In chapter 5, Managing Sales Through WP-Admin, we talked about managing orders, and that includes how to mark orders as shipped and how to print out labels through your own site. That's the easiest way to fulfill orders, and that's how I recommend most store owners start.
Once your store starts growing and you need to ship out dozens of packages a day and you have full-time employees helping you send orders, you might want to set up the software to help you ship packages. This is called fulfillment software. Or, you might hire a third-party logistics partner (3PL) who will ship your packages for you. These options have numerous advantages:
- You can easily give employees access to fulfillment software so they can do everything in their job (picking and packing items, printing shipping labels, and marking orders as complete) without giving them...