Automate push orders to supplier or other shopify store

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Hi,

Is there a way to automate sending my orders to my supplier, or have my orders push to his shopify store? I understand there may be a way with make or zapier would this be the best route? But that wont go as far as going on to his store .. It will just create a database of orders and then maybe when fulfilled it will send the confirmation email.

I notice there is a are to put the supplier in my shopify but it doesnt seem to allow much else other than putting the name.

Ideally, the order would come through and push to their store they would fulfill and it would auto-fulfill on my store notifying the customer. My supplier isn’t a major supplier so they are not sett uop with any apps or anything. Any guidance on this is much appreciated thank you!

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A couple ways you can do this:

a) The most common I’ve seen is having a system to place the order with the supplier, for example sending a daily CSV file of the orders, or emailing per order. Order Automator Shopify app can do stuff like that. Then they fulfill it and bill you (I’ve worked with suppliers that bill monthly, weekly, daily, or per order, depends what you negotiate with them).

b) If they have a Shopify store and you want to create the orders there, the manually way to do it would be ask them for a discount code that you can use, then hire an assistant to place the orders in their store as they come in to your store (you can use solution A above to help with that).

c) To automatically place orders in their Shopify store you could build a custom / private app that detects new orders in your store, then creates the orders in their store via the Shopify API. If they work with a lot of Shopify stores, you could pitch them to fund the app, since it will help bring them more business and make it easier for their suppliers. I’ve worked with a supplier in the past that had their own app like this, and have also created custom apps for various stores… the Shopify API is powerful, so you might find new solutions while doing the project, I’ve had cases where a client wanted 1 specific feature, and then over time added more features, since it’s a custom app just for their store they can do anything really.