Dropshipping Integration

Overview

A dropshipping integration routes customer orders automatically to supplier warehouses, syncs supplier inventory to your storefront, and tracks your margin on every sale. Done right, customers receive their products on time without you ever touching physical inventory. Done poorly, oversells and fulfillment failures destroy your reputation.

This skill walks through setting up dropshipping on your platform using the right tools, then covers custom/headless implementations for those building from scratch.

When to Use This Skill

• When launching a store without physical inventory by routing orders directly to supplier warehouses
• When adding a dropship-fulfilled product category alongside your own inventory
• When building a multi-supplier routing engine that picks the best supplier per order based on price, stock, or location
• When you need to keep your storefront inventory in sync with supplier availability feeds (CSV, EDI, API)
• When tracking dropship margins for accounting and vendor performance reporting

Core Instructions

Step 1: Determine your platform and choose the right integration approach