Can I send Emails Directly to my Manufacturers?

Dear Zencart:
I buy costumes and other theatrical/cosplay goods from a manufacturer and sell them retail. That being said, I have around 5-6 different manufacturers to send orders to (and I work a full-time job on top of this).

My husband and I were wondering if there is a way that once a customer fills out the attributes, if a copy of the order can be sent to the email of the manufacturer also.

Also, when an order is sent out, can we control the look/feel of the email being sent to the manufacturer from ZenCart to have our logo and contact information on it?  I want to make sure it is very clear and easy for them to understand to minimize questions.

If Zen Cart does not include this module, how much would someone charge to make it?  We will be growing soon - just trying to get the money to get there - and there will come a time (has already come a time, actually) where we simpyl can not shuffle and juggle all of the orders by ourselves.

If we could send the orders straight to the manufacturers without the customer seeing who our manufactuerer is, that would alleviate a ton of time and hassle.

Thank you so much for your time!

Blessed Be,
Indi

Sadly, zencart does not (as a standard install) support the function you describe.

It is in fact, quite a complicated issue because if a customer buys 5 items, each from a different manufacturer, then zencart is going to have to split up the product by selected manufacturer FIRST, then cobble together respective elements of the order (qty, value, size, shape...) before it can then compose a dedicated e-mail message to send on to the respective recipients.

I have no idea if a module could be written to accomplish this, but if it could my (limited) knowledge of zencart hints that it could be costly!

It is possible to tweak the design (styles) of the email messages and this can be done by working (mostly) with the css headers in the email html files in the "email" folder.

What a bummer. Maybe an order module? I could draw out the mod, but I can't program it. lol

Oh well. Thank you so much for all of your help!

Blessed Be,
Indi