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Drop shipping - How
it works
This feature was added in Version 4.8.0 and allows
you to group products per manufacturer, designer, dropshipper
etc., keep track of the
sales
per
group
and includes
the ability
to send an email
notification when a particular order is placed through your
store. This may be to the drop shipping company, a manufacturer,
a contributor
or anyone really you need to notify of a sale.
How
to set it up
The first thing you will need to do is set up an account for each
drop shipper / manufacturer so click on the link Dropshipper /
Designer / Manufacturers link from your admin home page and you
will be presented with a screen like this.
Click on the button "Click to Add New" and you will be able to
set up the details.
Fill in all the details. If you want the drop shipper to receive
notification of a sale with details of the order then select "Send
Email" from the drop menu. Once you have set up the accounts for
each entity you can then choose
who
needs
to
be
notified
from
the
drop
down
box
on
the
product admin pages.
Sales can then be tracked through the dropshipping admin
page.
The email address is clickable so you can contact the person directly
and it's also possible to modify their details or delete the entry
from the dropshipping admin page.
Email
formatting
You can add your own header and footer to the drop shipping
email that is generated with these additions to vsadmin/includes.asp
or vsadmin/includes.php
ASP Version
If you want to add a header or footer for the email sent out to
dropshippers then the general header / footer for all payment types
would be like this:
dropshipheader="<br>general drop ship header<br>"
dropshipfooter="general drop ship footer<br>"
There is an additional Header / footer only for payment method
4 (Email Only)
dropshipheader4="drop ship header for drop shipper 4<br>"
dropshipfooter4="drop ship footer for drop shipper 4<br>"
PHP Version
For the PHP version that would be:
$dropshipheader="<br>general drop ship header<br>";
$dropshipfooter="general drop ship footer<br>";
$dropshipheader4="drop ship header for drop shipper 4<br>";
$dropshipfooter4="drop ship footer for drop shipper 4<br>"
You can also change the subject line of the email sent with this
addition
ASP Version -> dropshipsubject="Place your subject
here"
PHP Version -> $dropshipsubject="Place your subject here"; |
