BTO items with drop-shippers?

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   All of our BTO products are drop-shipped. Additionally, some of our BTO products have BTO Item options which are drop-shipped by a different drop-shipper.

Is there any way to handle an order such as this? Where the main BTO product is shipped by one drop-shipper, and one of the configurable options (a BTO item) on the product is shipped by a different drop shipper?

Additionally, is it possible to put a standard product up as an option on a BTO product? It appears to let me do just that, but I can't get the standard product to show up as a BTO option along side the BTO items.

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Brett Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22-April-2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Status: Offline Points: 89	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brett Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: BTO items with drop-shippers? Posted: 11-June-2012 at 7:18pm
	All of our BTO products are drop-shipped. Additionally, some of our BTO products have BTO Item options which are drop-shipped by a different drop-shipper. Is there any way to handle an order such as this? Where the main BTO product is shipped by one drop-shipper, and one of the configurable options (a BTO item) on the product is shipped by a different drop shipper? Additionally, is it possible to put a standard product up as an option on a BTO product? It appears to let me do just that, but I can't get the standard product to show up as a BTO option along side the BTO items.

ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11-June-2012 at 7:54pm
	Unfortunately, the scenario where BTO Items are Drop Shipped is not supported... however your second question/comment IS supported. Just make sure that the Standard Product that is assigned to a BTO configuration is not in a 'hidden' BTO-only Category. You can see an example on the BTO Demo store where the Antec Case (first product in the configuration): http://www.earlyimpact.com/productcart/build_to_order/productcart/pc/configurePrd.asp?idProduct=412 ... is also available separately: http://www.earlyimpact.com/productcart/build_to_order/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=433
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Brett Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22-April-2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Status: Offline Points: 89	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brett Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11-June-2012 at 8:00pm
	Thanks for the quick reply. And I assume if I add a standard product as an option on a BTO product, it will preserve the drop shipping data for that standard product?

ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12-June-2012 at 7:03pm
	Finally had a chance to test the default behavior to be sure, but as suspected - Drop Shippers are only notified when Standard Products are purchased separately. They do not receive a notification when the same Standard Product is purchased as part of a configuration, since it is assumed that the merchant is configuring and shipping the entire BTO product directly.
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