To setup an configure vendors:


index:

  • Go to Settings→ Inventory Settings→ Vendor



  • Here you can enable the Vendors feature.
  • You can email an order to vendors when the order is placed.
  • The vendor email can be sent in two ways
    • When the order is submitted
    • When the order is set to Approved status
  • Display product price in vendor email
  • Vendors can also have their own login.
    • The login URL is ../login.php?m=vendor_login 
    • (unsecure link ie. http://) http://yourwebsite.com/login.php?m=vendor_login
    • (secure link ie. https://) https://yourwebsite.com/login.php?m=vendor_login
  • Allow vendors to manage their products
  • Allow vendors to add tracking info to orders 
  • Only show successful orders to vendors (examples include: Declined, Pending, and Void status orders will not appear)
  • Show vendor name on admin printer friendly receipt
  • Display Vendor Name below product name
  • Vendor orders can also be exported via CSV in two ways
    • One order will be list per row
    • Each line item per row
  • When vendors view orders they can view them in two ways
    • Price the items were purchased for
    • Cost of the item
  • You can choose to display a list of your vendors on the front end via a Widget
    • List
      • On The Front End, Display Vendors as:
        • Text & Thumbnail Grid
        • Text & Thumbnail List
    • Drop down menu
      • The List or drop down menu can be sorted by 
      • (Default 'appears in the order entered into the system', Alphabetically, and Sort Order 'manually')


  • You can also enable Vendor Location Search
    • You will need a ZipCodeAPI.com account.
    • Enter your key in the Vendor Location Search Application Key field→Save.
    • When filling out address information you will need to include their zip code location.
  • Go to Inventory→View Vendors


  • Go to + Add New Vendors
  • Here you can edit contact information for the vendor.
  • Depending on your settings above you can also display the vendor for your customers to choose from.
  • You select if a vendor is the default choice for the order email on your order details page

note: You can only have one default vendor at a time.

  • If you choose to Send ALL product to this Vendor in Vendor Email it will send all products to the vendor even if you have not tied a vendor to those products.
  • Click Save or Save & Add New (this option will automatically start a new vendor for you to add).