Introduction
Customer Sites (or Web Stores) are the part of the CIMcloud platform that your customers use to self-service with you by accessing product data, creating quotes, placing and tracking orders, tracking and paying invoices, etc. Customer Sites leverage data automatically synced from your ERP system. They also leverage content, product data, and settings data managed in CIMcloud via the workspaces.
Types of Customer Sites
The following is a breakdown of the types of customer sites that can be created and managed on the CIMcloud platform, allowing your customer to self-service and interact with you 24/7.
- B2B Customer Self-Service Portal(s)
- Public Catalog(s) with B2B Self-Service Portal
- Public Web Store(s) (Retail Ecommerce / Shopping Cart)
- Customer-Specific Web Stores (Company Stores & Syndicated Stores)
Typical Capabilities
With any of the CIMcloud customer sites listed above, your customers can:
- Search or browse your product catalog
- Place quotes and orders
- Track orders and shipments
- Track invoices, payments, and credits *
- Make invoice payments *
- Place ad-hoc requests with your staff
- [Optional] Make and track returns
- [Optional] Use 100’s of other features from 20+ optional software bundles
* These are capabilities typically used by B2B companies that are included with the base CIMcloud platform.
B2B Customer Self-Service Portal(s)
Click here for an overview of B2B Customer Self-Service Portal(s).
Public Catalog(s) with B2B Self-Service Portal
Click here for an overview of a Public Catalog with B2B Self-Service Portal.
Public Store(s) (Retail Ecommerce / Shopping Cart)
Click here for an overview of a Public Store (Ecommerce / Shopping Cart).
Customer-Specific Web Stores
Click here for an overview of Customer-Specific Web Stores, including descriptions of these two common use-cases: 1) Company Stores, and 2) Syndicated Stores.