{"id":9870,"date":"2026-10-25T15:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T12:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machinser.com\/?p=9870"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T12:52:26","slug":"dropshipping-in-odoo-20-a-quick-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machinser.com\/ar\/dropshipping-in-odoo-20-a-quick-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropshipping in Odoo 20: A Quick Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dropshipping is an order-fulfilment method in which the supplier ships products directly to your customer instead of sending them to your warehouse first. Your business manages the customer sale and the supplier purchase, while the supplier handles the physical shipment.<\/p>\n

In Odoo 20, a dropshipped product moves from the vendor location directly to the customer location. Because it never enters your internal warehouse, it is not reflected in the Locations report or the Aging report.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1: Dropshipping workflow. The customer orders from your business, you send a purchase order to the supplier, and the supplier delivers directly to the customer without the product passing through your warehouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Step 1: Enable dropshipping<\/h2>\n
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  1. Open the Purchase app.<\/li>\n
  2. Go to Configuration – Settings.<\/li>\n
  3. Under Logistics, tick the Dropshipping checkbox.<\/li>\n
  4. Click Save.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Figure 2: Logistics section of the Purchase settings with Dropshipping enabled (highlighted). Replenish on Order (MTO) is a separate option and is not enabled in this example.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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    Step 2: Configure the product<\/h2>\n
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    1. Go to Inventory – Products – Products and open or create the product.<\/li>\n
    2. Make sure the Sales and Purchase checkboxes under the product name are ticked.<\/li>\n
    3. Open the Purchase tab and add the vendor and the vendor price. If the product has several vendors, Odoo uses the first one in the list for purchase orders.<\/li>\n
    4. Open the Inventory tab and tick Dropship in the Routes field under Operations.<\/li>\n
    5. Save the product.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      If your database also lists a Buy route, you can tick it together with Dropship to choose between buying stock for your own warehouse and shipping directly from the supplier. Only Dropship is listed in this example.<\/p>\n

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      Figure 3: Product form for Shoe with Sales and Purchase ticked and the Dropship route selected under Operations on the Inventory tab (highlighted).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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      Step 3: Process a customer order<\/h2>\n

      Example: a customer orders one pair of shoes that your company does not keep in stock.<\/p>\n

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      1. Go to Sales – Orders – Quotations and click New.<\/li>\n
      2. Select the customer, add the product with quantity , and click Confirm to turn the quotation into a sales order (S00005 in this example).<\/li>\n
      3. Click the Purchase smart button at the top of the sales order to open the linked request for quotation (RFQ), P00007 in this example.<\/li>\n
      4. Check the Vendor, the quantity, the expected dates, and that Deliver To is set to Dropship with the customer as the Dropship Address. Then click Confirm Order to convert the RFQ into a purchase order.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Figure 4: Confirmed sales order S00005 for one Shoe (\u20b91,400.00). The highlighted Purchase smart button opens the linked supplier RFQ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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        Figure 5: RFQ linked to sales order S00005. The Vendor is Bigshoes, Deliver To is Dropship, and the Dropship Address is the customer (highlighted). The order is still at the RFQ stage until Confirm Order is clicked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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        Step 4: Track and validate the delivery<\/h2>\n
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        1. Open the purchase order and click the Dropship smart button to open the linked dropship transfer (DS\/00001 in this example).<\/li>\n
        2. Check that the Operation Type is Dropship, the Source Location is Vendors, and the Destination Location is Customers.<\/li>\n
        3. When the supplier or carrier confirms delivery, validate the transfer so its status changes to Done. Do not validate it just because the purchase order was confirmed.<\/li>\n
        4. To review all dropship transfers, open Inventory – Overview and click the To Process button on the Dropship card.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          Figure 6: Dropship transfer DS\/00001 after validation. Contact Bigshoes, Operation Type Dropship, Source Location Vendors, and Destination Location Customers are highlighted, and the status is Done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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          Figure 7: Dropship list opened from Inventory Overview, showing DS\/00001 from Vendors to Customers (contact Bigshoes, source document P00007) with status Done.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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          Benefits and limitations<\/h2>\n

          Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n