Orders (Third Party Store)

To determine which eCommerce solution you are on, see How do I know if I am using Native eCommerce or Third Party eCommerce?

View Orders

To view your orders:

1. In the side panel of the editor, click Sell Online, and then click Manage Store.
2. Click My Sales, and then click Orders.

Here you can see all of the orders; unfinished, finished, or sent. Use the filters on this page to find or review specific orders.

Order States

Each order has a payment order state and a fulfillment order state.

Unfinished Sales

The Unfinished Sales page in the E-Store Control Panel lists all the ordering attempts when the customer did not complete the payment for an order, including scenarios such as:

• Customer leaves the checkout page to go back to the shop to add another item or review their cart.
• Customer changed their mind about making a purchase.

Each line in the unfinished sales table contains a short description of the order (date, total cost, payment method, cart contents), customer email (so you can contact the customer to find out why they haven't finished the order), and the Place this order button. When you click Place this order, the selected order is placed in the regular orders list and is marked with an "Awaiting Payment" status. Next, the customer will receive an order notification, just like for new orders. The store doesn't automatically charge a customer credit card in such a case, so you will need to charge the customer manually. Stock quantities are only decreased as soon as a complete order is assigned an "Awaiting Payment" or "Paid" status.

The store itself does not collect or store money from sales, it helps you sell your products and charge your customers. All sales go directly to your payment gateway's account. You need to contact your payment gateway (for example: PayPal) to have your money transferred to your bank if it is not set up to do so automatically.

Order ID

An order ID is assigned to each order to help the merchant distinguish one order from another. It appears on invoices, client notifications, and in the GoDaddy E-Store's order list. The order ID is generated when the order is placed and is a random 5 character alphanumeric string. For example, 10N87, Y0RZ4, and QR13V are all valid order IDs.

Add Prefix or Suffix

If you have multiple GoDaddy E-Stores it can be helpful to add a prefix and or suffix to your order ID to help you distinguish between orders from different GoDaddy E-Stores. The format becomes prefix-orderID-suffix. For example, your order ID could be Petstore-1Y56Z-2021, where “petstore” is the prefix, “1Y56Z” is the order ID, and “2021” is the suffix.

To add a prefix or suffix:

1. In the side panel of the editor, click Sell Online, then click Manage GoDaddy E-Store.
2. Click Settings, then click the Cart and Checkout tab.
3. Scroll to the Order ID section and click Edit Order ID Format.
4. Add a prefix and suffix.
5. Click Save.

Order ID Troubleshooting

If your GoDaddy E-Store was created before November 2021, you may notice missing order IDs on the Sales page. For example, if you have an order ID of 10 and the next order ID is 14, but there are no orders with IDs of 11, 12, or 13. This can happen when a customer starts to checkout but does not complete the transaction. When the transaction is not completed, GoDaddy E-Store creates a hidden, incomplete order that is not displayed in the orders table.

Assign Tracking Number

To assign a tracking number to an order:

1. In the side panel of the editor, click Sell Online, then click Manage GoDaddy E-Store.
2. Click My Sales, then Orders.
3. Click the Update drop-down menu for the specific order and select Mark as Shipped.
4. Enter the tracking number and click Mark as Shipped.

The tracking code and URL are sent in the customer notification. If your customer does not receive a notification, check if the "Order Shipped" notifications are enabled. You can also modify or translate the text of these notifications.

Enable Shipping Notifications

To enable shipping notifications:

1. In the side panel of the editor, click Sell Online, then click Manage GoDaddy E-Store.

2. Click Settings, then click Notifications.

3. Turn on the toggle next to Order Shipped.

If necessary, you can check the contents of the notification by clicking Edit. The notification should have this code:

-- Order tracking --
START TRACKING_URL
You can track your order using the following URL: 
%trackingURL%
END TRACKING_URL
The order tracking number is %trackingNumber%

When you use user-defined shipping, the store doesn't know which shipping carrier you used so it doesn't include a tracking URL in emails. Only a tracking number is included. To fix this, you need to add the URL to your notification manually.

Replace the code above with this one:

-- Order tracking --
You can track your order using the following URL: http://wwwapps.ups.com/tracking/tracking.cgi
The order tracking number is %trackingNumber%

You can replace the UPS tracking URL in the previous example with any other carrier's URL.

Print Order Invoice

To print an order invoice:

1. In the side panel of the editor, click Sell Online, then click Manage GoDaddy E-Store.

2. Click My Sales, then click Orders.

3. Click Print Order next to the specific order. Or, use the checkboxes to select multiple orders then click the Bulk Actions drop-down menu and click Print Selected.

Deleted Products

If you have deleted a product from your GoDaddy E-Store and are no longer selling it, previous orders for the deleted product can still be viewed in the E-Store Control Panel.

To view deleted product orders:

1. In the side panel of the editor, click Sell Online, and then click Manage Store.
2. Click My Sales, and then click Orders.