To allow resellers to connect to a number of distributors to purchase products
Resellers can connect directly to their distributors to check price and availability information, and to create orders on the distributor sites.
Resellers can perform the following actions:
May transfer fully formed orders rather than just shopping carts to distributors.
The infrastructure provided by the Commerce Plaza can also be used to provide a lead management solution for dealers. In such a solution, instead of resellers shopping on the site, it will be end customers, and instead of being transferred to distributors, they will be transferred to dealers. There are two customizations that are recommended to implement this solution. First, unless the manufacturer would like to provide hosting capability to end customers, they should disable the "Create a hosted store", "Hosted store administration", and "My organization and approvals" menu items. Second, a dealer locator system may be added into the flow to allow the end customer to find and select the dealer they would like to purchase from. For more information on the dealer locator flow, see the "Generate quote" process.
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