Vendors Manager


 

The CloudCommerce system is uniquely designed to be able to handle feeds from multiple suppliers. When dealing with multiple suppliers, there are a couple of best practices we recommend making use of to get the best out of your store.


The first being Front End Categories, which by now you should already have in place.


The second is vendors Manager. Vendors Manager allows you to assign shipping methods to supplier vendors or warehouses. Then you can set shipping methods against each of those vendors or warehouses.


For example: Let's say you keep an inventory in your local store of products which you have posted on your website. You also have a product fulfilment feed set up and ship out of a distributor (Supplier A). You have a second supplier feed set up and ship out of a second distributor (Supplier B). Depending on which place the product will ship from, your shipping method and cost may vary.


Also, you may have the following questions:


What will happen if an order has items from two suppliers and ships from two places?

How do I not lose money on shipping?


Well, the answer is, set up the Vendor Manager to use CloudCommerce multi-vendor shipping system.


  1. Log into the Dashboard of your store.

  2. Navigate to Modules - Vendors Manager

  1. Here you will see a list of current vendors you have set up. (By default My Store and FFL Shipping Vendor are set up for you).

  1. Click on “My Store” vendor to highlight and edit it.

  1. Enter the corresponding information (for My Store it would be your stores information). Here you can also enter vendor specific shipping settings such as: Handling Fees, maximum weight a vendor will ship, etc.

  1. Click Update. Congratulations, you have set up your first vendor. Now it is  time to add another vendor.

  1. Click the “New Vendor Button”

  1. Repeat step 5, entering information for this supplier in lieu of your own contact information.


9. Click insert


10. You have now completed the setup of your second supplier. To set up additional suppliers repeat steps 5 and 6 with the corrosponding informatoin for each vendor.


11. After setting up the vendors, it is time to assign shipping methods to each vendor. As not all suppliers use the same shipping methods and shipping rates can vary, this is an integral step in ensuring accurate shipping is being charged to your customer. To assign the shipping methods, select the supplier and click the manage button.

12. Here you will be presented with all of the available shipping methods. To assign a given shipping method, click on the prefered shipping method and click install. There are methods that require additional setup, like FedEx, USPS, and UPS. For those please visit the shipping methods knowledgebase section.



13. Congratulations, you have just assigned your first shipping method for this supplier.

 
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