What are Business Offerings and Item Groups?
To list your company as a Seller on Spidercost, all you need to do is
add your Business Offering/s.
The example below demonstrates the relationship between Business Offerings, Item Groups (Categories) and Items.
Business Offerings
As you can see, Business Offerings are
two
degrees higher than listing at an item level, so getting started is super quick and simple!
Some examples of Business Offerings:
- Aluminium Profiles
- Automation & Control
- Batteries
- Brass Profiles
- Bronze Profiles
- Cleaning Products
- Computing
- Construction Materials
- Copper Profiles
- Electrical Cable
- Electrical Cable Accessories
- Electronic Components
- Engineering Consumables
- Engineering Cutting Tools
- Engineering Fasteners
- Engineering Machinery
- General Electrical
- Hydraulics
- Instrument Cable
- Instrument Cable Accessories
Business Offerings are a broad category of goods or services that a company sells.
Item Groups (Categories)
Item groups, one tier below Business Offerings, are an important part of Spidercost.
Some information regarding Item Groups:
When a buyer searches for a product or service, the Item Group names appear in the search results.
They form the foundation of an
Item Template, in which different fields are created and populated with values.
They can also be
used as a filter to further narrow down
what your Company offers.
An Item Groups is a name given to a group of similar products or services. The name doesn't contain item specific information.
Items
An
Item is a product or service containing specific information necessary to order or quote on, whereas an
Item Group only contains general information. The Item name could be seen as a description, unique for each item, similar to an SKU number.
An
Item
is a name given to a unique product or service. It contains specific information.
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