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By default each distribution center (DC) can ship to anywhere around the globe. UltraCart will select the distribution center that is the shortest distance away from the customer as long as there is available inventory for all the items in the order in the DC.  (UltraCart will by default attempt to maintain a single shipment. Split shipments occur only when each item in a order is available only from separate DC's.) There may be circumstances where you have a distribution center that can only serve a particular set of places. For instance you may have a Canadian distribution center that is only meant to handle Canadian orders. Using preferences you can enforces these types of restrictions.

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  Additionally, you can configure rules that preference, or not, a distribution center based on whether or not the order contains upsell items.

Configuring Location Preferences

If you have no preferences defined, you will be greeted with the typical "no preferences are defined" notice.Click the "new" button to create a shipment preference. The following screen will appearpresented with a drop-down list to choose the location preference rule you wish to enforce:

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If the configured preference is based upon having an upsell item or not then the only configuration option is the rule itself.

If the preference is a location based rule, then you'll also be presented with the location based configuration fields: Country, State, & Postal Codes:

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