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How to send products to customers directly from suppliers (drop-shipping)?
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Send Products to Customers Directly from Suppliers (Drop-shipping)
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What is drop-shipping?
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What is Drop-Shipping?
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Drop-Shipping is a system that allows orders taken from your store to be
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shipped straight from your supplier to your customer. On a usual
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delivery system, products are sent from your supplier to your warehouse
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to be put in stock, and then shipped to your customers after ordering.
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to be put in stock and then shipped to your customers after ordering.
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With drop-shipping, no item is stocked. When a customer places an order
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in your shop, the item is delivered straight from the supplier to the
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customer. Therefore, the product doesn't need to get through your
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warehouse.
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Points to be considered while implementing drop-shipping
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Points to be Considered while Implementing Drop-Shipping
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- Use drop-shipping only for the products you can't or don't want to
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keep in stock. One reason is that you'll always make smaller
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margins on items that are drop-shipped, so you should keep it
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only for items that take up a lot of space in your warehouse.
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- Use drop-shipping only for the products you can't or don't want to keep in stock.
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One reason is that you'll always make smaller
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margins on items that are drop-shipped, so you should keep it
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only for items that take up a lot of space in your warehouse.
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- Drop-shipping is best for niche products. Chances are that products
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that are in high demand are being offered by large suppliers at a
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fraction of the price you'll be able to charge, so using a more
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costly shipping method won't be financially rewarding. But if
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your product is unique, then it makes sense!
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- Drop-shipping is best for niche products.
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Chances are that products that are in high demand are being offered by large suppliers at a
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fraction of the price you'll be able to charge, so using a more
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costly shipping method won't be financially rewarding. But if
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your product is unique, then it makes sense!
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- To protect your customers from bad experiences, test drop-shipping
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companies for yourself beforehand and list the best ones.
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- To protect your customers from bad experiences.
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Test drop-shipping companies for yourself beforehand and list the best ones.
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- Make sure time is not against you. Drop-shipping should take a
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reasonable amount of time and surely not more than it would have
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taken you to handle it all by yourself. It's also nice to be able
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to provide your customers with a tracking number.
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- Make sure time is not against you.
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Drop-shipping should take a reasonable amount of time and surely not more than it would have taken you to handle it all by yourself. It's also nice to be able
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to provide your customers with a tracking number.
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- Items have to be available from your supplier. It's good to know if
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the product you're selling is available upstream. If you don't
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have that information, inform your customers that you don't hold
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the item in stock and that it's subject to availability from a
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third party.
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- Items have to be available from your supplier.
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It's good to know if
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the product you're selling is available upstream. If you don't
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have that information, inform your customers that you don't hold
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the item in stock and that it's subject to availability from a
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third party.
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.. tip::
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For more information and insights on Drop-shipping, read our blog on
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`What is drop-shipping and how to use it <https://www.odoo.com/blog/business-hacks-1/post/what-is-drop-shipping-and-how-to-use-it-250>`__.
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For more information and insights about Drop-Shipping, you can read our
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blog: `*What is drop-shipping and how to use
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it* <https://www.odoo.com/blog/business-hacks-1/post/what-is-drop-shipping-and-how-to-use-it-250>`__.
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Configuring drop-shipping
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Configure Drop-Shipping
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- Open the menu :menuselection:`Inventory --> Configuration --> Settings`.
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Go to **Location & Warehouse**, locate the **Dropshipping**
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option and tick the box **Allow suppliers to deliver directly to
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your customers**. Then, click on **Apply**.
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Activate the functionality in the *Purchase* application by going to
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*Configuration > Settings*.
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.. image:: media/dropshipping06.png
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:align: center
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.. image:: media/dropshipping_01.png
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:align: center
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- Then go to the menu :menuselection:`Sales --> Configuration --> Settings`.
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Locate **Order Routing** and tick the box **Choose specific
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routes on sales order lines (advanced)**. Click on **Apply**.
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Then, go to the *Inventory* app, in *Configuration > Settings* to
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activate the *Multi-Step Routes* feature. It will allow you to make
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the *Route* field appear on the sale order lines to specify you send a
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product via drop-shipping.
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.. image:: media/dropshipping05.png
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:align: center
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.. image:: media/dropshipping_02.png
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:align: center
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- Now, open the menu :menuselection:`Sales --> Sales --> Products`.
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Add a supplier to the products you want to dropship.
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Now, in the *Sales* app, go to *Products > Products*. Select the
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product you would like to drop-ship and add a vendor pricelist which
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contains the right supplier, via the purchase tab.
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.. image:: media/dropshipping03.png
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:align: center
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.. image:: media/dropshipping_03.png
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:align: center
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How to send products from the suppliers directly to the customers
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Send Products from the Suppliers Directly to the Customers
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- Create a **Sales Order** and specify on a sales order line for your
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products that the route is **Dropshipping**.
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Create a *Sales Order* and add the product on which you just set the
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vendor. Add the *Route* field thanks to the widget on the right of the
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sale order line. Now, you are able to specify that your products’ route
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is *Drop-Shipping*.
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.. image:: media/dropshipping01.png
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:align: center
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.. image:: media/dropshipping_04.png
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:align: center
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- Open the menu :menuselection:`Purchases --> Purchases --> Requests for Quotation`.
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The draft purchase order is automatically created from the
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procurement with the drop-shipping route. Once the order is
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confirmed, you will see that one shipment has been created.
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.. image:: media/dropshipping_05.png
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:align: center
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.. image:: media/dropshipping04.png
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:align: center
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Once the sale order is confirmed, Odoo automatically generates a
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*Request for Quotation* for the supplier who will proceed to the
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drop-shipping. You can find it in the *Purchase* app, with the sale
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order as *Source Document*.
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- To confirm the sending from the vendor to the customer, go back to
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**Inventory** app. On the dashboard, click on **# TO RECEIVE** on
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the dropship card.
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.. image:: media/dropshipping_06.png
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:align: center
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.. image:: media/dropshipping02.png
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:align: center
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Once this *Purchase Order* is confirmed, a *Receipt Order* is
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created and linked to it. The source location is the vendor location and
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the destination location is the customer location. Then, the product
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won’t go through your own stock when you validate the dropship document.
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- It will open the list of drop-shipping transfers. Validate the
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transfer once it has been done. The items will be directly
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delivered from the partner to the customer without transiting to
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your warehouse.
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.. image:: media/dropshipping_07.png
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:align: center
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.. seealso::
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* :doc:`inventory_flow`
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You can also easily access the dropship document directly from your
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inventory dashboard.
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.. todo::
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Add link to this section when available
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* How to analyse the performance of my vendors?
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