Dealers and Affiliates

SendSafe has the ability to link orders to dealers (a.k.a. Affiliates). Once an order is linked to a dealer the tracking and reporting of commission and profitability can be performed.

A dealer commission report (found in the admin pages) lists commissions due to all dealers and is calculated on the "Subtotal of Items," i.e. the order amount excluding sales tax and shipping.

Dealer or Salesman ID codes are (optionally) assigned to each order. These codes in the {Orders} table reference a Dealer listed in the {Dealers} table. This ID Code can be used for tabulating and reporting commissions (for additional information see DealerId database column)

Dealer operation is setup and controlled by:

Application("DealerIDTracking") = true - When enabled the DealerID code can be entered into the Review Order and Edit LineItem pages AND is handled by addBasket.inc.asp.
The function SetDealerId( abc ) can be used with ASP code to set the DealerId from the: addBasket, PurchaseList, WishList pages.
customer.orderingPreferences = "DEALER=123"

Automated assignement of DealerId code occur when Application("DealerIDTracking") = true. The process is:

If SetDealerId() does not assign a value THEN the function getDealerSelection() is used to retrieve the customer's dealer preference "if any" and use it.
The function SetDealerId( abc ) is used THEN that value will override any value from getDealerSelection().
The function getDealerSelection() retrieves the DEALER preference from the customer.orderingPreferences DB column.

All dealers must also have customer records if they are to be given login permission to the website. The link betweeen a Dealer Record and Customer Record is established with two entires:

The AssignedDealerID field in the customer record is set to the DealerId
The name in the Dealer record must match the name in the customer record.

Note: You will need to create the Dealer account before you create a customer account, because you will need to enter the DealerID into the customer record (the entry of the dealerId can be done at any time, so the order of accoutn creation is not a requirement, but more for labor savings).

Only one dealer code is permitted per order. The last dealer code setup by a BuyObject wins... So if multiple BuyObjects set different Dealer codes then the last one will be the Dealer code assigned to the order.

Dealers can be configured to recieve cc: e-mail copies of all orders placed that they receive commission on. This can be very useful so that salesman can send thank you notes to customers or so that dealers or salesmen can track who ordering. This functions is enabled by setting the CC DEALER key word in the SendSafe configuration file.