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Order operations & back office — found from sitemap — WooCommerce
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- https://woocommerce.com/document/order-fulfillment/
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Fulfillment system Report an error
“The WooCommerce Fulfillments system provides a comprehensive solution for managing the order fulfillment processes. It allows you, the store owner, to track which items in an order have been shipped, manage partial fulfillments, and communicate shipping information to your customers.”
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Fulfillment API Report an error
“This system includes both a user-friendly interface and a robust API for integration with your favorite shipping tools and providers.”
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Fulfillment contents Report an error
“Each fulfillment contains: Items: Which products and quantities are being shipped Status: Whether the fulfillment is in draft or fulfilled state Shipping Information: Tracking numbers, carriers, and delivery details Metadata: Additional custom information about the shipment”
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Partial fulfillments Report an error
“Partially Fulfilled: Some but not all items have been fulfilled. This may mean that some items do not belong to a fulfillment yet (are pending), or all items are in a fulfillment, but some fulfillments are not marked as fulfilled yet.”
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Fulfillment statuses Report an error
“The system supports these individual fulfillment statuses by default: Draft (Unfulfilled): Fulfillment is prepared but not yet shipped”
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Order level statuses Report an error
“Order-level fulfillment status is automatically calculated with the statuses of fulfillments an order has”
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Status extension Report an error
“But be aware that 3rd-party plugins can extend those statuses to add more functionality to your store.”
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Tracking lookup Report an error
“Tracking Number: Attempts to look up the tracking number and find out the shipping provider that the tracking number belongs to and also fills the tracking URL to be sent on the customer notification email.”
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Manual provider Report an error
“Enter manually: Allows you to add your tracking information manually by entering the tracking number, selecting the shipping provider (you can add your own shipping provider by selecting “Other” and entering the name of it to the input), and providing the tracking URL to be sent to the customer via the notification email.”
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Shipping providers Report an error
“The system includes support for 70+ international shipping providers, including: Major carriers (UPS, FedEx, DHL, USPS, and more)”
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Customer notifications Report an error
“Customers receive fulfillment details and tracking information Notifications are sent for status changes (draft to fulfilled)”
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Downloadable autofulfill Report an error
“Automatically mark downloadable items as fulfilled when the order is created: When this setting is enabled, the downloadable items in the customers’ orders will be automatically added to a new fulfillment, and that fulfillment will be marked as fulfilled when the order is created.”
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Virtual autofulfill Report an error
“Automatically mark virtual (non-downloadable) items as fulfilled when the order is created: When this setting is enabled, the virtual items in the customers’ orders will be automatically added to a new fulfillment, and that fulfillment will be marked as fulfilled when the order is created.”
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Draft no notification Report an error
“Draft fulfillments don’t send any notification emails to customers when updated or removed.”
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Permission capability Report an error
“Check user permissions (manage_woocommerce capability)”
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Core forums Report an error
“This documentation is about the free, core WooCommerce plugin, for which support is provided in our community forums on WordPress.org.”