Quotes
Your B2B Wave eCommerce platform allows you to create quotes for customers to reach a special agreement on custom product pricing. In addition, customers can submit quote requests to you for specific products. This article presents (a) how you can prepare, modify, and complete quotes for customers and (b) how customers can request quotes from you.
NOTE: Please contact our support team to activate this feature on your B2B Wave eCommerce platform.
Creating Quotes for Customers
To generate a quote for a customer, follow these steps:
Step 1. Go to the Quotes menu and click “+New Quote.”
Step 2. Click the drop-down menu, enter the customer’s name for whom you want to create a quote, and click “Proceed.”
Step 3. Enter the necessary information on the “New Quote” page and click “Save” to store it.
Specifically, here you’ll encounter these fields:
| Valid until | Select the date until which the quote is valid from the calendar menu |
| Purchase order | Enter the purchase order’s number |
| Comments | Add here any comments for the customer |
| + Add product line | Click this button to create product lines for your quote. Once you click it, enter the product code/SKU or name in the “Search” field and select the appropriate product. Next, add the product price and quantity under the “Price” and “Quantity” fields. Continue adding products in the quote following the same procedure |
| Status | Select the appropriate status from the drop-down menu. Available statuses here are the following: 1. Draft (by admin). Indicates that the quote is still a draft. The customer cannot see quotes with this status on your storefront 2. Draft (by customer). Reflects that the customer has created the quote and can see the quote. However, remember that if you’ve drafted the quote and you assign it this status, the customer can see it by clicking the “Quotes” menu on your storefront |
| Send to customer | Check this box to send the quote to the customer via email; otherwise, leave it unchecked. Remember that you can share quotes with customers only with “Prepared” as their assigned status. The customer will receive an email including the quote in PDF format and a link to the “Quotes” page on your B2B store, where they can review and accept it |
3. Requested. Indicates that the customer has asked for the quoteStep 4. Set the quote’s status to “Prepared” to make it available to the competent customer. The customer can review the offer through your storefront’s “Quotes” menu. Next, the customer can approve it by clicking “Accept” and proceed to checkout, where they can set their delivery address and payment option and submit their order.
NOTE: Remember that you can modify a quote and adjust product pricing or change the quote’s status by going to the Quotes menu on your Admin Panel and clicking the relevant quote. Finally, you can export quotes in PDF or Excel format by clicking the appropriate option on the quote’s page.
Duplicating Quotes
You can duplicate an existing quote to reuse its details and eliminate the need to recreate it manually. To do so, follow these steps:
Step 1. Contact our support to enable this feature on your account.
Step 2. Once activated, go to the Quotes menu and click the “Duplicate quote” icon, as shown below.
Step 3. Update the necessary information through the “Edit Quote” page and click “Save” to store it.
How Customers Can Submit Quote Requests
Customers can request quotes through your storefront by visiting a product page. Then, they can add a quantity and click “Request Quote +” to submit their demand.
Also, they can click “Quote Total” and open the “Current Quote” page to review and send their request. You can then review the quote and provide your offer through the Quotes menu on the Admin Dashboard. Once ready, set the quote’s status to “Prepared” and check the “Send to customer” option to share your offer with them.
