How to Create Packing Slips for Shopify Pet Product Orders

Pet product orders often carry details worth surfacing on the packing slip, feeding guidance for food products, sizing notes for gear, and sometimes even the pet's own name if the order was personalized, all of which help both the customer and, indirectly, the pet the order is actually for.

This guide is for pet product merchants who want packing slips reflecting feeding guidance, care instructions, or personalization details relevant to what was actually ordered.

Quick Answer

Yes, pet product packing slips can include feeding guidance, care instructions, and personalization details automatically. Order Printer Pro supports referencing product metafields for feeding or usage guidance and line item properties for personalization like a pet's name, so the packing slip reflects exactly what the customer's order and their pet actually need.

What This Involves

Creating pet product packing slips means referencing product metafields for feeding guidance or care instructions, and line item properties for any personalization like a pet's name or size, directly in the packing slip template, so relevant information reaches the customer with their physical order rather than requiring a separate reference.

Who Needs This

• Pet food brands wanting feeding guidance included with orders
• Pet gear sellers with sizing or fit information
• Personalized pet product sellers using a pet's name or details
• Any pet business wanting packing slips to double as care reference
• Stores wanting fewer feeding or usage-related support inquiries

Why It Matters for Your Business

• Feeding guidance helps customers transition or use pet food correctly
• Sizing and fit information reduces returns on gear like harnesses or beds
• Personalization details confirm the order matches what was requested
• This information reaching the physical package is more useful than a website reference
• Clear documentation reduces care and usage-related support inquiries
• This works across pet food, gear, and personalized product categories alike

How to Create Packing Slips for Shopify Pet Product Orders

Step 1

Start by identifying what pet-specific information belongs on the slip.

• Confirm feeding guidance exists as a product metafield for food items
• Check whether sizing or fit notes are captured for gear products
• Identify how personalization, like a pet's name, is captured as a line item property

Step 2: Install and Configure Order Printer Pro

Install Order Printer Pro and reference this data on the packing slip.

• Add feeding guidance metafields for relevant food products
• Include sizing or fit notes for gear items
• Display personalization details clearly per line item

Step 3

Use conditional logic across your different pet product categories.

• Show feeding guidance only for food products, not gear or accessories
• Show personalization details only where the order actually included them
• Keep the slip focused and relevant per product type

Step 4

Test across your different pet product categories.

• Generate slips for food, gear, and personalized product orders separately
• Confirm each shows only its relevant category-specific information
• Check formatting holds up with a mixed-category order

Step 5

Launch and track whether it improves the customer and product experience.

• Monitor feeding or sizing-related support inquiries before and after
• Gather customer feedback on the usefulness of included guidance
• Refine what is shown based on real usage patterns

Examples & Use Cases

Premium Pet Food Brand (Pet products)
Problem: Customers transitioning pets to new food received no feeding guidance with their order, leading to digestive issues and support inquiries
Setup: Added feeding transition guidance metafields to the packing slip through Order Printer Pro for every food product
Result: Customers followed proper transition guidance immediately, and related support inquiries decreased

Personalized Pet Accessories Shop (Pet products)
Problem: Orders with a pet's name embroidered on gear gave no confirmation on the packing slip of what name was actually used
Setup: Displayed the personalization line item property clearly on the packing slip for verification
Result: Customers could immediately confirm their pet's name was correctly captured upon opening the package

See more case studies.

Best Practices

• Confirm feeding and care guidance exists as structured product metafields
• Capture personalization details as clear line item properties
• Show feeding guidance only for relevant food products
• Display personalization only where the order actually included it
• Test across your different pet product categories separately
• Check formatting holds up with mixed-category orders
• Track support inquiries as the measure of whether guidance helps

Summary

Pet product packing slips become more useful when feeding guidance, sizing notes, and personalization details print automatically per product category, reaching the customer and indirectly their pet at the moment of unboxing. The core steps are identifying which details matter per category, referencing the right metafields and properties conditionally, and testing across food, gear, and personalized product orders.

If your pet product orders could use more helpful guidance on arrival, Order Printer Pro can print feeding, sizing, and personalization details directly on the slip.