OrderPilot vs Furniture Wizard
Furniture Wizard brings your register, stock and delivery schedule together. OrderPilot keeps the made-to-order sale inside Shopify. Compare what each means for your team and your customers.
Meet OrderPilot One order, from the first quote to the warranty claim
OrderPilot is a Shopify app for furniture and home stores. It keeps the quote, payments, vendor orders and warranty history connected to one order record. Your team works in Shopify admin and POS. Your customers sign, pay and follow their order from their phone.
Quote and sign
Turn their choices into a signed order
Build the quote in Shopify POS. Your customers sign and pay from their phone.
Purchase from vendor
Give your vendor the order you sold
The chosen options carry into the purchase order. Vendor replies and attachments stay with it.
Deliver and support
Give your customers an order page to come back to
Your customers can check progress, pay the balance and message your team from their phone.
Run your business
Run your store by your own rules
Choose who sees costs, who changes prices and when an order needs approval.
About Furniture WizardFurniture Wizard
Furniture Wizard is retail software from New Vision Information Systems in Chula Vista, California, for furniture, bedding and appliance stores. It covers point of sale, inventory, purchasing, delivery scheduling and reports. The core runs on Windows, locally or through hosted remote access; iFurniture supports showroom selling on an iPad. Partners provide texting, route optimization, protection plans and QuickBooks accounting connections. Pricing is by quote. We found no documented Shopify connector in the public sources reviewed.
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The short answer
Which one fits the way you sell?
Choose OrderPilot if…
- You use Shopify, or want to run your website and showroom on Shopify.
- Made-to-order and special-order pieces are a regular part of your business.
- You want your customers to sign, pay and check their order from their own phone.
- You want OrderPilot billed per location through Shopify, with no per-user fees.
Furniture Wizard may suit you better if…
- You want a Windows furniture retail system with its own POS, stock and delivery scheduling.
- You buy from Ashley or Coaster and want their catalogs connected to your retail system.
- You plan to keep your website separate from your store’s retail system.
- You prefer Furniture Wizard’s own register to using Shopify POS for showroom sales.
Feature by feature
Compare the work behind each order
- Yes
- Partly
- Add-on or partner
- No
- Not found in public sources
Feature
OrderPilot
Furniture WizardFurniture Wizard
Notes and sources
01Quote and sign18
Made-to-order products with priced options
Furniture Wizard records fabric, color and legs as details on a custom item; per-option prices not found.Afurniturewizard.comHow to Create and Use Custom Items
Rules that stop combinations that don't fit
Option sets shared across products
Swatches and images while choosing
Furniture Wizard shows product photos while selling; swatches in a priced configurator not found.Afurniturewizard.comiFurniture Manual
Vendor catalog import
Furniture Wizard: Excel imports, plus Ashley and Coaster catalog connections.Afurniturewizard.comIntegration Partners
Quotes with prices and lead times
Furniture Wizard saves an unpaid order as a quote and emails it.Afurniturewizard.comiFurniture Manual
Quote follow-up: opened and reminders
Selling on a tablet on the showroom floor
Furniture Wizard: the iFurniture app on the iPad.Afurniturewizard.comFurniture Retail Management
Digital customer signatures
OrderPilot: by link or QR code, on the customer's own phone.
Signed terms lock; a change asks to sign again
Deposits at the register
OrderPilot's deposit orders work on any Shopify plan.
Payment links, balance tracked to the cent
Furniture Wizard tracks balances; customer payment links not found.Afurniturewizard.comReturns Refunds Exchanges
Fees, delivery, services and discounts
Sets and compositions
Furniture Wizard: packages with a package price.Afurniturewizard.comFurniture Point of Sale App
Product options on your website
Quote requests from your website
Online checkout for configured pieces
Resale certificates and tax exemption
OrderPilot stores one certificate per US state, with its expiry date.
02Purchase from vendor15
POs straight from the customer's order
Furniture Wizard fills POs from sold items; carrying each customer's choices onto the PO not shown.Afurniturewizard.comNew Purchase Order
One order split across several vendors
Vendor minimums checked before sending
Sending POs to vendors
Furniture Wizard: electronically only to Ashley (AshleyDirect).Afurniturewizard.comIntegration Partners
Vendor replies kept on the PO
Vendor confirmations and ship dates
OrderPilot keeps vendor replies on the PO; ship dates are entered by hand.
Partial and rejected receiving
Receipt corrections
Furniture Wizard reverses a receipt with a negative quantity; no reason recorded.Afurniturewizard.comUnreceiving and Receiving PO Item
Stock by configuration
Dropship, to the store or to the customer
Landed cost: freight, duty, brokerage
Furniture Wizard spreads freight by quantity, cost or cube.Afurniturewizard.comFreight Distribution
Inventory costing method
Stock replenishment
Furniture Wizard: auto-fill POs from minimum stock levels.Afurniturewizard.comFurniture POS & Inventory…
Vendor bills and payments
OrderPilot: vendor bills and payments through QuickBooks Online.
Container and import tracking
03Deliver and support19
Customer order page
Customer change requests
Branded emails
Furniture Wizard emails documents from your Microsoft 365 account.Afurniturewizard.comFurniture Wizard help article…
Automatic updates at each stage
Furniture Wizard: "order received" notices through Podium.Afurniturewizard.comIntegration Partners
Shared customer inbox
Pickup or delivery per line
Your own order stages
Delivery scheduling and capacity
Furniture Wizard limits stops, pieces and cube per day, with delivery zones.Afurniturewizard.comFurniture POS & Inventory…
Route planning
Furniture Wizard: maps and directions; optimization through DispatchTrack.Afurniturewizard.comIntegration Partners
Driver app and proof of delivery
Warranty rules, coverage from delivery
OrderPilot starts coverage on the day the piece is delivered.
Serial numbers per unit
Warranty and service claims
Furniture Wizard opens a service order from the original invoice line.Afurniturewizard.comCreating a Service Order
Repairs, parts and vendor cost recovery
Technician job sheets
Customers report problems online
Returns and exchanges
OrderPilot: returns through Shopify; warranty outcomes include refund or credit.
Protection plans at the sale
Furniture Wizard: through Guardsman.Afurniturewizard.comIntegration Partners
04Run your business13
Customer records
Trade and designer accounts
Branded documents
Several brands in one showroom
OrderPilot sends each brand's own paperwork and emails.
Roles and permissions
Approvals and workflow rules
History and restore
Several locations
Sales credit and commission
Furniture Wizard splits sales credit by percentage; commission setup on request.Afurniturewizard.comReturns Refunds Exchanges
Reporting
Search
Data import and export
AI assistant
OrderPilot works with Shopify's Sidekick.
05The wider system15
Register and card payments
Furniture Wizard: its own POS, with Gravity Payments.Afurniturewizard.comIntegration Partners
Customer financing
OrderPilot doesn't offer customer financing.
Layaway
Gift cards and loyalty
OrderPilot: Shopify's own gift cards.
Up system on the sales floor
Clienteling and marketing
3D, AR or room planning
Warehouse bins and RF scanning
Furniture Wizard: barcode receiving, transfers and counts; bin locations and picking not confirmed.Afurniturewizard.comFurniture POS & Inventory…
Stock reserved for an order
Marketplaces and other channels
OrderPilot: Shopify's own sales channels.
Where it runs
Furniture Wizard: a Windows install, or hosted Windows by remote desktop.Afurniturewizard.comFurniture Cloud POS & Inventory…
Devices
Works with Shopify
OrderPilot is built into Shopify admin and Shopify POS.
80 features shown. A note appears only where a source says something specific. Tier A is the vendor's own site or docs, B trade press or verified reviews, C a retailer's or partner's document, D other web pages.
At a glance
The ten differences that matter most
- 01 Made-to-order products with priced optionsOrderPilot prices each fabric and finish as your customers make their choices. OrderPilotYes Furniture WizardPartly
- 02 Quotes with prices and lead timesOrderPilot quotes show your customers the price and lead time before they commit. OrderPilotYes Furniture WizardPartly
- 03 Payment links, balance tracked to the centYour customers can pay OrderPilot deposit links from home on any Shopify plan. OrderPilotYes Furniture WizardPartly
- 04 POs straight from the customer's orderOrderPilot carries the chosen fabric and finish straight onto the vendor’s PO. OrderPilotYes Furniture WizardPartly
- 05 Sending POs to vendorsOrderPilot emails POs to any vendor who accepts orders by email. OrderPilotYes Furniture WizardPartly
- 06 Automatic updates at each stageOrderPilot can tell your customers when their order reaches each chosen stage. OrderPilotYes Furniture WizardAdd-on
- 07 Warranty and service claimsOrderPilot links a warranty claim to the original order, unit and serial. OrderPilotYes Furniture WizardPartly
- 08 Delivery scheduling and capacityFurniture Wizard limits daily deliveries by stops, pieces and volume. OrderPilotNo Furniture WizardYes
- 09 Stock replenishmentFurniture Wizard fills stock POs using the minimum levels you set. OrderPilotPartly Furniture WizardYes
- 10 Warehouse bins and RF scanningFurniture Wizard supports barcode scans for receiving, transfers and stock counts. OrderPilotNo Furniture WizardPartly
Moving from Furniture Wizard
Get your questions answered. See how to get started.
Common questions
685 answers in the FAQ
Do deposits require Shopify Plus?
Can we bring a furniture catalog into OrderPilot from a spreadsheet?
Does OrderPilot replace Shopify POS?
Can a customer sign a quote on their phone?
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Set up step by step
4 guides · about 25 min
1Welcome to OrderPilotWhat OrderPilot does and sets up6 min
2Install and set up OrderPilotInstall, choose a plan, finish setup6 min
3Find your way around OrderPilotMenus, Home, location picker and search7 min
4How OrderPilot syncs with ShopifyWhat stays in step with Shopify6 min
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