Quote the shipping, create the order, then release it to the printer. Creating an order costs nothing — sending it to production is what spends money, so that is the gate.
The steps
POD — route an order to production runs Build a new order? → lines → quote → cost → order → approve_production → produce → record.
Who can run it
POD — route an order to production reaches an instance's own resources, so it runs on an operator's Leumas Studio; open it here to read and adapt it.