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Wholesale order guides for Shopify brands
Practical guides for brands that sell wholesale to boutiques and stores on Shopify: purchase orders, size grids, prepacks, draft orders, invoices, and getting every buyer's order right and paid. New guides most weeks. Follow along with the RSS feed.
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Wholesale orders for candle brands: scents, sizes and sets on one PO
Set up scents and sizes as Shopify variants, handle case packs and gift sets, and read a store's candle PO without mixing up scents.
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B2B purchase order automation for Shopify: how it works and what to check
The six steps from a store's PO to a Shopify draft order, where people should still decide, and what to check before you trust it.
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What software handles wholesale POs, bulk orders and B2B invoicing on Shopify?
Five kinds of tools brands use for wholesale purchase orders, bulk orders and Net-terms billing: what each solves, what it leaves undone, and how to pick the right mix.
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How to handle a revised purchase order without creating a duplicate
Spot a revised PO, compare it line by line with the original, update the same order instead of creating a second one, and confirm the changes.
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Ship date vs cancel date: what they mean on a wholesale PO
What the ship date, ship window and cancel date mean on a store's PO, what happens if you ship late, and how to keep track of them.
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How to choose an app that turns wholesale POs into Shopify draft orders
10 questions to ask a PO-reading app before you trust it with your wholesale orders, and a 20-minute test with your own messiest PO.
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Can you import a customer's purchase order into Shopify?
Shopify's Purchase orders are for suppliers. Five ways brands get a store's PO (PDF, Excel, email or photo) into Shopify as a draft order.
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What is a prepack in apparel wholesale, and how do you sell them on Shopify?
How prepack size ratios work, how to price them, two ways to set them up on Shopify, and how to read prepacks on a buyer's PO.
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How to follow up on unpaid wholesale invoices from stores
Make Net-terms invoices easy to pay, follow up on a schedule, and handle late or partial payments without losing the account.
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Enter wholesale POs into Shopify yourself, without a data-entry service
Upload, check and approve buyers' POs into Shopify draft orders yourself, with no middleman retyping your orders.
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10 things to check on every wholesale PO before you invoice
The checklist to run on every buyer's purchase order, from size runs and prices to ship and cancel dates.
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How to read an apparel size grid on a wholesale order
Size runs, prepacks and buyer shorthand explained, and how to turn them into the right Shopify variants.
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How to turn a wholesale purchase order into a Shopify draft order
Step by step: enter a buyer's PO as a draft order, the mistakes to avoid, and the 2-minute check before the invoice goes out.