How to Add Suppliers

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Adding authorized product suppliers increases the breadth of products that the reseller provides to their customers. 

To Add a New Supported Supplier:

1. From the left Control Panel, go to Admin > Suppliers > Suppliers (sub-ab).
2. Select the supplier from the list of 1WS 1WS-supported suppliers by clicking on the “Account View” icon.
3. From the Supplier View page of the selected supplier, click on the Integration Settings edit icon.
4. After entering your details on the Integration Settings page, check the box for Enable Supplier and click Save.

ChannelOnline will then immediately try to search for and download a file from the supplier based on the details provided.  For more information, click HERE.

To Add a New Custom Supplier:

1. From the left Control Panel, go to Admin > Suppliers > Suppliers (sub-ab).
2. Click Create New Supplier.
3. Enter the details for this supplier in the respective fields across the few pages of the supplier account setup.

From here, make sure the supplier is enabled for the price profiles you wish to enable it for. Once the supplier is added, when you are editing an item while the active document is set to one that belongs to a customer whose price profile has this supplier active, you can click Edit Supplier and add the supplier manually to a part. Alternatively, you can also do Supplier Product Import under Admin -> Import/Export. 

Adding a Contract supplier:

1. From Control Panel, go to Admin > Suppliers > Contract Suppliers.
2. Click Add Contract Pricing Supplier. The page will refresh, and a new blank entry will be available at the bottom of the table.
3. Enter your values for this new entry and click Save in the left column.
4. Check the box for Enable for this new entry and click the blue Save.

From here, make sure the supplier of this contract is tied to, as well as the contract entry itself, are enabled for the price profiles you wish to enable them for. Once the contract supplier is added, when you are editing an item while the active document is set to one that belongs to a customer whose price profile has this supplier active, you can click Edit Supplier and add the contract supplier manually to a part. Alternatively, you can also do Contract Pricing Cost Import under Admin -> Import/Export.