Drop Shipping Purchase Orders Module for v1.3.8

[noobuser]

Hi,

I managed to install both TY_package_tracker as well as dropshipper module...

harry

[TheMonkII]

Hey Guys,

I believe that this is great. I do have a few questions though and I hope someone can answer them. I'll lay down my problem and if someone could please let me know if this is going to be the solution, then i thank you in advance.

I will be dealing with multiple dropshippers. I'm in Canada, one of my dropshippers is in the USA, the other is here in Canada, and there might be more. Will this script allow me to say ok, if someone orders something from Dropship 1 & Dropship 2, will it add the costs for both of these based on where the client is in corelation to the clients location?

Dropshipper 1 Charges me a flat $30 to bring in from the USA.
Dropshipper 2 Charges based on UPS's pricing.

Thanks so much for the information guys, i truly hope that this is what i need

[srturner47]

Sorry, but this mod has nothing to do with a shipping module. This mod is used for easily sending and tracking purchase orders that you send to subcontractors. It also generates packing lists for these purchase orders, and the paid version has text file attachments. For more information on its features click on the link in my signature and download the manual from that page.

[lankeeyankee]

Hey Guys,

I believe that this is great. I do have a few questions though and I hope someone can answer them. I'll lay down my problem and if someone could please let me know if this is going to be the solution, then i thank you in advance.

I will be dealing with multiple dropshippers. I'm in Canada, one of my dropshippers is in the USA, the other is here in Canada, and there might be more. Will this script allow me to say ok, if someone orders something from Dropship 1 & Dropship 2, will it add the costs for both of these based on where the client is in corelation to the clients location?

Dropshipper 1 Charges me a flat $30 to bring in from the USA.
Dropshipper 2 Charges based on UPS's pricing.

Thanks so much for the information guys, i truly hope that this is what i need

Not to hijack the thread but I thought I'd point you in the right direction. What you need is Ceon's Advanced Shipper module, it is well worth the cost and is incredibly flexible to match your specific needs. www.dev.ceon.net/web/zen-cart

[cropinstop]

Have a Drop Shipper that insists on receiving POs via fax.

Can the Drop Shipping Orders Module print the order (more specifically Print to Fax)?

Up to now I have been emailing the order to myself, printing, trimming, and faxing manually; but that gets old, and there must be an easier way...

[srturner47]

You've got a couple of options for faxing. If you are looking for the packing list, there is a way for fpdf, the pdf script that is used to create the packing list, to output directly to the browser instead of the file. I remember doing this when I was testing out packing list functionality so that I wouldn't have to constantly download the file to check it out. I don't remember exactly what the command is, but fpdf is well documented and you should be able to figure it out. Then, you could print the file to a fax directly from acrobat reader. The line you'll need to change is:

$pdf->Output(PO_PACKINGLIST_FILENAME, "F");

This line may be slightly different in the free version, but it will still have the $pdf->Output command. The letter F stands for file. You'll need to lookup what stands for output directly to browser and replace the F with this. See fpdf's website for more info.

As for the purchase order email itself, the easiest way is to simply check the box for reviewing and editing an email before sending. Then, cut and copy the contents to a text editor. From the text editor, click print, and print to fax. If you want to make it a little easier you could easily modify the code so that the review and edit functionality simply outputs the email in the browser and then you could print to fax directly from the browser. The code for reviewing and editing can be found after this line of code:

if ($_POST[reviewthensend] == 'yes') {

Hope that helps!

[lankeeyankee]

Has anyone been able to modify this so it can be sent automatically? I don't want to have to buy the commercial version and haven't had the time to dig into the code yet to see about making the modification. If you have the code to do automatic emailing please share! I will add it to the code base and repackage it for the free downloads section.

[cropinstop]

If you want to make it a little easier you could easily modify the code ...

Easy for you maybe, but I am a communications system designer, not a coder..

Can you give me a hand, or point me to where I get see an example on how to send the PO to the brower?

And... would be even better if I could choose to route to email or browser, depending on the dropshipper.

OK, so this is a major enhancement - I can dream...

[Wilkesy]

Hi,

Just a quick question. I have numerous supliers which this would work great for. I also have 1 supplier which is purely wholesale so i have to buy all the items from them and ship them out myself.

Can this mod do a 'bulk' order for multiple products?

An example would be that i have 10 orders to fulfill, i have to order 7 of these from the same supplier to be delivered to myself as i cant have them dropshipped, can i have 1 purchase order created automatically with all these 7 items on and just my delivery address?

Many thanks

Paul

[cropinstop]

Has anyone been able to modify this so it can be sent automatically? I don't want to have to buy the commercial version and haven't had the time to dig into the code yet to see about making the modification. If you have the code to do automatic emailing please share! I will add it to the code base and repackage it for the free downloads section.

Just a minute..

Not a lawyer, and maybe I do not understand how contributions on this site work, but seems to me if the author of a contribution has a paid version of a feature that adds functionality beyond the free version, I don't think people can/should be reproducing the functionality and posting it for free in the downloads section...