Seller Administrator Information roadmap (B2B Direct) (Enterprise)

The Seller Administrator role exists only within a business-to-business site. Typically, the seller organization is the organization that owns one or more stores on a WebSphere Commerce site. The seller organization can also have sub-organizations, or divisions, which in turn can have one or more stores.

Learning objectives

Learn how to using the Organization Administration Console to manage organizations and users.

Prerequisite skills

You should understand store procedures and how to use a Web browser.

Getting Started

Background information

Create a seller organization and users

The following list outlines the main steps required to set up a seller organization that does not have any sub-organizations.
  1. Create a new organization. When you create a new organization, you will create a profile for that organization, which includes the organization's name, description, address, and contact person, as well as the organization type.
  2. (Optional) Define which tasks within the seller organization require approval, such as order processing or user registration.
  3. Assign roles to the new organization. An organization can only take on roles that have been assigned to its parent organization. Since Root Organization is an ancestor of all other organizations, it must be assigned all possible roles. WebSphere Commerce provides a set of default roles that you can start using right away. Since you are creating a seller organization, typical roles that you might assign include Seller Administrator, Seller, and so on.
  4. Create users. Like organizations, you will create a profile for each user that includes the user's name, contact information, and the role assigned to that user. When assigning roles, you will select them from the list of roles you assigned to the organization in the previous step.

Managing a seller organization and users