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Turn14 Inventory: Warehouses, Special Order and Manufacturer Direct Dropship

Turn14 reports stock per warehouse and also tells Spark Shipping whether an item is a clearance item or a special-order item. A few settings on the Turn14 Options page decide which of that stock you sell from.

To find them, go to Vendors, click your Turn14 vendor, then click Options. The inventory settings are in the Product Settings section. Click Update Turn14 to save.

Inventory Warehouses

By default, the stock Spark Shipping sends to your store is the total across all Turn14 warehouses. To sell only what's on the shelf in certain locations, pick them in Inventory Warehouses:

  • Hatfield, PA (01)
  • Arlington, TX (02)
  • Whiteland, IN (03)
  • Reno, NV (59)

The stock is then the sum of the warehouses you picked. Leave the field empty to go back to all warehouses.

Zero out stock for clearance and special-order items

  • Zero out stock for Clearance Products: sets stock to 0 for items Turn14 marks as clearance.
  • Zero out stock for Special Order Products: sets stock to 0 for items Turn14 doesn't keep in regular stock.

Use these if you don't want to sell items that may sell out for good or that take longer to ship.

Manufacturer Direct Dropship

Some brands ship straight from the manufacturer when Turn14 is out of stock. If those brands have Manufacturer Direct Dropship turned on in your Turn14 portal, check Manufacturer Direct Dropship in Spark Shipping. The manufacturer's stock is then added to the Turn14 warehouse stock for those brands.

Spark Shipping gets the list of dropship brands from Turn14 when you run Test Connection and again on each inventory update, so new brands you enable in the Turn14 portal are picked up on their own.

When changes take effect

When you change Zero out stock for Clearance Products, Zero out stock for Special Order Products or Manufacturer Direct Dropship, the next inventory update is a full one, so every Turn14 product is recalculated. You don't need to run anything yourself. If you want it sooner, go to Maintenance in the left menu and click Run Inventory Now.

The Stock Minimum and Stock Maximum settings still apply on top of these. See Control Inventory Minimum and Maximum Quantities.

Holding orders based on stock

Two settings in the Order Holds section stop an order before it reaches Turn14:

  • Hold order if any of the items are out of stock: before sending, Spark Shipping checks Turn14's live stock. If any item is short, the order is set to On Hold instead of being sent. When Manufacturer Direct Dropship is on, manufacturer stock counts too.
  • Hold order if it contains more than 1 item: holds any order with more than one line, or one line with a quantity above 1.

Held orders wait for you to review them. See Place Orders On Hold and Process Them On Demand.