Blind and Drop Shipments for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Blind and double blind shipments let you ship an order without revealing your location on the carrier label. Distributors, drop shippers, and third-party fulfillment operations use this feature to control what address a customer sees on the package. Dynamic Ship configures blind shipping per order, per customer, or automatically through templates, right inside Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
At a Glance
- Replace your location address with the customer’s own address on the shipping label.
- Show a selected third-party address as the ship-from address for double-blind shipments.
- Set blind shipping once per customer or ship-to code, and it applies automatically.
- Configure blind and drop shipments from the same screen where you pack and label the order.
Have a Question about Blind and Drop Shipments?
Key Capabilities
Blind shipments. The shipping label shows the ship-to address as the ship-from address instead of your own location, so the customer never sees where the package originated.
Double blind (drop) shipments. The label shows a selected third-party address as the ship-from address, which is useful when a distributor ships on behalf of another party. International double blind shipments may require an alternate carrier account appropriate for the destination country.
Order-by-order control. Set the shipment type directly in Shipment Options while packing, entering the customer number and ship-to code for double blind, or a full custom return address for other cases.
Template-driven automation. Build a Shipment Options Template and assign it through Customer Options so blind or drop shipping applies automatically every time the customer ships, without a shipper having to make the choice manually.
Per ship-to and per carrier configuration. Customer Options can be scoped to a specific ship-to code, shipping agent, or shipping agent service, so blind shipping applies only where it is needed.
Programmatic setup. If shipment type data already exists elsewhere in Business Central, Dynamic Ship extensibility lets your partner automate the assignment rather than re-enter it manually.
How Blind and Drop Shipments Work in Dynamic Ship
- A shipper opens the order in the Package Worksheet and begins packing.
- In Shipment Options, the shipper selects the shipment type: standard, blind, double blind, or custom.
- For a double-blind, the shipper enters the customer number and ship-to code for the address that should appear as the ship-from address. For custom, the shipper enters the full return address directly.
- Dynamic Ship generates the carrier label with the correct ship-from address in place, ready to print.
- For repeat customers, steps 2 and 3 can be set once in a Shipment Options Template and assigned through Customer Options, so every new package for that customer applies the correct shipment type without shipper input.
Why Dynamic Ship Blind and Drop Shipments Stand Out
Distributors and drop-ship operations need this capability more often than most shipping software assumes, and it is easy to overlook when evaluating a shipping app. Dynamic Ship builds blind and double blind shipping into the standard Package Worksheet workflow rather than treating it as a special case, so a shipper sets it in the same place they already pack and label every order.
Because the setting can be defaulted at the customer or ship-to level through Customer Options, a distributor running a permanent drop-ship relationship with a partner never has to remember to flip the setting order by order. It is one part of the same freight pricing, carrier selection, and label printing workflow already running in Business Central, not a separate configuration screen or an add-on module.
Note that some carriers or services do not support blind shipping, so Dynamic Ship restricts the available service list to the carriers and services that allow it, preventing a shipper from generating a label that the carrier would reject.
Who Uses Blind and Drop Shipments
Distribution and fulfillment operations rely most on this feature: a distributor shipping on a manufacturer’s behalf uses double-blind shipping so the end customer sees the manufacturer’s return address instead of the distributor’s warehouse. A drop-ship coordinator managing multiple supplier relationships sets up a Shipment Options Template for each supplier, so the correct ship-from address applies automatically, without manual entry on every order. Customer service reps and shipping clerks handling one-off requests use the order-level Shipment Options to set a blind shipment on demand, without needing a standing template.
Frequently Asked Questions
A blind shipment shows the customer’s own ship-to address as the ship-from address on the label, hiding your location. A double-blind, or drop, shipment lists a selected third-party address as the ship-from address, which is common when a distributor ships on behalf of a manufacturer or another partner. Both are configured in Shipment Options while packing an order in Dynamic Ship.
Yes. Create a Shipment Options Template with the blind or double blind setting, then assign it to the customer through Customer Options. You can scope the template to a specific ship-to code or shipping agent, so it applies only under the conditions you define, and it is applied automatically to every new package for that customer in the Package Worksheet.
No. Some carriers or services do not allow blind shipping. Dynamic Ship accounts for this by restricting the list of available services to only those the selected carrier permits for a blind or double blind shipment, so you will not accidentally generate a label the carrier cannot honor.
Yes, but international double blind shipments may require an alternate carrier account appropriate for the destination country, since the standard account tied to your location may not apply. Confirm your carrier setup before relying on double-blind shipping across a border.
Open the order in the Package Worksheet, start packing, and open Shipment Options. Select the shipment type there: standard, blind, double blind, or custom. For double blind, enter the customer number and ship-to code for the address you want shown; for custom, enter the full return address directly.