Managing Drop Ship Warehouses

You can add warehouses to use for drop shipments. You can also choose to automatically send out order notifications to that warehouse via email. However, you must make arrangements offline to send payment to warehouses.

To Add Warehouses

1. Log in to your HostingDude.com account.
2. From the Manage menu, go to Catalog, and then click Warehouses.
3. Click Add.
4. Enter values in these fields:
   • Company name — The company that operates the warehouse
   • Display name — The display name for the company that operates the warehouse
   • Warehouse account number — Your account number with the company that operates the warehouse
   • First name — The first name of your contact with the company that operates the warehouse
   • Last name — The last name of your contact with the company that operates the warehouse
   • Phone number — The phone number of your contact with the company that operates the warehouse
   • Email — The email address of your contact with the company that operates the warehouse

     Note: When you select Send order notification to this warehouse, Quick Shopping Cart automatically emails a notification to each warehouse with list of items they should supply. For instructions on editing the email template see Customizing email templates .

   • Address line 1 — The street address of the company that operates the warehouse
   • Address line 2 — The street address of the company that operates the warehouse
   • City — The city where the company that operates the warehouse is located
   • State — The state where the company that operates the warehouse is located
   • Postal code — The ZIP code for the company that operates the warehouse
5. Click OK.

You can edit the information associated with warehouses you use for drop shipments. You can also choose to automatically send out order notifications to that warehouse via email. However, you must make arrangements offline to send payment to warehouses.

To Edit Warehouses

1. Log in to your HostingDude.com account.
2. From the Manage menu, go to Catalog, and then click Warehouses.
3. Select the warehouse you want to edit, and then click Edit.
4. Edit the values in any of these fields:
   • Company name — The company that operates the warehouse
   • Display name — The display name for the company that operates the warehouse
   • Warehouse account number — Your account number with the company that operates the warehouse
   • First name — The first name of your contact with the company that operates the warehouse
   • Last name — The last name of your contact with the company that operates the warehouse
   • Phone number — The phone number of your contact with the company that operates the warehouse
   • Email — The email address of your contact with the company that operates the warehouse

     Note: When you select Send order notification to this warehouse, Quick Shopping Cart will automatically email a notification for each order to the company that operates the warehouse. For instructions on editing the email template see Customizing email templates .

   • Address line 1 — The street address of the company that operates the warehouse
   • Address line 2 — The street address of the company that operates the warehouse
   • City — The city where the company that operates the warehouse is located
   • State — The state where the company that operates the warehouse is located
   • Postal code — The ZIP code for the the company that operates the warehouse
5. Click OK.

You can copy an existing warehouse to create a new warehouse using the same information.

To Copy Warehouses

1. Log in to your HostingDude.com account.
2. From the Manage menu, go to Catalog, and then click Warehouses.
3. Next to the warehouse you want to duplicate, click Duplicate Warehouse.
4. Edit the details you want, and then click OK.

You can delete warehouses you no longer use for drop shipments. You can delete multiple warehouses at once.

To Delete Warehouses

1. Log in to your HostingDude.com account.
2. From the Manage menu, go to Catalog, and then click Warehouses.
3. To delete a single warehouse, next to the warehouse you want to delete, click Delete. To delete multiple warehouses, select the warehouses you want to delete, and then click Delete.
4. Click OK.

Note: When deleting warehouses, all products associated with those warehouses are reassigned to No Warehouse.

You can transfer products assigned to one warehouse to a different warehouse. This action transfers all products assigned to the warehouse.

To Transfer Products Between Warehouses:

1. Log in to your HostingDude.com account.
2. From the Manage menu, go to Catalog, and then click Warehouses.
3. To transfer products from a single warehouse, click Transfer Products next to the warehouse you want to transfer products from.
4. To transfer from multiple warehouses, select the warehouses from which you want to transfer products, and then click Transfer Products.
5. From the Transfer products to drop-down menu, select the warehouse where you want to transfer products, and then click OK.