ShipHero provides features to manage drop shipments efficiently, allowing you to automate notifications to your vendors and streamline your internal fulfillment process.
Benefits of Using the Dropship Only Setting
Setting products to "Dropship Only" ensures your warehouse team focuses only on the inventory physically present in your facility.
| Benefit | Impact |
|---|---|
| Warehouse Efficiency | Dropship items do not appear in order details for pickers and packers, preventing confusion. |
| Inventory Accuracy | The system identifies which products require internal fulfillment even when an order contains a mix of items. |
| Vendor Automation | Streamlines the process of notifying external vendors for fulfillment. |
Items marked as Dropship Only will be excluded from standard warehouse picking workflows.
How to Set Products as Dropship Only
There are three primary methods to update the Dropship Only status for your products.
Method 1: Editing a Single Product
- Open the Inventory > Products page.
- Select the product you want to modify.
- Click the Pencil Icon to edit the product details.
- In the product details window, scroll to the options and check the box for Dropship Only.
- Click Update.
Method 2: Using the Bulk Edit Tool
- Open the Inventory > Products page.
- Use filters to identify the products you want to edit.
- Select the checkboxes for the specific items.
- Click Bulk Edit.
- In the Bulk Edit window, locate Dropship Only and select Yes.
- Click Process. The selected products will now be set to Dropship Only.
Method 3: Updating via CSV
- Open the Inventory > Bulk Edit page.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to download your product list and update the Dropship Only column.
- Upload the completed CSV to apply the changes to multiple products at once.
Here is more information about How to Use the Bulk Edit CSV Upload for Products.