How Do You Process the Orders in Shopee Philippines?

Knowing how to process orders in Shopee is a key ingredient in order to start selling in Shopee Philippines. From shipment to waybills, to the actual sending out of orders, you need to be well-informed about how to accomplish each of them before the Shopee drop off.

This will ensure that you will give good services to your customers and that you will be on top of your game. Being a Shopee seller comes with a lot of responsibilities but it pays off once you get your operations going and you already have a good system in place.v

How to Process Orders in Shopee Seller Centre?

Shopee Process Orders in the Seller Centre has a bunch of things to take into consideration especially since it is a part of Shopee fulfillment Philippines. Make sure to meet all of the requirements that come with processing orders so that you can ship out the good quality service and products to your customers. 

Check the Shopee Order ID 

The seller should check for the Shopee Order ID on the Shopee App. This is the first step in preparing the orders for packing. You can go to My Sales > To Ship to check. Refer to the photo attached to know what the Order ID looks like. 

Packing the Orders

You need to pack the items or orders well before you ship them. Make sure to secure the items with necessary tools in order to prevent any damages from occurring during the ship out process. You can also pack multiple items in one order if they come from the same buyer.

Set the Order for Shipment

The next thing to do is to pick a schedule for the pickup date on the selected courier or delivery services of the biyer. It is easy to organize it in the Seller Centre settings. You will also access here how to reschedule pick up Shopee J&T and other courier services. 

First, you need to go to the Seller Centre and access “My Shipment” on the top left corner of your screen. This will give you access to shipment options and configurations. 

Related: How to Change Pick Up Address in Shopee Seller Centre

Second, you need to go to the “To ship” tab as seen in the photo below. This will display all orders that are yet to be shipped. You can just select the items and products and toggle on the courier options as well as the pick up date depending on the DTS or days to ship that you posted for the particular shipment.

Print the Air Waybill or AWB 

Make sure that the order and information of the buyer will be consistent with their air waybill or AWB. This is the sticker that you put on the packaging of your deliveries and this is also where the riders and logistic sorting centres refer to in order to make sure that the products are delivered accurately. 

Start Sending Out Orders

The rider or delivery services will not collate the arranged orders and deliver it to the buyers. 

Customers will now expect their orders to arrive on or before the DTS that you set on your homepage and product information. You can monitor deliveries using the Shopee order tracker. It is important to track because you will be at risk if the Shopee courier did not pick up the orders. 

How to Print an Air Waybill?

To expedite and standardize the order fulfillment process, Shopee will now mandate that all sellers print their own air waybills (AWBs) or shipping labels. Third-party logistics will undertake a cessation of AWB printing across three phases. The Shopee Seller Centre lets sellers produce their own air waybills with order details. Sellers can print their orders in A6 size using a special download tool that provides them with their full air waybill history.

Guidelines for Printing

Here are the things you need to know and follow before you print your own AWB:

• When sellers organize a pick-up, the shipment is automatically generated, and the air waybill can be printed. Read below for more extensive instructions.

• To avoid problems with scanners, sticker paper of high quality should be used to print air waybills.

• To prevent ink smudges, Shopee suggests printing air waybills on thermal printers.

• Prior to shipment, every parcel must be securely fastened with an air waybill. When utilizing a pouch, make sure the air waybill is placed over the flap to avoid parcel tampering.

• The format of Seller Center must be used while creating air waybills. Should this format be updated in any way, our couriers may refuse to carry shipments.

These are all mandatory to ensure that you will meet the standard that Shopee places in all of their shipments. Following these will also give you a good brand image for your buyers. 

Step 1: Locating Orders

Go to the “My Orders” tab on the left side and click it.

Step 2: Generating Document

Click “Mass Shipment” from the previous page and it will lead you to this page. Click on “Generate Documents” next.

Step 3: Select Air Waybill

Select the “Air Waybill” option on the right side and tick of the box. Click “Generate Selected Documents” afterwards. Then you can print the waybill that will be generated by Shopee. 

Is There an Invoice from Shopee?

The Philippines-based vendors that use e-Invoice can upload and send invoices to their buyers on demand.

General Reminders from Shopee: 

• Select Shopee sellers: This functionality is available to you.
• Shopee does not require e-invoices to be uploaded.
• No penalty points will be applied for not uploading e-invoices.

Go to Seller Centre and select To Do List Pending Invoice Upload from the drop-down menu. After this change, the seller will be directed to My Orders > Completed > Pending Invoice.

Upload your e-Invoice.

The seller’s computer’s local folder will open like such. To open the e-Invoice file, select it and click OK. A file will be uploaded after it is selected.

A confirmation message will appear after the upload is successful.

Packing a Shopee Order

You should read these packaging tips before wrapping your merchandise. It’s important to know these principles so that selling can be a breeze and hassle-free. Shopee uses the same set of packaging rules for all of its partner couriers, so you shouldn’t have to think about finding different packaging materials for each.

Packing Product Groups: 

• Non-Breakable: Deliverables that won’t be harmed while shipping

• Possibly Fragile: Not delicate, breakable, or spillable items that may deform, break, or get damaged in transit when packed incorrectly.

• Spillables: Things that are easy to damage, spill, or distort because of the way they’re packaged are most at risk of being lost.

• Breakable and fragile: Packages that are subject to poor handling during transport and are more likely to be squashed, ripped, or somehow compromised.

• Hazardous or dangerous: Items that are combustible, caustic, poisonous, or explosive, or may cause injury.

• Difficult to maneuver: Very heavy objects that are at least 100 centimeters long, wide, or tall (greater than 10 kg)

Make Order Process Easy with Ginee

In Ginee Philippines, the dashboard provides order management. This allows you to easily handle bulk orders, not just in one store, but also in multiple locations. Order Management provides you with the ability to take orders, arrange shipment details, create labels, track deliveries, and have customers receive their packages via Ginee.

It is possible to streamline order processing, send special orders to loyal customers, have access to order information from multiple marketplaces in one place, print labels in bulk from multiple marketplaces, and finally, keep track of your order deliveries in one fell swoop thanks to the order management feature. Manage your stocks and inventory, as well as anything else, on the road. Sign up now!