Invoice creation after actual shipping possible?

[mehere]

Hello,

mine is a marketplace with many sellers who often forget to update their products' quantities therefore sometimes orders placed by customers can't be fulfilled when Q=0 even if they set "Allow orders" (very bad).

 

My problem is invoices are issued immediately upon order confirmation which means for me having to then issue credit notes as well.

 

Question: is there an option to issue invoices automatically only after goods are sent? I mean only after in BO the order status is changed to "Shipped"?

 

Thank you for your attention,

Cheers

 

EDIT: Actually after changing its status to "Preparation in progress" would be better, thanks

Edited April 29, 2016 by mehere (see edit history)

[mehere]

Ok very stupid question....I just saw Orders->Statuses lets do exactly that and more....sorry everybody :S

[shokinro]

The invoices have to be created before payment is applied. so if the payment is applied before your status "Preparation in progress", then it might very difficult.

 

You can define if an "invoice" is required or not for each order statuses at back office - Orders - Statues tab.

The invoice will be created at first status reached that requires an invoice.

 

hope this helps