Dropshipping

Expand your reach by allowing Volusion merchants to source and sell your products.

Scenario

Many entrepreneurs would love to supplement their own product catalog with additional products, or offer sourced products entirely. These merchants are also looking for new products to feature as a way to increase opportunities to net a profit. Because of this, merchants want more ways they can integrate with dropshipping and product sourcing services.

An integration with a service providing dropshipping capabilities would benefit all involved. Merchants would be able to expand their product offering with limited required inventory while dropshipping partners would continually have the ability to expand their reach by utilizing Volusion merchants as authorized vendors.

Cheat Sheet

Action	API Request
Get store information	GET /app/storeinformation
Interact with product catalog	GET /app/store/admin/products
Create products	POST /app/store/admin/products
Add and update details	PUT /app/store/admin/products/{id}
Remove products from catalog	DELETE /app/store/admin/products/{id}
Webhook when a new order comes in	GET /app/webhooks
Read from existing orders	GET /app/store/admin/orders
Update order details	PUT /app/store/admin/orders/{id}

Shipping

Merchants have different shipping workflows and varying needs for order fulfillment and tracking services.

Scenario

As our merchants scale their businesses, order fulfillment becomes a challenge. Many of our merchants want a service that will manage their order fulfillment process so they can focus on marketing and sales.

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Point of Sale

Brick-and-mortar businesses, food trucks, event booths and traveling merchants alike have a need to collect payment in-person.

Scenario

In addition to their online presence, Volusion merchants require face-to-face customer checkout capabilities that automatically sync order and inventory information with their ecommerce store.

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Alternative Sales Channel

Monetize your existing user base by allowing Volusion merchants privileged access.

Scenario

Volusion merchants are continually seeking ways to get their products in front of more potential customers. However, traditional marketing methods come at a cost and oftentimes produce little to no return.

An integration with a service providing access to a hyper-targeted user base at a minimal cost would benefit all. Merchants would be able to expose their products to ideal customers while channel owners would be able to profit from allowing said merchants access to their users.

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Photo Editing

Allow merchants to utilize your photo editing and transformation app to get the best possible product photos for their ecommerce store.

Scenario

Beautiful high-quality images are critical to converting visits to sales. Merchants are eager to leverage integrations that allow them to optimize product images right within their administrative interface.

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Accounting / Tax Reporting

Reach thousands of small businesses in need of tax, financial and accounting tools or services.

Scenario

Many small business operators are in need of financial expertise and guidance. Larger merchants also desire integrations with bookkeeping and tax reporting software.

Financial and accounting software partners have an opportunity to remove this pain for merchants small and large by offering a comprehensive solution that integrates with Volusion stores.

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