Skuttlefish

Topic Overview

Purpose	This topic explains how to view and manage Locations.
Introduction	A Location in Skuttlefish represents a physical place where products are stocked, managed, sold, or orders are fulfilled. Common examples of locations include retail stores, warehouses, and pop-up shops. Locations play a critical role in inventory tracking by associating product quantities with specific physical spaces. This enables accurate inventory management, fulfillment operations, and synchronization with connected sales platforms. Note: Currently, Skuttlefish supports inventory tracking and synchronization for a single Location per Shopify storefront. However, support for managing multiple Locations per store—aligned with Shopify’s multi-location capabilities—is planned for future releases.
Sections	This topic includes the following sections: Topic Overview Locations Location View

Purpose

This topic explains how to view and manage Locations.

Introduction

A Location in Skuttlefish represents a physical place where products are stocked, managed, sold, or orders are fulfilled. Common examples of locations include retail stores, warehouses, and pop-up shops.

Locations play a critical role in inventory tracking by associating product quantities with specific physical spaces. This enables accurate inventory management, fulfillment operations, and synchronization with connected sales platforms.

Note: Currently, Skuttlefish supports inventory tracking and synchronization for a single Location per Shopify storefront. However, support for managing multiple Locations per store—aligned with Shopify’s multi-location capabilities—is planned for future releases.

Sections

This topic includes the following sections:

Locations

Navigation	The Locations Grid is accessible by navigating to Setup > Locations.
Locations Grid	The Locations Grid provides visibility and access to all Locations currently in Skuttlefish. The Locations Grid allows for searching, filtering, and sorting of contents as well as the ability export to Excel or PDF file formats. Locations in Skuttlefish are populated and updated via the associated Shopify Channel that is set for the Location.

Location View

Location View	The Location View displays additional details related to individual Locations in Skuttlefish.
Associated Channels	Channels represent external sales platforms where products are listed and sold. These may include Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, or other e-commerce marketplaces. The Associated Channels represents the store which the Location is connected. Note: Skuttlefish currently supports connection to a single Channel (Shopify) for inventory synchronization and order fulfillment. Support for multiple Channels—including other e-commerce marketplaces—is planned in a future release to enable centralized management of inventory across multiple storefronts and platforms. The Location Updates flag determines if Shopify updates to the Location are synchronized to Skuttlefish.

The Location View displays additional details related to individual Locations in Skuttlefish.

Associated Channels

Channels represent external sales platforms where products are listed and sold. These may include Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, or other e-commerce marketplaces.

The Associated Channels represents the store which the Location is connected.

Note: Skuttlefish currently supports connection to a single Channel (Shopify) for inventory synchronization and order fulfillment. Support for multiple Channels—including other e-commerce marketplaces—is planned in a future release to enable centralized management of inventory across multiple storefronts and platforms.

The Location Updates flag determines if Shopify updates to the Location are synchronized to Skuttlefish.