Here’s how to get started:

- First, login your Facebook account, and then access your company fan page and click on the Edit Page button (see example below).

Next, click on the Resources menu, and then on the Use social plugins link (see example below)

From here you can select the Facebook plugin that you’d like to use on your site (see example below)

You can then fill in any variable to get a desired appearance and then click on the Get Code button (see example below)

Once the code displays, you’ll want to copy both sections (see example below)…

…then you’ll want to paste the code into a Written Content area on your DC site where you want to the plugin to display, make sure that the Web Editor Preference for the Written Content area is set to Basic HTML (see example below)

There you have it…your Facebook plugin should be displaying on your DC website, make sure to Publish your changes to have the plugin display on your live site. Click here for more Facebook tips for your DC website.

We have added a quick compare page for products that you have added into your Fulfillment Account using the “Add Similar From Supplier Product”  link. This will make it easy for you to compare the pricing of your Fulfillment products to the Supplier’s current pricing in DistributorCentral, where you can then update the price if necessary.

To access this tool, login to your Fulfillment Account, and then go to the Products menu >> Advanced Features >> Compare pricing On Products Copied From Suppliers. See image below. Click here to learn more about our Fulfillment Account feature.

Converting a quote to an order:

-Once you have created a new quote, (click here to learn more about creating quotes) you can convert the quote by going to the top right of the quote area and opening the drop down menu next to “What would you like to do?”

-Here find Convert to Order and hit Go

-You have just converted this quote to an order.

Remember that this eliminates the quote and makes that Quote number the new order number.

Converting an order to a quote:

allows you to convert and existing order back into a quote where you can then have your customer review and confirm before committing to an actual order.

- First, look up your previous order in your DistributorCentral account

-  Then click on the Reorder button on the right side of the page

- From here, you can indicate the order type; An exact reorder, A reorder with changes, or Rework of previous order (see description of these below), and then select the check box for Convert Reorder into Quote 

- Then click on the Create Reorder button (see example image below)

- From here, you can revise the quote if you like, and then click on the Finish button officially save the quote, where you can then send it to your customer…if you customer approves the quote, you can then convert that quote back into an order. (see above)

You can use our discount feature to setup and offer discounts in a variety of ways, here are just a few:
- Offer percentage discounts if the product or order total is more than a set amount
- Offer flat rate discounts if the product or order total is more than a set amount
- Offer discounts on freight by percentage or a flat rate
- Offer a coupon code that can be entered to receive a percentage or flat rate discount

This feature is incredibly easy to use, just watch the short video below to learn all about this feature and how to apply it to your website.

This will allow you to use copies of this same website over and over to make similar sites from. This would also work great if you have sales representatives with child accounts or company stores that all have the same design structure.

Click here to view a PDF guide that will walk you through the process of creating a template and using it:

http://www.distributorcentral.com/resources/education/guides/createwebsitetemplates.pdf

Click here to learn about how to setup DC for Paypal.

Click here to read about our other payment options.

Set up this preference:
- Go to the Account menu
- Select Preferences and then Account Preferences
- Click on the Invoices menu on the left side of the page
- From here, select “Yes – PayPal Payment Page” or “Yes- Standard Credit Card Payment Page”  for the Display Pay Online link on invoices preference and then click on Save (see example below)

 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.

This is a preference that is set in your “Website Preferences” area.

1. Go to Websites Menu> Add/Edit Websites.

2. Under “Websites List“, find your website and click on “Preferences” to the right.

3. First click on “Searching” and find the preference called “Display price range in search results?”. Set it to “Never” and Save on the top right.

4. Then go to “Orders” in the menu on the left and find the preference titled “Display order button on your website?” and set that to “No“. Then Save on the top right.

5. Now click on “Catalog” in the menu on the left and find the preference titled “Display pricing on individual catalog pages?” and set that to “Never”

6. Scroll down to one final preference in the same section (the Catalog section) titled “Show Options Tab?” and set that to “No” then Save at the top right of the page.

5. Now click on “Published” link at top center and then click on “Publish New Changes”.

This will remove pricing and remove the ordering option from your website in DC. Customers will be able to view the products and research but they will not know the cost.

The “Order Now” verbage can also be changed if you would rather the button say something more general. Some Distributors choose to say “Get Quote Now” or “Request Quote” (or any other text you would prefer to “Order Now”). Learn how in the second set of instructions below.

If you would prefer to completely turn off your shopping cart, see these instructions:

This is a preference that is set in your “Website Preferences” area.

1. Go to Websites Menu> Add/Edit Websites

2. Under “Websites List“, find your website and click on “Preferences” to the right.

3. Now click on “Orders” section on the left. You will see a question: “Display Order Button on your Website?”

4. Set the question above to “No” and Save at the top right

5. Now click on “Published” link at top center and then click on “Publish New Changes“

Now your customers will be able to research and find products but they will not be able to send an order from your DC website.

If you would prefer to change your Order button verbage, see these instructions:

This is also a preference that is set in your “Website Preferences” area.

1. Go to Websites Menu> Add/Edit Websites

2. Under “Websites List“, find your website and click on “Preferences” to the right.

3. Now click on “Orders” section on the left. You will see a question: “What text should appear on your order button?”

4. Change the text in that box to match the text you would like the customer to see for the order button and Save at the top right.

5. Now click on “Published” link at top center and then click on “Publish New Changes“

Once your site has been published, you should see your order button change for your website to the verbage you added to your website preference area.