What Pickup Spots Are
Pickup spots are the places buyers can choose from when they book an in-person pickup after checkout. They help you offer safer, clearer handoffs without writing the same instructions for every buyer.
You can offer:
Your home address, if you are comfortable using it for pickups
Police safe-trade zones surfaced by ShopBroker
Custom public spots you add, such as a coffee shop, community center, or mall parking lot
A pickup spot list is satisfied by any of these. You do not need to include your home address. Many sellers route every pickup through a public spot or a police safe-trade zone and never share their home with buyers.
Public spots include a Google Maps action so you and the buyer can check the location.
Set Your Default Pickup Spots
Open My Shop > Settings > Pickup spots. From there, you can enable police safe-trade zones, add your own public spots, and choose which ones should be available by default.
Choose which pickup spots are available by default for new listings.
These settings become the default for new listings. They do not automatically rewrite older listings because each listing keeps its own saved pickup spots.
Pick Spots on a Single Listing
When you create or edit a listing, the Pickup spots for buyers section shows a compact picker. Tap it to open the list and check the spots you want to offer for that listing. Your home, your enabled police safe-trade zones, and your custom public spots all appear as toggleable rows.
Two things to know:
Your home is just another row. If you'd rather keep your home address private on a specific listing, leave that row unchecked. Buyers will only see the public spots you've kept on.
Each listing keeps its own list. Toggling home off on one listing does not change your default settings or other listings. To manage the master list of spots you can choose from, tap Manage your spots → below the picker.
If you have not added any public spots or enabled any police safe-trade zones yet, the picker shows a quick nudge with links to the right settings pages.
Refresh an Existing Listing
If you already listed an item and later changed your default pickup spots, see Scheduling In-Person Pickup Meetups for the broader pickup flow, then update the listing:
Open the listing for editing
Find the Pickup spots for buyers section
Tap the picker and check the spots you want buyers to see
Use Pull latest from settings if you want the listing to match your current defaults
Save the listing
This keeps existing listings stable while still letting you update them when your pickup plan changes.
What Buyers See
After a buyer checks out with in-person pickup, they book the pickup time from their confirmation page or order page. If your listing has more than one pickup spot, they choose the spot that works for them. For listing setup context, see Choosing Delivery & Pickup Options.
They may see your home address, a police safe-trade zone, or another public spot you added, depending on which spots you saved on that specific listing. Browsers and casual visitors do not see your exact pickup address before checkout, and any spot you toggled off on a listing is hidden from the buyer entirely.
Choosing Good Spots
Pick places that are easy to find and comfortable for a quick handoff:
Well-lit public areas
Police safe-trade zones when available
Busy coffee shops, community centers, or shopping centers
Places with clear parking or transit access
Avoid vague meeting points like "near the entrance" unless the spot name and address make the location obvious. For handoff safety tips, see In-Person Pickup Meetups: Best Practices.
Questions?
Need help choosing a pickup setup? Reach out to support and we can walk through the best option for your listings.