Learn how to start a new order , as both a buyer and how to add order quantities. If you are a sales rep , and add order quantitiesordering books on behalf of your client, see Order books as a sales representative for additional instructions.
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Start a new order
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To start a new order from any catalogue or title detail page, click Order Products in the toolbar and click Start a New Order. |
Enter information for your new order.
Give your new order a name that will help you identify the order's contents later on (for example, a department, company, season, or date).
Select the location(s) you wish to include in the order.
Note: Additional locations cannot be added to the order once the order has been created.(Optional) Add a purchase order number, a promotion code,
tags, or a brief comment.
Click Start Order.
A new order is created, and CataList displays an Order Summary section with a running total of your order contents.
Add order quantities
Sales reps
If you are a sales rep taking an order on behalf of an account, you will need to enter the account name so that CataList can display the correct store locations. Start typing in the name of the account, and CataList will provide a list of possible matches.
If the store is not yet set up in the CataList system, click Add new to add the new store to CataList. The store will receive an invitation to set up a password for CataList to view or export the orders that you – and other reps – take for them.
Add order quantities
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The order quantity indicates how many of |
a single product you would like to order. Order values are calculated at the retail price |
in CataList, though you can contact the distributor about wholesale purchasing and volume discounts. Once you have started an order, there are several areas on the site where you can add order quantities for a title:
The titles in your order must all be supplied by the same distributor unless you’re ordering from a wholesaler that sells products from many different distributors. Learn more about identifying distributors on CataList. |
WordStock data points
If you use WordStock as your point-of-sale system, you can enable the WordStock integration in CataList to enter title-level data that can be exported into WordStock. Learn more about CataList’s WordStock integration.
Next steps
After you have created your order, you can edit your order details or export it to be submitted for fulfilment.
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