Overview

This FAQ reviews what a Retailer Notified Failure order error means and why they happen.


What is a retailer notified failure error?

If you have orders that are stuck at Retailer Notified Failure it means that we have attempted to send the order through to your ecommerce store but your store will not accept the order. 

Why does a Retailer Notified Failure error occur?

There are usually a few reasons for this, you will need to login to Trade Runner to resolve.


The address from Trade Me is not structured correctly.

  1. In Trade Runner click on the order from the ‘Orders’ page.
  2. Check the address under Customer Details. 
  3. If you see prompts/suggestions for a change to the address – follow the instructions.
  4. Click the ‘send to retailer again’.
  5. Wait a few minutes and the order should flow through to your eCommerce store.


There is no inventory for the product ordered.

  1. Check that you have inventory for the product in your eCommerce store.
  2. If there is no inventory, add inventory in your store (if you have it) and click the ‘send to retailer again’ the order. Alternatively, you can manually create an order in your ecommerce store to fulfil.
  3. If you are unable to fulfil the product, you will need to cancel and refund the order via Trade Me. See the FAQ on how to cancel on order.
  4. So that you stop receiving the email alerts, you will  need to cancel the order in Trade Runner.


A product has been removed from our system and was not taken down from Trade Runner:

  1. When you go to the order you will see "Product SKU Not Found".
  2. If there is no inventory, add inventory in your store, run a Sync now from the dashboard (if you have it)
  3. Once complete, the SKU should appear and you can click the ‘send to retailer again’ within the order. Alternatively, you can manually create an order in your ecommerce store to fulfil.
  4. If you are unable to fulfil the product, you will need to cancel and refund the order via Trade Me. See the FAQ on how to cancel on order.
  5. So that you stop receiving the email alerts, you will  need to cancel the order in Trade Runner.


A product has been purchased in Trade Me that wasn't put there by our system.

  1. When you go to the order you will see "Product SKU Not Found" and you also can't find that product in your eCommerce system - it must have been added either manually to Trade Me directly or from some other system
  2. If there is an equivalent product in our system you can hit the Edit button next to the affected line item on the order screen. From here you can add the SKU of the product, click Save and click the ‘send to retailer again’ on the next screen
  3. Alternatively, you can manually create an order in your ecommerce store to fulfil.
  4. If you are unable to fulfil the product, you will need to cancel and refund the order via Trade Me. See the FAQ on how to cancel on order.
  5. So that you stop receiving the email alerts, you will need to cancel the order in our system.


How do I cancel an order?

  1. Go to the dashboard in our system.
  2. Go to Orders and find the order, click on it to open.
  3. In the top right hand corner of the order page, click cancel.
  4. It will change to Pending retailer cancellation, then will change to Retailer cancellation.


Points to note about retailer notified failure orders

  1. The order will remain in this status until you action it.
  2. Traderunner will keep retrying to send the order until its successfully sent, cancelled, refunded or manual fulfilled and marked as such within Traderunner.
  3. Traderunner will keeps sending emails about the order until one of the above actions is carried out.