Packaging and consumables suppliers

Offer your products. Answer orders. Track every payout.

Cartons, tape, labels or other supplies: publish your offers and manage each order from your supplier workspace.

Follow the operation

How the business operates.

Who takes this stepSupplier catalogue team

01. Make a valid offer ready to buy

Provide the SKU, supplier cost, currency, minimum quantity, lead time and validity. Preview CSV errors before applying an import.

The next decision

Correct invalid or duplicate rows before publishing the offer.

Who takes this stepBuyer procurement

02. Commit to a specific quantity

Issue the purchase order for the agreed quantity under the agreed terms. The supplier sees its own ordered and received line quantities.

The next decision

Send the purchase order to the supplier for acknowledgement.

Who takes this stepSupplier order desk

03. Confirm whether the order can be met

Acknowledge the submitted order if its commitment is achievable. Reject with a reason before any goods are received if it cannot be fulfilled.

The next decision

Hand the confirmed requirement to the supplier's shipping team.

Who takes this stepSupplier shipping team

04. Announce goods against the ordered line

Create the shipment notice and declare the quantity being dispatched against the relevant PO line. The system derives its product identity and destination from the purchase order.

The next decision

Send the notice to receiving; it does not increase physical stock.

Who takes this stepWarehouse receiving operator

05. Record what actually arrived

Count the actual quantity received against the shipment notice and retain evidence of any shortage. Supplier self-service cannot replace the warehouse's physical receiving decision.

The next decision

Escalate any quantity discrepancy to buyer procurement.

Who takes this stepBuyer procurement and finance

06. Agree how to resolve the shortfall

Use the order and receipt evidence to agree replacement, amendment or a commercial resolution. An acknowledgement or shipment notice is not payment evidence.

The next decision

Document the agreement before closing the purchase review.

What to include in your cost model

Purchased goods
Supplier cost, quantity, minimum and offer validity.
Delivery differences
Agree freight and shortage responsibility.
Marketplace sales
Separate seller amounts and payout totals; not every PO's settlement.

What makes the first operation ready

  1. Supplier eligibility

    Active organisation and permitted product category.

  2. Usable catalogue

    Validated offer, currency and lead time.

  3. Traceable shipment

    An owned PO line accepts the declared quantity.

The technology behind the workflow

The technology behind the workflow

The Supplier portal and supplier-scoped API connect catalogue and purchase-order exchanges. Private costs, margins and payment details do not become public catalogue data.

At your fingertips

Use the supplier workspace for offers and orders. Merchant mobile permissions do not automatically confer supplier authority.

Applications

Prepare your first operation

  • Company and consumables categories
  • Catalogue, MOQ and delivery terms
  • Order and settlement contacts

Your catalogue

An offer ready to compare and order

Every line carries the facts needed to compare it and raise an order.

Product and category

SKU, name and consumables category.

Offer economics

Unit cost offered to Ysend, currency and minimum order quantity.

Execution

Lead time, validity window, activation or retirement without deleting history.

Competition

See your position, never a rival's identity

Price position by category

The portal shows your rank, your best offer and the best anonymised competing price. It does not expose another Supplier's name or catalogue.

Measured performance

Quality, delivery and overall scores appear after purchase-order and quality observations. Until there is enough evidence, the portal says “not scored yet” instead of inventing a score.

Purchase order

The order becomes an explicit commitment

The buyer sends the order; you confirm quantity and timing directly.

  1. Read the order

    References, quantities, expected date and lines remain scoped to your Supplier organisation.

  2. Acknowledge or reject

    A submitted order is accepted or rejected; a rejection returns to the buyer for re-sourcing.

  3. Notify the shipment

    Create the ASN, then declare shipped quantities line by line against the purchase order.

Supplier-scoped API credentials can maintain the catalogue and order flow system to system without widening the organisation boundary.

Sale and payout

Each sale stays connected to its events and amount owed

Sales

The portal lists the Supplier's sold lines and order state.

Events

Lifecycle events follow the sale through its operational outcome.

Payouts

KYC state and owed versus paid totals remain separated by currency.

The offer price is a platform cost. The buyer sees a SELL price; costs, margin, competitor identity and private payout detail never become public data.

Actual scope

Three models that the word “supplier” must not collapse

  • External Supplier

    Sells goods and consumables through its offers and Supplier workspace.

  • Client-owned product supplier

    The client's own source record used by OMS procurement.

  • Site consumables stock

    Warehouse-owned SupplyItem or PackagingSupply consumed during execution.

Current marketplace categories are cartons, tape, bubble wrap, cardboard filler, envelopes, labels, stretch film, stationery and other. Pallets and shipping services are not current Supplier categories.

Offer your goods or consumables

The public application asks for your company, contact, supply type and categories. Approval is required before the Supplier organisation and login are provisioned.