Creating a Purchase Order in Dropship
This guide outlines the steps for merchants to manually create a purchase order in Dropship. A purchase order is used to start the process of ordering products.
Creating a Purchase Order
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In the top menu, click Orders.
The Orders page is displayed.
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To manually create a purchase order, click More.
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Click Create Purchase Order.
The Order Create page is displayed. Each field must be completed manually unless it’s marked optional.
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Enter the following Order details:
- Purchase Order Number: The Purchase Order Number used to identify the order.
- Order Date: The purchase order date.
- Retailer Order Number (Optional): Use this field if an additional identifier is needed to reference the Purchase Order Number.
- Customer Order Number (Optional): The customer order number if applicable.
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To enter a customer shipping address, click the Ship To link.
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Complete the Add Ship To Address form.
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Click Save.
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In the Requested ship method section, assign the shipping method using the Carrier Service field.
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(Optional) In the notes section, you can add purchase order notes.
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In the Order Lines section, click the Select a supplier field.
Select a supplier from the list of suppliers that’s displayed.
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Click Add new line.
The Add Order Line Items window is displayed.
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In the Order Line Number field, enter a number.
By default, 1 is displayed.
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Using the Find a variant field, search for the item you want to add.
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Enter the quantity, price, and cost of the item.
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Click Add.
The item is added to the Order Lines table.
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Repeat the Add new line process to add additional items.
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Click Create Order.
The order is created and added to the Order page with an Open status.