Virtual Inventory

[Perrybus]

In the virtual-supply-chain model, a merchant sells the products but never actually takes possession of them; rather, the supplier drop-ships merchandise directly to customers as orders are received.
A case in point is Shop.com, a Web merchant based in Monterey, CA, that sells products from about 1,300suppliers. The suppliers hold the inventory and provide electronic data feeds into Shop.com's Website.
For a virtual-inventory system to work, you need a way to electronically transmit orders from your system to your suppliers' systems. Then the supplier needs to let you — and your customers — know that the goods
have shipped.
The vendors use a variety of systems to communicate with it, including electronic data interchange (EDI) and file transfer protocol (FTP). Too big a task?

[loren_d_c]

If you have ShopSite Pro a custom programmer could write a program for the Order API that is kicked off after every order is completed to pass your completed order data to an automated fulfillment system. See documentation and specifications for the ShopSite Pro Order API feature at:

http://www.shopsite.com/help/8.2/en-US/sc/pro/order.api.html

-Loren