Draft Orders

Draft Orders are used when an Administrator would like to manually create an order via the Admin UI. For example, this can be useful when:

• A customer phones up to place an order
• A customer wants to place an order in person
• You want to create an order on behalf of a customer, e.g. for a quote.
• When testing Promotions

To create a Draft Order, click the "Create draft order" button from the Order List view.

From there you can:

• Add ProductVariants to the Order using the search input marked "Add item to order"
• Optionally activate coupon codes to trigger Promotions
• Set the customer, shipping and billing addresses
• Select the shipping method

Once ready, click the "Complete draft" button to convert this Order from a Draft into a regular Order. At this stage the order can be paid for, and you can manually record the payment details.