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Capture Customers' Precise Location

Learn how addressly works to capture precise customer location for efficient deliveries.

Written by Vikash Jha
Updated this week

Addressly offers a simple way to capture precise customer locations. Follow these steps to enable the Precise Location widget on your storefront:


Step 1: Activate Precise Location Script

  1. Go to the theme editor and enable the Precise Location app embed.

  2. Enter your Google Map API key for the map to load on your storefront.


Step 2: Add Precise Location Widget

  1. Access the Sections area in the theme editor.

  2. Choose the template where you want to add the widget (e.g., Header, Cart, Product).

  3. Add the Precise Location Widget to your preferred location, such as the Header for universal access.


Step 3: Configure the settings

  1. Choose how the customer location is collected. Automatically using browser location permission, or manually when user clicks on the widget.

  2. Optionally choose if the location detection should user IP based location details.

  3. Decide if the verified location is required or optional. If required, user will be asked to confirm their current location in the map.

  4. Optionally, enable a far from location warning if the user is more than 50 meters away from their last given location.

  5. Optionally, activate the Store widget to show store timings and manage related settings.

  6. Additionally, you can setup checkout behavior based on location and delivery zone.


What your customers see

  1. Opening the location flow
    Shoppers tap your delivery or location entry and get a modal where they can search for an address, move a pin on the map, or use my location if their browser allows it. Logged-in customers may also pick from saved addresses.

  2. Confirming location (if you require it)
    With verification on, they must confirm the pin or address before they continue, so checkout matches a place they explicitly chose.

  3. When precise GPS isn’t available
    You can turn on a fallback so shoppers still get a reasonable estimate when the device can’t pin them exactly.

  4. If they’ve moved since last time
    You can show a reminder when they’re far from their last confirmed spot so they update or double-check delivery location.

  5. Delivery zones
    If you use zones, shoppers outside the area may see your message and/or be stopped from checking out, depending on what you picked.

  6. Nearest store and hours (optional)
    You can show store info in the flow and optionally block checkout when the store is closed.


Addressly app (locations and plan)

Shopify → Apps → Addressly

  • Store locations and related setup power the store parts of the modal when you enable them.

  • Precise Location needs to be on your plan for the live store; theme preview may show a note if it isn’t.


Super Local Delivery (zones)

In the Super Local Delivery app, create and update delivery zones. The modal uses that to apply the in-zone and out-of-zone behavior you set in the embed (and on the block, if it appears there).


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