# Ship items to a third party Source: https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/ship-to-someone-else · Last modified 21 August 2026 You can let a signed-in customer send an order to someone other than themselves, such as a gift recipient. The buyer keeps their own billing and shipping addresses on their account, and nominates the other person as a one-off at checkout. This is different from a customer shipping to one of their own alternate addresses. Use this process when the recipient is a different person who becomes the shipping contact on the order. ## Enable third-party shipping Third-party shipping is turned on with a store variable. In the relevant store, create a new [store variable](store-variables): 1. Give it a **Name** that makes sense to you, such as `Enable third party shipping contact`. 2. Set the **Key** to `show_new_recipient_form`. 3. Set the **Value** to `true`. 4. Switch on **Available in Liquid**. 5. Click **Save**. ![Store variable record with the show_new_recipient_form key set to true and Available in Liquid enabled](https://res.cloudinary.com/hzkr6fi81/image/upload/v1747116303/knowledge/ship-to-another_b9kada.png) ## What happens at checkout Once enabled, a signed-in customer sees a link at checkout to ship to a different person. When they enter the recipient's details, StoreConnect records two separate contacts on the order: - Billing contact: the signed-in customer who placed the order. - Shipping contact: the recipient the order is sent to (the order's **Ship To Contact** field). StoreConnect matches the recipient against existing contacts. If it finds a Contact record with the recipient's details, it links that contact as the **Ship To Contact**. If it finds no match, it creates a new Contact using the recipient's name, email, and phone, under the buyer's account. ## Confirm it is working Open your store's checkout as a signed-in customer and confirm the option to ship to a different person appears. Place a test order to a new recipient, then open the order and confirm it shows the buyer as the billing contact and the recipient as the **Ship To Contact**. --- ## Follow StoreConnect - [Email Newsletter](https://getstoreconnect.com/c/lp-newsletter) - [LinkedIn Newsletter](https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7444956928444862464) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngKdP2x8l1wcbAKW3tvU8g) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/storeconnect) - [X / Twitter](https://x.com/storeconnecthq) ## Popular Links - [Partners](https://getstoreconnect.com/partners) - [News](https://getstoreconnect.com/articles/news) - [Events](https://getstoreconnect.com/articles/events) - [Feature Comparison](https://getstoreconnect.com/how-we-compare) - [Download a free trial](https://appexchange.salesforce.com/appxListingDetail?listingId=a0N3A00000FMkeKUAT) - [Book a Demo](https://getstoreconnect.com/contact) ## Documentation - [Help documentation](https://support.storeconnect.com/help-documentation) - [AI agents](https://support.storeconnect.com/ai) - [Videos & tutorials](https://support.storeconnect.com/videos-tutorials) - [Developer reference](https://support.storeconnect.com/developer-reference) - [Release notes](https://support.storeconnect.com/release-notes) - [Troubleshooting](https://support.storeconnect.com/troubleshooting) - [Trust Center](https://trust.getstoreconnect.com/) - [Status Page](https://status.storeconnect.com/) ## Contact - info@getstoreconnect.com - US +1 415 745 3230 - AUS +61 2 8365 2308 100 S Ashley Dr, Suite 600-2461 Tampa FL 33602-600 USA Level 22, Sydney Place 180 George Street Sydney, NSW, 2000, AUS --- StoreConnect Support — https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/ship-to-someone-else