Magento dropshipping solution - Free Magento Vendor DropShipping Extension

[cmavroudis]

Hi,

Does anybody know of a drop shipping solution for Magento?

I have come across this:

Magento Vendor DropShipping Extension

but unfortunately I dont have the necessary funds at the moment to make this purchase. Are there any open source alternatives?

Thanks,

Cos

[DropshipForum]

Hi Cos,

Welcome to Dropship Forum :)

If you like Zen Cart, try http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=981

For Cube Cart, try http://www.cubecartforums.org/catalogue/cubecart-v4/order-related/supplier-drop-shipping-enhancements-for-cubecart-v4/prod_687.html ($45) or look through http://www.cubecartforums.org/catalogue/

For OS Commerce you could try the MVS module at http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,4129/category,all/search,Multi+vendor+Shipping, and then ask your programmer to integrate your drop shipper's feed through API or xml.

Off the shelf dropshipping modules all range around $500 in price, which is a bit pricey considering that you will need a programmer to customize the scripts for every feed. We suggest you opt for one of the free modules above, and then submit a project on Elance.com for customization of the module for x number of feeds. You will then get an idea of the cost of integrating each new feed onto your store; every time you want to add a new range to your website you will be aware of the costs involved.

No matter what you may read, you will always need some level of custom scripting to integrate a new product feed onto your ecommerce site. If you come across services that claim to offer you a website pre-filled with thousands or even millions of products, beware that those services tend to be overcrowded and for that reason margins become non existent to outright losses.

Hope this helps :cool:

[cmavroudis]

Thanks for your swift reply.

I'll take a look through the links you have provided however I have only very recently spent quite a bit of time and money setting up a Magento store and only recently have I acquired the requirement for drop shipping, therefore I'm a little reluctant to switch carts unless absolutely necessary.

Do you know any standalone dropshipping tools which I could export my order data to? I am a *fairly* competent coder and so I could probably get Magento speaking to an independent tool.

[DropshipForum]

If it's any help, the price is $350 at http://www.magestore.com/community/extension/magento-vendor-dropshipping-extension.html :cool:

[cmavroudis]

thanks very much, i never came across this one previously, ill take a look although of course any open source free tools im still open to review too.

[DropshipForum]

You are unlikely to find anything as well maintained as the Magento Dropshipping Extension. Even if you did find something free / open source, it would still need to be customized to fit your requirements. Have a look at http://www.freelancer.com/job-search/magento-drop-shipping-extension/ to get an idea of the current costs of developing a custom Magento dropshipping extension.