russellmcox Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I'm considering developing a Drop Ship Module (I know that PrestaShop says its working on one). I would like to hear from other members interested in this feature as to what they would like to see in this module. Obviously we start with: - Send an Order to the Fullfilment Company - Next? Regards, Russell Cox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noesac Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Where did you read that Prestashop is making some official drop shipping modules? This is the first I've heard of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmcox Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 I inquired elswhere on this forum and was advised via private email. However, that was the extent of the reply. Nothing about functional specs or availability date. Regards, Russell Cox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariusClay Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Our current shop has drop shipping functionality, it's an old oscommerce setup and highly modified. We are needing this in our new site being developed too. I've searched the forums and addons, but haven't seen a module we can use yet. I wasn't even aware the Presta team was working on one Here's some of the basic functionality we would require: Choose specific products from order to drop ship Choose which Company/Vendor/Seller to send the order Send the Order to the Fulfillment Company Keep track of which items in the order were already drop shipped Russell : PM me, I would be willing to work with you on developing this module. Regards, Darius Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noesac Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Our current shop has drop shipping functionality, it's an old oscommerce setup and highly modified. We are needing this in our new site being developed too. I've searched the forums and addons, but haven't seen a module we can use yet. I wasn't even aware the Presta team was working on one Here's some of the basic functionality we would require: Choose specific products from order to drop ship Choose which Company/Vendor/Seller to send the order Send the Order to the Fulfillment Company Keep track of which items in the order were already drop shipped Russell : PM me, I would be willing to work with you on developing this module. Regards, Darius Clay 1) Can you provide more detail on this one? 2) So you can manage orders as if each product were a separate order? (e.g. order is 2 products, but one is stocked, the other is dropshipped?) 3) How does this work, like an email template? 4) You can do this by creating your own status called "Dropshipped" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdayn Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I am interested in a module like this as well. Our old shop had this functionality and worked quite well but the back office wasn't as friendly and robust as what we found on PrestaShop. The dropship does work like an email template except it has a few more features that make it work right. Fulfillment option should be available under the product setup page or adding a new product or should be tied the the supplier. This is how are old one worked 1. Under Supplier should be an option to Enable Fulfillment >Enter Contact Details, POC or Account Rep to receive order. >Products (By ID) associated with this supplier 2. Triggers: When no stock is available locally, the allow order anyway option will still allow the >order to be placed, an email is automatically sent to the supplier with the order details including the >customers information and supplier then processes the order and ships. We would receive an order confirmation from our supplier as well as tracking info that we would put in the customer order so that our system will notify the customer with the tracking info etc.. -j P.S. Count me in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy1 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 XML feed to show how many items are in stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justdogwalking.com Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Hi I am having a shippimg module written to cope with multiple drop ship suppliers its mainly to cope with the limitations of PS's shipping module. But it will have the ability to send email orders to suppliers. A drop ship facility in PS is long overdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsayanng Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 This would be AMAZING for us.. here's a few nuggets of info about our experience: We dropship AND ship our own products. The ability to actually generate two warehouses for separate stock is necessary - one stock for "drop shipper" and one stock for "local warehouse". The ability to generate an excel spreadsheet of all products that were ordered from each warehouse. Orders that have one of each product (one that comes from "drop shipper" and "local warehouse") will split the order and the line that's associated with the dropshipper warehouse will be exported. If this functionality is difficult then export the whole order and somehow put an * on the lines that are not supposed to be there so the manager can simply go in and delete them. Separate shipping charges based on shipping location. Separate shipping OPTIONS (UPS, USPS, FEDEX) based on different warehouse. For instance, our dropshipper will ONLY ship ups, but we will ship UPS and USPS. We do not want the USPS option showing up as an option for folks who are buying an item from the drop shipper. It should also know if the order has one of each warehouse location product in it to separate it to two boxes to check shipping.. also put a conditional note on the shipping page that says "This order will ship from separate locations. Expect to receive two or more boxes" I think thats it. To recap: Multiple warehouse locations Inventory per warehouse Order export in .csv for specific warehouse products / split order for sinlge order with multiple warehouse products on it Different shipping options for products that come from multiple warehouses with note about multiple warehouse locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noesac Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I think thats it. To recap: Multiple warehouse locations Inventory per warehouse Order export in .csv for specific warehouse products / split order for sinlge order with multiple warehouse products on it Different shipping options for products that come from multiple warehouses with note about multiple warehouse locations. I'm actually a bit confused about a lot of the replies I'm seeing in this thread. A lot of the stuff people are describing can be done, you just have to be creative: 1) Multiple warehouse locations --There is a "Location" field for each product. 2) Inventory per warehouse --Ok this isn't supported, but does it really matter? Why would you want the dropshipper's quantity if you have the same product in stock? If you decide to stock some products from your dropshipper, then you would generally want to send your stock first, as the margins are higher and postage cheaper (otherwise why else have you decided to stock it??), therefore you only care about the quantity of the stock you have on hand. 3) Order export in .csv for specific warehouse products --There are reporting modules out there - just use one of those to create a report based on the Location field (see #1 above) 4) Different shipping options for products that come from multiple warehouses with note about multiple warehouse locations. --This can be done using weights - set any product you have in stock at say 0.5kg, and any dropshipped product at 100kg. Shipping options can then be setup so they are only displayed for particular weights. I did this and it works beautifully. Of course this only works if you offer flat rate shipping. In regards to the note, you can write a little bit of code that says if $product.location = "dropshipped", then display "as your order is being dispatched from separate warehouses....bla bla bla" 5) [comment from user DariusClay] Keep track of which items in the order were already drop shipped --Firstly you can create a new status called "Dropshipped", and select the "hide this status from customer" checkbox Secondly you can create another status for half/half orders (half dropshipped, half stocked), called "Order partially shipped" ****I know it's not a perfect solution but I think if you guys really tried, the current system already gives you about 90% of what you need to manage things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest* Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Great idea. Mainly I need to feed my DB with supplier stock AND what's more important the possibility to split orders by each product, because I have more than one drop-ship suppliers. I also have own stock, so it's complicated and I need to split one order in more than 2 or 3 shipments with respect. delivery slips, according to stock location added on product. The invoice could be for the whole order, there is no splitting necessary and this better for customer management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmcox Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Question for this thread... Can anyone envision the need for automated order entry to the drop shipper or is pretty much assumed that orders will be entered manually at the drop shippers site? Regards, Russell Cox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justdogwalking.com Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Just to update on my module development I can set up multiple DS suppliers each can have their delivery costs calulated by weight, value or Number of item, it allows transition from mail fo courier at defined point in tariff table. It has options for how shipping cost will be displayed to customer, per supplier or grand total, will also offer option of admin defined shipping supplement for remote postcodes if courier is used. admin imputs global postcodes but supplement can be supplier/post code specific. email order to each drop shipper is sent on completion of transction with option not to. Am at stage of beta testing looks encouraging. I am not the developer this is being done for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noesac Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Question for this thread... Can anyone envision the need for automated order entry to the drop shipper or is pretty much assumed that orders will be entered manually at the drop shippers site? Regards, Russell Cox Depends on how many you are dealing with and how sophisticated they are. In my experience, the most sophisticated ones offer a feed only. Data flowing in the opposite direction is very rare... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philee Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 This module would be excellent. It's at 1.4.4 versions, a drop-ship module is overdue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justdogwalking.com Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Hi Drop ship module development This module is only 1.3.2 compatible Being a novice merchant I have not yet developed the confidence to go through the complecated upgrade process. Anyway 1.3.2 seems to provide all I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dataforge Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Having multiple warehouse with inventory for each one is a necessity. Taken further, having multiple warehouses per supplier is a necessity. The current one location field is useless for this. I need the shipment price to be able to calculate shipment from the warehouse to the customer location. The only way to do that is to list the warehouses and choose the best warehouse closest to the customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy1 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Any news on this module? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbikecoach Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 i would be interested in a DS module too. it should send the shipping slip (with own logos etc) to the fullfilment company. please let me know the status Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessargor Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Any news on this module? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burhan BVK Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I have a commercial module for dropshipping that sends the order details to multiple suppliers: http://www.bvkyazilim.com/cart/backend-administration-tracking/27-supplier-email-alerts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IeM Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 How is this module coming on? I'm also interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philee Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Interesting whitelighter. Has anyone tried this module? You got a demo of the BO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burhan BVK Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Interesting whitelighter. Has anyone tried this module? You got a demo of the BO? There is a demo, access information is in the module description, just follow the link above. But you can only check the module interface, the emails are disabled to prevent abuse of the demo since it is open to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burhan BVK Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 How is this module coming on? I'm also interested. It is already available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazze Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) I'm currently working on a dropshipping module, or as I call it "Order emails". It's pretty much finished, just need some thorough testing. It includes features like: Order email settings on a supplier basis Delivery address managment (send product to customer's address or custom address) Email template managament Send order emails on certain order states (supplier basis) Email check (emails should only be sent to every involved supplier once per order) Possibility to force a resend of an order email Possibility to choose product language in order emails (supplier basis) Product exceptions (supplier basis) Possibility to enable/disable emails (supplier basis) ...and probably some more that I've forgotten. The main config view looks like this at the moment: EDIT: The module is now available at http://addons.presta...der-emails.html for only €65. EDIT2: Now available even cheaper on Webshopmodules.com, mor precisely here: http://webshopmodules.com/en/shipping-logistics/1-order-emails.html Edited March 14, 2012 by Bazze (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 It seems to me that most people have missed the point with a drop shipping module. The biggest problem I have come accross is with stock levels. I need a module that keeps my stock the same as the suppliers stock, everything else I can do. To me thats the biggest problem with drop shipping. Is anyone working on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Im really interrested as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazze Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 It seems to me that most people have missed the point with a drop shipping module. The biggest problem I have come accross is with stock levels. I need a module that keeps my stock the same as the suppliers stock, everything else I can do. To me thats the biggest problem with drop shipping. Is anyone working on this? You probably need a custom module for every different company you are working with. It's hard to develop a general module that should communicate with other systems because most companies have their own systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insitetoweb Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 The place to look at Prestashp product development shows "drop shipping" as a new feature is "unassigned". I would suggest logging into this site and leave a comment under "drop shipping". http://forge.prestashop.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1318 Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Hi, I think this module could work for me, but I don't know if it works for prestashop 1.5.0.17? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton29657 Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Our current shop has drop shipping functionality, it's an old oscommerce setup and highly modified. We are needing this in our new site being developed too. I've searched the forums and addons, but haven't seen a module we can use yet. I wasn't even aware the Presta team was working on one Here's some of the basic functionality we would require: Choose specific products from order to drop ship Choose which Company/Vendor/Seller to send the order Send the Order to the Fulfillment Company Keep track of which items in the order were already drop shipped Russell : PM me, I would be willing to work with you on developing this module. Regards, Darius Clay I second this as I would also use it. I have roughly 10% of my products that I use to drop ship from different distributors and would be nice to have it separate from my true distributors. Also if a drop ship fee could somehow be added into the functionality within the back-office set by different companies. I have 1 that may charge a fee of $2. and some charge 5 but I know it would be easiest to add into the price but when you compete with other companies in pricing such as with nextag you really do not want your price to be the highest so if something like that could be made to where we can add different drop ship fees that would be great. Thanks and sure hope this could come soon.. Clayton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insitetoweb Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 My problem with drop shipping is calculating an accurate cost for shipping. I see you can assign products to shipping modules. Has anyone tried setting up multiple shipping modules for the same carrier except with different origination addresses? For example there would be a UPS module setup for each supplier and then assign the product to the appropriate UPS/supplier module. I haven't tried this yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyestrane Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 My problem with drop shipping is calculating an accurate cost for shipping. I see you can assign products to shipping modules. Has anyone tried setting up multiple shipping modules for the same carrier except with different origination addresses? For example there would be a UPS module setup for each supplier and then assign the product to the appropriate UPS/supplier module. I haven't tried this yet. I have so far tried OSCommerce, Zen Cart. CubeCart. and some others. I like Prestashop the best. Far easier to use than the others. However, the others have modules that allow multi-vendor shipping with different origins. Something that people ask for from Prestashop developers all along but it seems they ignore. The best and most robust program to do it has been Volusion. Customer support was great. The cost is the bad thing about it since it is a monthly subscription. It does, however, allow you to put a location for each vendor and calculates shipping based on the vendors location and not the stores location. Seems to work well. The Dropshipping modules for Prestashop that send emails to vendors are fine but really do not solve the most important problem of accurately doing shipping. I am giving up on Prestashop until there is a good and inexpensive option available. Either that or use flat rate shipping for everything and put estimated shipping costs into each item and hope for the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilann Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 anything new for 2015 - 2016 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts