Separate processing time from transit time
Split a dropshipping ship quote into warehouse handling days and transit days before you publish one window.
Ask for two clocks
Processing days are the time before the warehouse hands the parcel to a carrier. Transit days are the time after that, to the country you sell in. A single “7–15 days” line hides which half the supplier controls.
Ask for both numbers on the variant you will list. If the supplier only offers a range, write down the long end. The short end is the one that creates refunds when the parcel misses it.
Add them into the window you can publish
The product page needs one window: processing plus transit. The idea checker uses that total. Longer than 7 days belongs on the page. Longer than 14 days belongs where the buyer decides, before they pay.
Those cutoffs are disclosure rules used on this site. They are not a promise that a carrier will hit the date, and they are not a score for the supplier.
Leave a missing half blank
If you only have one of the two numbers, the quote is unfinished. Ask again, and leave the missing days blank in the supplier comparison until you have them. Filling the gap with a guess publishes a date the supplier did not give you.
A sample sent to your own address checks the total against the quote. It does not replace the quote. Update the page when the sample takes longer than the window you were given.
Questions
Which number goes on the product page?
The total, from the order to delivery, using the supplier’s longer estimate. Publish the window of the supplier who will fulfill the order.
What do 7 days and 14 days mean?
On the idea checker and the supplier comparison, more than 7 days means put the window on the page, and more than 14 days means say so before the buy button. Neither number is a delivery guarantee.
Can I average the two suppliers?
No. Each quote keeps its own total. Averaging a 6-day quote with a 20-day quote publishes a window neither supplier offered.