How do I transfer my dropshipping supplier logins and order automation?

Begin with an inventory. For each supplier, note the account name, the email it is registered to, the payment method on file and who the sales contact is. For each automation, note what triggers it, which apps connect to which, and where the credentials sit. Add anything that only lives in your head: manual steps, workarounds, the supplier you message when stock runs out.

Next, sort accounts into two groups. Accounts in the business’s name may move with the store, subject to each supplier’s terms. Personal accounts, or ones tied to your own card, may need the supplier’s approval to move to the buyer. Contact suppliers before closing and ask what they need. Some will want the buyer to open a fresh account and carry over the order history.

At handover, avoid sharing passwords in plain messages. Use a password manager’s sharing feature or have the buyer set up their own access and then remove yours. Run a test order with both of you watching so you can see that it flows through the automation to the supplier. Afterwards, confirm that every payment method of yours has been taken off. Your lawyer can add the handover list to the sale agreement.

Key takeaways

• Inventory every account, automation, payment method and contact before you talk to the buyer.
• Ask suppliers early what they need to move an account.
• Run a test order together, then remove your own access.