In an ecommerce website registered and guest both of the customers can place their orders. The registered customers have also the facility to view their orders. Magento 2 Vendor Order Addon developed for Magento 2 Multi vendor extension enables the vendors (sellers) to manage their orders completely, starting from the invoice till the shipment.
Moreover, magento allows administrators to create orders for the customers directly from admin panel. And can also view and manage the orders. Each order has a status, which inform the administrators about the stage of customer order. This means order statuses represent what happened with the orders since the customer placed them. In general order statuses include processing, pending, complete, canceled etc. A tracking or order number is often used to check the order status.
Magento 2 Vendor Order Addon overview-
Magento 2 Vendor Order Addon developed for Multi vendors. Which allows the vendors to manage their orders completely, starting from the invoice till the shipment. It also enables them to generate credit memo in case of any refund. This enables the admin to manage the transactions based on the item in a more naturalistic way.
Magento 2 Vendor Order addon helps the vendors to view their transactions and also send a request to the admin for their order payment. To enable the vendors to use the shipment feature, the admin has to install the Multi Shipping add-on for Magento 2 Marketplace module. This gives an easy way to manage products, shipping options and track sales to both admin as well as vendor.
Vendors are allowed to manage only their orders. They can see the list of orders. And can set the filter to get the orders they want. The orders list contains basic information about the orders, such as order id, date of order, billing address of the customer, payment information, status of the product and comment area under the Comments History column, etc. When a customer completes the order process, admin and vendor will receive a new order notification mail.
Features of Marketplace Magento 2 Vendor Order Addon-
- The vendors can view their own order details in a more elaborate way.
- The vendors can now create the invoice for their own orders.
- Enables vendors to Ship their orders themselves.
- Permit Vendors to generate credit Memo for their orders if a customer wants to refund the order for any reason.
- Vendors will get a notification when a new order is placed or canceled.
- Allow vendors to send a request to the admin for their order payment.
Benefits of Magento 2 Vendor Order Addon-
Easy Invoice Creation: The e-mail has been sent to the customer regarding the product order. Create the invoice is a way to indicate the customers that the order is accepted. The sellers can easily generate the invoice of their orders themselves without any involvement of the admin every time the order is placed. The sellers can review the orders themselves and can complete the order through generating the invoices if they find the valid and suitable order details. They can also choose to print out the invoice to create a PDF copy or have a physical printout.
Produce Credit Memo: When a customer requests for a refund, the seller can generate the credit memo for that order. The vendor can add comments to the order such as any note or some other information that the seller wants to attach to it. They can also choose to print out the invoice to create a PDF copy or have a physical printout.
Process Shipment: Sellers can process the product shipment. Also, they can manage the delivery of the products by assigning the tracking numbers to the order. This facility is applicable only if the Vendor Multi Shipping add-on is installed. This add-on enables the sellers to use the shipping methods of their choice that are already installed. It helps the sellers to provide the specific shipping methods to the customers through which they want to deliver the product. They can also choose to print out the invoice to create a PDF copy or have a physical printout.
Email Notifications: Whenever a new order is placed or any order is canceled, the seller receives a notification email. These emails are sent on the behalf of admin. The purpose of sending these emails to the sellers is to keep them updated about their orders as it is not necessary that the sellers are always available online.
How to set up the Marketplace Vendor Order Addon Magento2
After successful installation of our Magento 2 Vendor Order Addon the admin has to set the vendor configuration settings to enable the features of the Order addon. Also, the admin needs to install Vendor Multishipping extension and enable the features of the extension to use the Shipping features of the add-on.
On the left navigation bar, click the Marketplace menu, and then click Vendor Configuration. Entire Vendor Order Addon configuration is divided into 3 sections-
- General Setting-
To enable the Vendor Multishipping system and Advance Order, do the following steps:
- In the Enable Vendor System list, select Yes.
- In the Enable Vendor MultiShipping System list, select Yes.
- In the Advance Order Enable list, select Yes.
- Vendor Order-
To enable the Vendor Orders add-on features, move to the Vendor Orders section, and then do the following steps:
- In the Enable New Order Notification Email list, select Yes-This enables the notification email, which is sent to the vendor when a new order is placed.
- In the Can Vendor Create Shipment list, select Yes-This enables the vendors to create a shipment.
- In the New Order Notification Template list, select the required template.
- In the Can Vendor Create Invoice list, select Yes-This enables the vendors to create an invoice.
- In the Enable Cancel Order Notification Email list, select Yes-This enables the notification email, which is sent to the vendor when an order is canceled.
- In the Can Vendor Create Credit Memo list, select Yes-This enables the vendors to create a credit memo.
- In the Order Cancel Notification Template list, select the required template.
- In the Email Sender list, select the required sender of the email.
- Vendor Multi Shipping-
Under Vendor Multi Shipping, do the following steps:
- In the Carrier Title box, enter the title for the vendor multi-shipping carrier.
- In the Method Title box, enter the title for the vendor multi-shipping method.
- Under Vendor Shipping Carriers, in the Enable Vendor UPS Shipping list, select Yes.
- Click the Save Config button.
Magento 2 Vendor Order Addon Pricing-
You can refer the following link in order to know more about the description, and Pricing etc.
Hence, in short, with the help of Magento 2 Vendor Order Add-on, the vendors can view their own order details in a more elaborate way and can create a shipment, an invoice, and the credit memos if required.
You Can Also Follow The Users Guide- Magento 2 Marketplace Vendor Order Addon – User Guide