You can either set up suppliers yourself or you can have them register on your site using the supplier registration form.
To allow suppliers to self-register, you need to set the following in your shop configuration:
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Xallowsupplierregister |
Setting this to Yes will allow suppliers to register through the customer service form. |
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Xsupplierregistermerchant |
The template to use when sending the merchant a notification to say that a new supplier has registered. Default is tmp_suppliermerchant.txt. |
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Xsupplierregistertemplate |
The template to use when sending a new supplier their welcome email. Default is tmp_supplierregister.txt. |
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Xallowsupplierlogin |
Setting this to Yes allows suppliers to login to your administration. |
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xaddproductsupplierdropdown |
If set to Yes, then a dropdown list of suppliers will be generated on the shopa_addproduct.asp page. |
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xsuppliermailregistration |
If set to Yes then the supplier will receive an email when they register as a supplier. |
If you have xallowsupplierlogin set to Yes, suppliers will be able to login to your administration. You need to create a record in Advanced Settings> Admin User Management to determine what the supplier can access in the admin.
If you don’t want to manually create a new user record for each supplier, you need to create a default collection of settings for all suppliers to use. In Advanced Settings> Admin User Management, you need to create a user called SUPPLIER and set the required permissions. This user will have the universal settings for all suppliers, so any supplier that doesn’t have a user record will use this one.
You will need to provide the supplier with the link to your admin log in page so they can log in with their own login details.
For security reasons, you may create a copy of the admin login page for each supplier and rename it so it is specific to that supplier. In the event the relationship between the merchant and the supplier ends, you only need to remove the supplier login page then your admin access is secured.
You can reference the supplier admin log in page in the other1 field in each supplier record so you know what page they are accessing the admin with.
The shopa_productreport.asp file will display the sales history of the Supplier's products only.
When a supplier adds a product through shopa_addproduct.asp, it will automatically set their supplierid in the supplier field.
To view the list of suppliers in the administration, you can go to : Store > Stock & Suppliers > View / Edit tab.