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.
Each supplier has 1-N facilities that represent their warehouses.
I don't see the advantage to associating the shipping estimates to each
supplier. That is a lot of overhead that does not gain you much in reality.
My original suggestion is the one I found the best.
Mike Z sent the following on 7/30/2010 11:07 AM:
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/store1 = (dropshippers 1 inventory)
http://10.2.10.61:8080/ecommerce/store2 = (dropshippers 2 inventory)
But tie all of the above into a main store
(http://10.2.10.61:8080/ecommerce), where you could do global
searches, etc. I'm wondering how it would work when it comes to
checkouts. Does each "store" have it's own independent shopping cart?
Or does it make more sense to have an initial entry point where you
jump from store to store.
Thanks
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:30 AM, BJ Freeman<bjf...@free-man.net> wrote:
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 shipping so that you come out a little positive
you will have to tweak this as you get more order history.
then you can put your averages in the estimates.
Mike Z sent the following on 7/30/2010 9:17 AM:
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 rules and options specifically for
that supplier? If so, then where is this configured?
Thanks
