{"id":7269,"date":"2022-06-12T00:16:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T04:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/?p=7269"},"modified":"2023-08-29T05:40:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T09:40:30","slug":"how-to-fulfill-orders-on-shopify-dropshipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/2022\/06\/12\/how-to-fulfill-orders-on-shopify-dropshipping\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Fulfill Orders On Shopify Dropshipping In 2023?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Order fulfillment is not always easy. Businesses may face the risk of closure if they fail to streamline their fulfillment process. So, it\u2019s very important to understand <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/how-to-fulfill-orders-on-shopify-dropshipping\/#How_to_fulfill_orders_on_Shopify_dropshipping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-schema-attribute=\"\"><b>how to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Shopify order fulfillment?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After your customer has placed an order, you have to prepare certain items inside the order. This process is called <strong>order fulfillment<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7273\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7273\" class=\"wp-image-7273\" src=\"http:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NORMAL-Shutterstock-1482054482.jpg\" alt=\"It\u2019s important to know how to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping.\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-7273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It\u2019s important to know how to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, the order fulfillment process includes picking and placing products in a box. Next, you may label the order for shipment. Finally, you deliver the package with a mail carrier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>3 ways to fulfill your orders on Shopify<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Automatic order fulfillment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic order fulfillment is the first solution to handle the question of <\/span><b>how to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic fulfillment refers to the fulfillment process being automated. It means that you don\u2019t have to press any button when you receive an order. But this fulfillment is only available for some types of products. It only makes sense if:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;re using a fulfillment service provided by a third party.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your orders do not require packing and shipping. For example, digital gift cards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don&#8217;t have any pre-order goods available.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to set up automatic order fulfillment on the desktop, you can follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Step 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Your Shopify admin &gt; Settings &gt; Checkout.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Step 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Look for the Order processing section.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Step 3:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Under the title After an order has been paid, select Automatically fulfill the order&#8217;s line items.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Step 4:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you want an email to be sent when the order is automatically fulfilled, select Notify customers of their shipment via email and click <\/span><b>Save<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that if you have chosen the manually capture payment for your orders, you will have to change settings. In particular, you must capture funds before your orders can be automatically fulfilled.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Manual order fulfillment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second way of <\/span><b>how to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is manual order fulfillment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manual order fulfillment is perfect for most stores. It gives you the control and the ability to manage your inventory levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7272\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7272\" class=\"wp-image-7272\" src=\"http:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NORMAL-Shutterstock-1044823012.jpg\" alt=\"Manual order fulfillment lets you manage your inventory levels.\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-7272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manual order fulfillment lets you manage your inventory levels.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should opt for manual fulfillment when every so often you run out of stock. If you have goods for pre-order or you produce goods for orders, you can still choose this type of fulfillment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to set up manual order fulfillment on the desktop, you can simply follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Your Shopify admin &gt; <\/span><b>Orders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click the order number of an unfulfilled order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you&#8217;re using Shopify Shipping to buy a shipping label for your order, then select Create shipping label. If you\u2019re not, you can then click <strong>Mark as fulfilled<\/strong>, and enter the tracking number from your shipping provider. The tracking URL link is displayed in the shipping confirmation and shipping update emails of your customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, if you&#8217;re using multiple locations and want to change the location from where you&#8217;re fulfilling the order, you should do this after step 2.\u00a0 You should click the name of the location on the fulfillment card &gt; <\/span><b>Change location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. After that, you can select your location and click <\/span><b>Save<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you want to send a notification via email to the customer immediately, you can then select Send shipment details to your customer now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 5:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click Fulfill items to mark the order as Fulfilled. If you&#8217;re using Shopify Shipping, then choose a shipping service. Finally, click <\/span><b>Buy shipping label<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing to remember is that ensure you have not selected the automatic fulfillment. It is located in the Order processing section of your Checkout.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Partial order fulfillment<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third way to solve the question of <strong>how<\/strong><\/span><b> to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is partial order fulfillment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your customer has placed an order with multiple items, and these items are located in different stocks, then you may deliver items to your customer separately. This is called partial order fulfillment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7274\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7274\" class=\"wp-image-7274\" src=\"http:\/\/onecommerce.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/NORMAL-Shutterstock-1718299927.jpg\" alt=\"The third way to solve the question of how to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping is partial order fulfillment.\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" title=\"\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-7274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The third way to solve the question of how to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping is partial order fulfillment.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partial order fulfillment instructions are divided into 2 distinct tutorials. The first one is for Shopify shipping and the second one is for other shipping services.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>For Shopify shipping<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>If you want to fulfill orders partially for Shopify shipping, you can take these steps below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Step 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Your Shopify admin &gt; <\/span><b>Orders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 2: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click the number of an unfulfilled order.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 3:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Select <strong>Create shipping label<\/strong> to buy a shipping label for an order.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 4:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> From the <strong>Fulfillment<\/strong> page, change the number of products that you\u2019d like to fulfill for each line item in the <strong>Items<\/strong> section.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 5<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: In the <strong>Shipping service<\/strong> section, select the shipping method.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 6:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you want to send a notification via email to the customer immediately, then select <strong>Send shipment details to your customer now<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 7:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click <strong>Buy shipping label<\/strong>. The order screen is updated to show the order&#8217;s Fulfilled and Unfulfilled items.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>For other shipping services<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>You can follow these steps to partially fulfill orders for other shipping services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Step 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Your Shopify admin &gt; <\/span><b>Orders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click the number of an unfulfilled order. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 3:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Optional) If you&#8217;re using multiple locations, and if you want to change the location from where you&#8217;re fulfilling your order, click the name of the location on the fulfillment card &gt; <\/span><b>Change location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Select your location and click <\/span><b>Save<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 4:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click <strong>Marked as fulfilled<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 5:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> From the <\/span><b>Fulfillment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page, change the number of products that you\u2019d love to fulfill for each line item in the Items section.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 6:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Enter the tracking number provided by your shipping company in the <strong>Tracking information<\/strong> section. The tracking URL is included in the customer&#8217;s <strong>Shipping confirmation and emails<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 7:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you want to send a notification via email to the customer immediately, then select <strong>Send shipment details<\/strong> <strong>to your customer now<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 8:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Click <strong>Fulfill items<\/strong>. The order screen is updated to show the order&#8217;s Fulfilled and Unfulfilled items.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Step 9:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you want to verify the order&#8217;s fulfillment data or add a tracking number, go to the <strong>Fulfilled section<\/strong> of the order and select <strong>Add tracking<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that you can\u2019t have automatic fulfillment enabled to fulfill part of an order.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Final words on how to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>As you can see, it is not that difficult to fulfill orders when doing a Shopify dropshipping business. Additionally, there are 3 ways of fulfillment that you can choose for your online store.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After reading this, I hope you understand <\/span><b>how to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Depending on your situation, you have to choose different methods. It\u2019s crucial to select the most suitable order fulfillment on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shopify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-schema-attribute=\"\">Shopify<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to fulfill orders on Shopify dropshipping? There are 3 ways to fulfill your orders on Shopify dropshipping. 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