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title: Dropshipping
description: Browse a conditional supplier catalog, choose fulfillment, price variants, and add an eligible item to Products.
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Use Dropshipping to evaluate supplier-listed items and prepare selected variants for your store when catalog and fulfillment data are available.

## Why and when to use Dropshipping

Use this section when you want to source an item without manually creating the entire product record. You still need to choose a fulfillment route, review costs and delivery estimates, set retail prices, select variants, and confirm the resulting product in Products.

## Availability and prerequisites

- Supplier catalogs, destinations, warehouses, shipping methods, prices, and products depend on current provider access and availability.
- A visible Dropshipping page or loading card does not prove that a particular item can be imported.
- Some workspaces can show **Source products in chat**; this cross-link is conditional.
- Before adding an item, confirm the destination you serve, a usable shipping method, and a retail price for every selected variant.
- Provider connections can be managed elsewhere in Runner. The exact connection shown to you can vary.

## Open Dropshipping

**Entry path:** **Workspace → choose a store → Store Operations → Dropshipping**

## Main controls

### Browse and filter controls

| Control | Why you use it | What happens when selected |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **All categories** | Narrow the catalog by product category | Reloads the current page using the selected category. |
| **All warehouses** / **Ship from** | Narrow products by warehouse country | Reloads results for the selected source country. |
| **Cost range** | Limit results by listed cost | Opens Min and Max fields. |
| **Apply** | Use the entered cost range | Closes the cost popover and reloads matching results. |
| **Clear** | Remove the cost filter | Clears Min and Max and reloads the unfiltered range. |
| **Search products...** | Find supplier-listed items by words | Reloads results after a short delay. |
| Product card | Evaluate one item | Opens the first image, name, category, variant count, wholesale information, fulfillment choices, and pricing controls when details are available. |
| Image zoom | Inspect a product image | Opens a larger view of that available image. |
| **Source products in chat** | Ask Runner to help with sourcing | Opens the project conversation when this conditional entry is enabled. |

### Product setup controls

| Control | Why you use it | What happens when selected |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Back** | Return to catalog results | Leaves the detail view without adding the item. |
| **Ship from** | Choose a supplier warehouse | Resets later destination and method choices, then checks valid routes. |
| **Ship to** | Choose a supported destination | Loads shipping methods for the selected route. |
| Shipping method | Compare delivery, cost, and estimated margin | Selects the quote used to unlock pricing for the current setup. |
| Margin control | Set a target take-home margin | Recalculates selected retail-price suggestions using the current quote and fee. |
| **Apply to all** | Select and price all variants | Applies the current target calculation across all available variants. |
| **Match suggested** | Use the displayed supplier suggestion where valid | Applies it to the current selection, but never intentionally goes below the enforced minimum retail floor. |
| **Round to .99** | Adjust current selected prices | Rounds eligible selected prices while respecting the shown floor. |
| Variant checkbox / Select all | Choose which variants to add | Adds or removes variants from the pending selection. |
| **Your price** | Set a retail price per selected variant | Updates the pending price and displayed profit/margin estimate. |
| **Add to Store** | Submit the configured item | Becomes available only after required setup; on confirmed success, the item is added to Products. |

## Evaluate and add an item

1. Search or filter the supplier catalog.
2. Open a product card and review its first image, name, category, variant count, and listed wholesale information.
3. Choose **Ship from**, **Ship to**, and a shipping method. Wait until Runner says pricing is unlocked.
4. Compare delivery estimate, cost per unit, and margin. Treat these as the current displayed quote, not a permanent promise.
5. Set the target margin, then select only the variants you intend to sell.
6. Review and adjust **Your price** for every selected variant.
7. Confirm the status says **Ready to publish**, then select **Add to Store** once.
8. Wait for Runner's explicit success message. Open **Products** and inspect the new row, variants, prices, status, and description.

## States and limits

- **No products found** means the current search and filters returned nothing; it does not mean the provider has no catalog.
- **Checking destinations** and **Loading shipping methods** are in-progress states, not proof that a route exists.
- **No shipping methods available for this warehouse** means the selected route cannot proceed as configured.
- A selected variant needs a price, and the price cannot be negative.
- Runner can reject a price below the current minimum retail floor.
- Delivery, cost, fee, profit, and margin displays are estimates based on the currently selected route and inputs; recheck them before adding the item.
- **Add to Store** adds a catalog item after success. It does not by itself prove the storefront is published or that a real supplier order can be fulfilled.

## Troubleshooting

- **No results:** Clear the cost filter, choose All categories and All warehouses, shorten the search, then try again.
- **Ship to is unavailable:** Wait for destination checks or choose a different warehouse.
- **No shipping method:** Try another source warehouse or supported destination; do not invent a route.
- **Complete setup to publish:** Select at least one variant, warehouse, destination, method, and valid price for each selected variant.
- **Add to Store fails:** Keep the visible error, recheck current quote and selections, then retry only if Runner has not already reported success.
- **The item is not in Products:** Refresh Products and look for the exact item name. A loading state or button click alone is not proof of import.

## Related guides

- [Products](./products)
- [Inventory and variants](./inventory-and-variants)
- [Orders](./orders)
- [Store Operations overview](./)