Multiple DropShippers and Shipping Options

2010-07-30 Thread Mike Z
I'm trying to understand how this works. As far as I can tell, shipping seems to be tied to the store. However, if the store has multiple suppliers (who are dropshippers), each having potentially different options for shipping (fedex/ups/etc), is it possible to present to the shopper the shipping

Re: Multiple DropShippers and Shipping Options

2010-07-30 Thread BJ Freeman
since supplier can also have multiple warehouses unless you get real time update of their inventory and which Facility then have it in you can not begin to customize for shipping estimates that way. Most dropshipper will tell you their cost to ship, so use an excel sheet and average you shippi

Re: Multiple DropShippers and Shipping Options

2010-07-30 Thread Mike Z
Thanks BJ. It's more clear now. With this shipping issue in mind, is it possible to configure OFBiz so that each Dropshippers inventory (A separate "Catalog") is it's own "store" (so accurate shipping rules are possible), with it's own, top-level path. Example http://10.2.10.61:8080/ecommerce/s

Re: Multiple DropShippers and Shipping Options

2010-07-30 Thread BJ Freeman
not really but close. I have a component for each supplier. they each have their own catalog but is more for taking from their catalog and putting it in the main store. This is custom software not OTTB. The is a lot of extra work if you not getting electronic data for products and inventory. Ea