# How sourcing works

Fulfillbot buys products for you from our suppliers in China. The goods come to our warehouse, we check them, and they become your stock, ready for your dropship orders and shipments. This page shows the ways to buy and where each one leads.

## Ways to buy

| Way | Use it when | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| **Search** and the cart | You can find the product yourself among our suppliers' products. | You order from your cart and get a purchase order straight away: the suppliers' prices plus their shipping to our warehouse and our service fee, in US dollars at the exchange rate when you order. See [Search and the cart](https://docs.rephut.com/sourcing/search). |
| Sourcing request | You can't find the product, or you'd like us to find a supplier for it from a link or photos. | We look for suppliers and send you a quote. See [Sourcing and reorder requests](https://docs.rephut.com/sourcing/requests) and [Quotes](https://docs.rephut.com/sourcing/quotes). |
| Reorder request | You want more of products you already have agreed prices for. | Your account manager creates a purchase order at your agreed prices. See [Sourcing and reorder requests](https://docs.rephut.com/sourcing/requests#reorder-request). |
| Auto purchase | Your dropship orders are waiting for stock. | At set times each day we buy what those orders are missing. See [Auto purchase](https://docs.rephut.com/sourcing/auto-purchase). |

Prices on **Search** are our suppliers' prices in Chinese yuan, with an approximate value in US dollars. Quotes and purchase orders are in US dollars.

## From purchase order to stock

1. A purchase order lists what we buy for you and what it costs. You find it under **Purchase orders**. See [Purchase orders](https://docs.rephut.com/sourcing/purchase-orders).
2. You pay it from your wallet, or in another way agreed with your account manager. Some purchase orders are paid from your wallet automatically. See [Purchase orders](https://docs.rephut.com/sourcing/purchase-orders#pay-a-purchase-order).
3. We order the goods from the suppliers, and they ship them to our warehouse in China.
4. At the warehouse we count, check and weigh every delivery. The purchase order shows what we found, with photos. See [Purchase orders](https://docs.rephut.com/sourcing/purchase-orders#warehouse-inspection).
5. The good pieces are added to your stock under **Inventory**, ready for your dropship orders and for shipments to your own warehouse or to Amazon FBA. See [Inventory](https://docs.rephut.com/products/inventory) and [Ship your stock](https://docs.rephut.com/shipments).

## Your products

What you order from **Search**, what you add there to **My products**, and the products of quotes you accept all appear in **My products**. That's where you add your own SKUs so that your orders find the right product. See [My products](https://docs.rephut.com/products).