# How to create a Multiship order in backend

**Step 1: In backend; navigate to `Orders`. Click `New Orders`. Choose a customer**

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**Step 2: Click button `Switch to Multiship`**

Then click `Add Products` and add a few products to the order.   
Then click `Add Recipient` to add a new shipping address:

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**Step 3: Add shipping addresses**

In the popup the add new recipient, choose an existing address; or add new address. Click Get Shipping Methods And Rates and confirm the shipping method. When done, click `Save Recipient`.  
After adding a new recipient, choose quantities for each products. When done, click button `Update Recipients and Items`. And choose a payment method

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Step 3b: Upload recipients  
Admin can also upload recipients using a csv file. Click button Upload Recipients

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Then choose a csv file from your computer; and click `Add Recipients`  
Note that upload recipients will wipe out all existing QAs.

  
  
Click `Submit Order` to create the order.

Confirm the order is created, and its status should be `New`. In the `Orders` grid; the column `Multiship` is Yes

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