Shopify store to add an order status URL link to all notification emails for your customers. This allows them to check instantly on an email, and not have to try to find the link on your store.

This can be very beneficial. You might be able to save time and please customers better. However, to do this, you will need to add some Liquid code to the template of your emails.

Key Takeaways
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Log into Shopify and navigate to ‘Settings’ to access ‘Notifications’ for email template editing.
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In ‘Notifications’, select ‘Shipping confirmation’ and locate or add the order status URL code.
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Save changes to apply the order status tracking URL across various post-purchase notifications.

Step 1 - Login

The first step is to log in to your Shopify account. You can do this through the login screen and using your Shopify credentials.

Step 2 - Notifications

Now you need to choose the ‘Settings’ section of your Shopify store. This is located in the lower left corner of the administration screen. Within the ‘Settings’ page, there are several options. Locate and click on the ‘Notification’ section. This can be found between ‘Gift Cards’ and ‘Files’ if you’re struggling to locate it.

Step 3 - Shipping Confirmation

Now you need to find the ‘Shipping’ section within the ‘Notification’ screen. Click on the option that reads ‘Shipping confirmation’ to edit that email notification.

Step 4 - Search for the Right Code

Within the page, you need to find the code:

For shipping status on these items:

This code might not exist. But we will cover that as well. If the code does exist, then you need to replace that line with the following code:

Track the status of your order: ({order_status_URL})

You can modify the wording of the ‘Track the status of your order’ to whatever you want it to be. If you have a specific way of talking on your site, this can be a great way to instill that branding.

Step 5 - Save

Once you’ve completed the above step, click on the ‘Save’ button. This will make all your changes effective immediately. You can then copy the steps above to other notification emails that are about the post purchase. For instance, adding them to the dispatched notification.