Assigning Products to Specific Suppliers

Payments + Shipping & Fulfilment
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Topic summary

A merchant needs to route orders to different suppliers based on product type. They have Supplier A handling apparel and Supplier B handling home decor (which also sells apparel), and want to ensure t-shirt orders specifically go to Supplier A.

Proposed Solutions:

  • Use Order Automator app to create automated rules (e.g., “if vendor = Vendor A, then request fulfillment to Supplier A”)
  • Configure Shopify’s built-in order routing settings if the logic isn’t too complex
  • One responder offered integration assistance but requested clarification on which fulfillment API is being used

Current Status:
The merchant clarified they’re currently using Printful. The discussion remains open with no definitive solution implemented yet.

Summarized with AI on October 28. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi,

I plan to start selling multiple types of products and want to make sure the orders go to the right suppliers for fulfillment.

I have one supplier (A) for apparel, and another supplier (B) for home decor - who happens to also sell apparel.

If I have a t-shirt order come in, how do I ensure this order goes to supplier A for fulfillment and not B?

Thanks in advance!

Blessings,

Mark

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Hi @TriTexCreations , Can you let me know which fulfillment API you are using?

Had done a lot of such integration for clients.

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Couple ideas:

  1. Easiest way you can use Order Automator to automatically change location, request fulfillment, send custom email notifications, etc by setting up rules (if vendor = Vendor A then request fulfillment to Supplier A… or same thing but send them an email with their products in the order)

  2. You might be able to do this in order routing settings too if it’s not too complex: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/fulfillment/setup/order-routing/understanding-order-routing

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Hi. Where do I find out which fulfillment API I’m using? I used Printful right now.