Multi-source merchants
Multi-source merchants have one website or a multi-site implementation and manage on-hand inventory and fulfilling orders through multiple locations.
For example, you have a multi-site implementation with websites for United States, Germany, France, and Brazil. Your business includes multiple warehouses and stores in these countries and drop shipper services that manage all inventory stock and fulfill orders. These locations and websites become sources and stocks in Commerce. You may create a stock for the Americas and another for Europe, assigning websites and sources based on locales and locations. Customers shopping each website only have access to salable inventories from the assigned sources.
To get started:
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Configure global settings for your store’s inventory as needed.
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Add custom sources for your inventory locations: warehouses, stores, distribution centers, and drop shippers.
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Add custom stocks for each region to map your websites with multiple sources. Reorder the sources in each stock in priority of location, helpful when fulfilling your orders.
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Assign sources to products, adding quantities per location.
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Complete any further configurations per product for quantity thresholds, backorders, and so on.