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    Default Drop Ship using FTP

    Hello,

    I have a Zen Cart shop and most of the products I stock and ship myself. However, there is a large book company that can do drop ship for me. They require that I use their order information format, have the system automatically fill it in, and ftp the file to them for processing.

    My main question is can Zen Cart differentiate between the orders that are for me to process versus the orders that need to be FTPed to the book company? If not, how can I put that in place?

    My other question is related. Is there an easier way than having a programmer rewrite the order processing information in my Zen Cart store? Are there any addons that would generate an order file in a specific format that could then be manually FTPed to the book seller?

    The book seller required that the order document be a text document, but the information is PHP.

    Let me know if you need more specifics or have any questions.

    Thanks!
    Jadzia

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    Default Re: Drop Ship using FTP

    Is there an easier way than having a programmer rewrite the order processing information in my Zen Cart store?
    Because a customer can most likely have a mixed order

    This will require custom code to make it possible
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    Default Re: Drop Ship using FTP

    Hmm. I don't think this does need the order processing system to be rewritten, but it would need some custom code added to detect those items to be drop shipped and the order data to be sent to the dropshipper in their custom format.

    The challenges would be less in the basic process and more in the exceptions (e.g. what to do if you take an order and the book is then found to be unavailable).
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    Default Re: Drop Ship using FTP

    Thanks for the information!

 

 

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