Order Types
Written by Edi Sipkas
Updated at June 19th, 2025
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Order Types allow you to sort and distinguish different orders based on how or why they are placed. Although you can assign admin panel orders a different order type while placing the order, WineDirect recommends leaving the orders set to their defaults to maintain the functions for each order type. Certain order types, such as clubs, have special functions within the WineDirect platform and are translated to integrated fulfillment systems differently. The Order Type select allows you to manually set the order type when placing an admin panel order.
Default Order Types
| AdminPanel | Orders that are placed through the WineDirect platform by a user with a WineDirect admin account. This will include any orders placed through the Store > Orders section of the admin panel. |
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| ClubOrder |
Orders that originate from the club processing tools in the WineDirect platform. WineDirect recommends not rebranding your admin panel orders as Club. Items to keep in mind when deciding whether or not to use to mark an admin panel order as a club:
Please Note: When you change an admin panel order to Club, the session you opened the Order in will still see this as an admin panel order, so promos will apply. However, because true Club orders do not allow promos if you place the Order on hold and then resume the Order, promos will not apply because the order session opened as a Club order type. |
| Orders that originated from the WineDirect Facebook e-commerce application from your Facebook page. This feature is no longer used, but if you used the Facebook app before, you would have orders with this order type. | |
| iPad | Orders that originated from the WineDirect iPad Tasting Room application. This feature is no longer used, but if you used the Tasting Room app before, you would have orders with this order type. |
| Marketplace | Orders that originate from an integrated marketplace solution like Amazon. |
| Mobile | Orders originate from your website's mobile version (not applicable to responsive websites). |
| POS | Orders that originate from an integrated POS solution (Napa Valley POS, Oztera, iMPOS) or the WineDirect POS application. |
| Reservation | Orders that originate from an integrated reservation system (CellarPass, VinoVisit). |
| Telemarketing | This is a manual order selection. This option is primarily used by clients using a wine telemarketing service (Such as: Call for Wine, Chatterbox, Provino, and Wine Leverage). This will allow your telemarketing service to mark their orders as such, allowing you as a client to track telemarketing orders through your Sales Reports (Order Type column). |
| Website | Orders that originate from your website. |
Order types Facebook, iPad, Marketplace, Mobile, POS, Reservation, and Telemarketing are only available if you have the appropriate WineDirect feature activated.
If there is an order type available that you do not currently have but would like to use, please send your request to support@winedirect.com.
Add an Order Type
Aside from the standard order types available (AdminPanel, ClubOrder, Facebook, iPad, Marketplace, Mobile, POS, Reservation, Telemarketing, Website), you can create your order types manually and flag orders processed through the admin panel or WineDirect POS. The following steps will help you create a new order type:
1. Start by navigating to Settings > Misc > Order Types.
2. Click the [+] Add an Order Type button on the right.
3. Enter the name of your new order type. (You can also edit the names of existing order types).
4. Check the box for Is Active? so that it will appear as a usable option.
5. Click Save.
Once you have a new order type created, you can select it from the order type select when placing admin panel orders or assign it to a POS Profile.
Remember, when renaming your order types, you will always want to know which type is ClubOrder.
Editing Order Types
You can edit order types after you process an order. Below are the steps on how to do it.
1. Go to Store > Orders.
2. Open up an Order on which you need to customize some of the Order Information.
3. Click on the green pencil in the Order Information section.
4. Once you have clicked the green pencil, you will be able to edit:
| Order Type | The Type of the Order. Below are some examples:
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| Sale Type | If it is Onsite or Offsite. |
| Campaign | Select which Campaign the Order should be a part of. |
| Sales Associate | The sales associate who gets credit for the Order. |
| Sales Attribute | A sales attribute is one of the ways to track, organize and sort your orders coming into WineDirect. |
| Source Code | This is a free text field where you can type in any internal notes or details for the Order. |
Changing the Order Type after a purchase can confuse reporting results, so please be careful when adjusting your Order Information.
Deleting Order Types
WineDirect's system will only allow you to delete certain Order Types such as newly created order types that are not defaults to key areas of the system ie Admin Panel, Club Processing, the Front End Website and POS for example. Also, the system only allows for an Order Type to be deleted if that Order Type never had any orders tied to it. There are only 2 default Order Types that can be deleted if never used: Facebook and iPad.
You will see the delete button on the bottom left-hand corner of the order type. (Settings > Misc > Order Types)
Once at least one order was created under that order type, the order type can no longer be deleted from the system.
This happens as a way to protect your business' data for all past transactions made under that Order Type.