If you want to see the basic order process that you would follow as a Distributor click here.

 There are a lot of basic preferences that you can control your shopping cart with also. This would include the ability to turn off the shopping cart or simplify it by removing “optional” options. You can also turn off pricing for your products on your website.

 There are many payment options available for your customers. DC offers our recommended Paypal payment management process – click here.

 Once you have received an order from your website, you receive that order in an email as well as in your DC account. There you can edit, create an invoice, and send the order to the Supplier using our Order Management Features.

 Here are more of our shopping cart features. Click here.

INTERNAL FACEBOOK INTEGRATION

This message above now appears on the main internal DC page if a user is also logged in to Facebook. Clicking No, thanks will set a preference that removes this message from the home page.

Steps to enable:

1. Log in to your Facebook.com account and then log in to your DistributorCentral.com account.

2. Click the Link my Facebook Profile button and  you will be taken to a FB page to request permission.

2. Once you allow the connection you are returned to DC and this message will show:

Gradually, Facebook profile pics will start appearing in correspondence, order summary, product editor, and other places.

WEBSITE FACEBOOK INTEGRATION

If you are hosting a website and a domain name in DistributorCentral, you can enable a preference to allow your customers to “Like” and “Share” the products on their Facebook walls.

Enable this new Facebook Integration section in website preferences.

Under this there are three preferences that are related to each other.

The main preference turns the Facebook “Like” button off and on in the catalog. The other two are supporting information for the Like button.

To enable this preference:

1. Go to Websites Menu> Add/Edit Websites
2. Edit your website
3. Click on Website Preferences
4. Click on Facebook Integration
5. Select “Yes” under “Show the Facebook Like button on your product pages?“
6. Then enter your Facebook user ID in the second box. Click on the “Find your FB user ID here” link to get the ID number.
7. Save your changes
8. Publish your website.

When the “Like” button is enabled it shows up on each product page.

When the “Like” button is clicked it creates a fan page inside your Facebook account. This will enable distributors to start collecting information about popular products, plus market to the people who like them.

The Send button allows customers to send a private message with a link to the web page.

Like and Send buttons on a DistributorCentral website:

Wall Post in Facebook:

Using an App ID (the last preference) will also let advanced Facebook users to  programmatically market to all webpage likes.

To view an example, go to www.checkart.com

To add this feature to a website:
- Edit the website page that you would like to have uploader on
- Choose File Uploader from the content drop-down menu
- Indicate the email address that you would like the artwork upload notification sent to (see image below)
- Click Save at the bottom of the page and then publish your website to apply the changes

If you would like a file upload notification on the Home page of your DistributorCentral account that indicates that you’ve have received new uploaded files:
- Go to the Account Menu
- Select Preferences and then Account Preferences
- Click on the Orders menu on the left side of the page
- then select Yes for the file upload preference (see image below)

The shopping cart allows for the seller to enter all the payment options that they would like to offer to their customers.

The available payment methods are:

1. PayPal – Real-Time Merchant Processing
2. PayPal – Collect Info Only – (Invoice Later) -  Click here to learn more about Paypal options.
3. Credit Card – Collect Info Only – No Processing
4. Credit Card – Authorize.net Merchant Account
5. Credit Card – Paypal Payflow Pro Merchant Account
6. Check / Money Order
7. Bill To Account
8. Purchase Order
9. “We will call you for payment information”
10. “I will call you with my payment”
11. Pay Later
12. Proof Request Only
13. No Charge
14. Commission Deduct
15. Bill to Department Number

Click here to view a guide that lists all of the available options along with an explanation of those available and where you can make those changes.

The Promotional Product industry can be fierce and it’s constantly changing, with no shortage of competition. Distributors need ways to reduce cost while continuing to be efficient and maintaining a high standard of quality and business ethics. DistributorCentral has an online order management system that is distributor focused, and just so happens to be a utility that can help you achieve this. DistributorCentral’s online ordering system provides an alternative solution that can help streamline your business and present you with far more product information than paper catalogs could ever provide. With the advent of the internet, e-commerce, the growing evolution of the paperless world and the mobile office, there is no better time than now to take the leap to DistributorCentral order management.

It Will Save You Time!
- DistributorCentral’s online ordering system alleviates the need for you to have to navigate to multiple sup­plier websites and learn their ordering system. Having an online ordering system that is distributor focused allows you to have a central location to place and manage your orders, as well as keeping your orders consistent.

Accessibility and Convenience!
- One central location to place all of your orders. Instead of trying to find products by going through stacks of paper catalogs or navigating from website to website, you can use your DistributorCentral account to research and compare products, and place all your orders.

- By keeping things electronic and stored online, you cut down on paper waste in your office as well as save space and memory on your computers hard-drive that can easily get cluttered by orders and artwork files. When orders are placed online they along with artwork files and proofs are stored on our server and will be available for as long as you have your DistributorCentral account.

- The availability to run reports for your orders will help you track your accounts receivable/payable and other accounting numbers. When everything (orders, payments, etc.) are recorded online, reports are literally a few clicks away.

Accurate Orders!
- DistributorCentral allows all of the product information (artwork, proofs, shipping info, etc.) to be presented along with every product. This helps reduce errors and ensures more accurate orders. You also will have the ability to place custom orders for vendors and products that are not listed in DistributorCentral. Once an order is submitted, the information is kept all together in one place, making it easier for you to manage.

Have a Mobile Office!
- Work from home or virtually anywhere with a laptop and a wireless internet card. Using DistributorCentral as your order management system lets you perform all your necessary duties for managing your orders online, allowing you to keep everything accessible from a computer with an internet connection.

Lets Get Started!
Click on the Need Help button at the top of your account to view our newly revised videos regarding order management. They’ll help you get on the fast track to using DistributorCentral for your online order management system.

There have been some Distributor concerns regarding the minimum order that they want to accept.

There is a preference in your account where you can set that amount.

To find this preference:

1. Log in to your DistributorCentral account.

2. Go to Account Menu>> Preferences>> Website Preferences.

3. Pick your website that you would like to set a minimum order amount by selecting “Website Preferences” to the right of that site name.

4. Then click on Orders in the left, white column.

5. Here scroll down towards the bottom and find  “What is the minimum order total you will process?”               

6. Type in the minimum order you will process. This is the retail total amount.

7. Select Save at the top of the page in the right corner.

8. Now you need to Publish your Website to make those changes live on your DC shopping cart.

If a customer goes to your website and tries to complete an order that totals under the amount that you have specified, it will not allow them to submit the order and it will give them this message at the top of the Order Review Page:

They also don’t have the “Finish” button for the order, they can only “Add Another Product” or “Cancel Order.”

To apply this new payment type:
- Go to the Account menu
- Select Payment and then Payment Setup
- Move over the Request Proof Only preference (see image below)
- Click on Save, you will not need to publish your website

Go from this…

to this…

To do this, simply follow the instructions below
(please note that you must be logged in as the administrator to accomplish this)

1. Hover over Account

2. Go to Misc

3. Click on Customize Admin

4. The requirements for the picture are that it should be named “logo.jpg” and it should be no larger than 250 x 250 pixels.

5. Once you have met these requirements, Click on Browse and find your logo on your computer.

6. Click on Submit.

Congratulations, you have personalized your DistributorCentral account for your company!

You asked and we have listened!
When you conduct a “keyword” search in your DistributorCentral account or on your website, it defaults to search by the product name, number and description.

Depending on what keywords you are searching for, this can bring back many results. For example, using the keyword “bag” will bring back results for any products with the word “bag” in the product description, which can show results that may not be relevant to what you are looking for.
We now have a new search display preference that you can enable in your account to search only by the product name and number by default, as opposed to searching for the description as well. This can help initially narrow down search results.

To set this preference for your DistributorCentral account and website, follow these steps:
1. Go to the Account Menu
2. Select Preferences from the drop-down list
3. Select Account Preferences to change the setting
within your account / Select Website Preferences
to change the setting for your website

4. Select Catalogs on the left side of the page
5. Change the search fields preference to your liking

6. Click on Save
Note: You will have to publish your website if you have changed this setting for your website preferences.

A Special Note To Suppliers:
Be diligent in naming and describing your products in DistributorCentral. Use this product search optimization website to see exactly how your products show up to Distributors in DistributorCentral searches.
www.DistributorCentral.com/websites/pso
Also, please make sure that you only include your products in the Categories and Industry Catalogs that they relate to. This helps Distributors and their customers get accurate and reliable searches everytime.