# Order Service Creates an order from cart. ### Key features and benefits * Creates orders with products that have indicative prices (e.g. price is only known after an item has been weighed) * Creates and retrieves own orders, and updates order statuses by customers (on the storefront) * Creates, retrieves, deletes, and updates orders by tenant's employees (through the Emporix Management Dashboard or by using a third-party application) * Displays order history * Converts historic orders into current orders * Creates missing addresses for customer models (can be disabled in system preferences) * Built for high volume/throughput * Eliminates order queues and virtual waiting queues * Benefits from automatic/elastic scaling to cope easily with peak order volumes --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://developer.emporix.io/api-references/api-guides/orders/order.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.