Website Tips and Reference Sites

March 31, 2008

With DistributorCentral, there’s no excuse for not having a website for your customers to use.
DistributorCentral allows you to create custom websites for your business with a built-in product catalog and shopping cart. There is no limit to how many pages you can have or what you can put on your site. We have free online training seminars and support to help you build your site, but the design work is up to you and your imagination. DistributorCentral will also host your domain name and your email at no charge.

Below are links to reference sites that have been created using the DistributorCentral web creation software, ranging from simple to advanced.

Distributor Reference & Educational Site
www.distributorcentral.com/websites/distributor

Simple Demo Website – No HTML Used
simple.dcdistributordemo.com

Intermediate Demo Website – No HTML Used
www.dcdistributordemo.com

Advanced Demo Website Using HTML & Domain Name Hosting
advanced.dcdistributordemo.com

Demo Niche Website – No HTML Used
green.dcdistributordemo.com

SupplierReference & Educational Site
www.distributorcentral.com/websites/supplier

Tip
If you haven’t already, we heavily suggest that you place a few orders to yourself from your website to get a good understanding of how the system works.

Tip
Here is a good site for general website design:
http://websitehelpers.com/design

Live Webinars are back!
You can register for a WebEx meeting by clicking on the blue “Live Webinars” button at the top of your page, or by going to http://www.distributorcentral.com/websites/DistributorCentral/classschedule.cfm.


Easily Create Product Presentations For Your Customers

March 28, 2008

DistributorCentral makes it easy for you to create presentations with multiple products for your customers.

Here’s how to do it:

First, search for the products that your customer is interested in, and click on the Compare link for each one of those products.

Once you have clicked Compare for all of the products that you want to present to your customer, click on the Compare tab to review your selections. Then click the Get Comparison button to then generate the comparison.

Click on Get Quotes on Selected Products to create the quote presentation. If you like, you can customize the presentation by uploading your logo, and editing the product information. Once satisfied, click on the Finish button to create the presentation.

Your finished! From here, you can email your presentation directly from your DistributorCentral account by clicking on email this quote, or save the PDF to your computer and attach it to an email in your standard email program.