We refer to this feature as OVERSELL. Normally, you will find features on the Advanced Settings page or the Store Setup page. You can at any time go to the 'edit store settings' page (http://www.yoursite.com/mainteditstore.wws) and edit the 'advset' field. The 'advset' field is where we store the 'advanced settings. Be careful not to add a tag that is already in the 'advset' field. Search for it first with ctrl+f.
The idea being that you can sell what you do not stock. This is appropriate for merchants who sell from their own inventory primarily, but want to add linecodes to their catalog that they do not stock. In this mode the idea is to send the OVERSOLD items to a third party. This article is appropriate for those users that are familiar with editing HTML-style tags in their webstores 'advset' field (a.k.a. Advanced Settings).
Terms
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Linecode : A three-digit alpha numeric ID that represents a brand
SUP : Supplier - This represents a catalog, not necessarily a traditional supplier. Some suppliers also have their own catalogs and fulfillment systems.
TAG : Used in HTML and XML; for example, this is a head tag: < head > Some info goes here < / head >
The popular SUPs in use at our webstores include:
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WHD - WHI SOLUTIONS AFTERMARKET CATALOG
OEC - WHI SOLUTIONS OE CATALOG (MECHANICAL AND COLISSION)
OEA - WHI SOLUTIONS OE ACCESSORY CATALOG
IMC - INTERAMERICAN MOTOR CORPORATION
AAA - WORLDPAC
DCI - DCI
KEY - KEYSTONE
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Linecode : A three-digit alpha numeric ID that represents a brand
SUP : Supplier - This represents a catalog, not necessarily a traditional supplier. Some suppliers also have their own catalogs and fulfillment systems.
TAG : Used in HTML and XML; for example, this is a head tag: < head > Some info goes here < / head >
The popular SUPs in use at our webstores include:
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WHD - WHI SOLUTIONS AFTERMARKET CATALOG
OEC - WHI SOLUTIONS OE CATALOG (MECHANICAL AND COLISSION)
OEA - WHI SOLUTIONS OE ACCESSORY CATALOG
IMC - INTERAMERICAN MOTOR CORPORATION
AAA - WORLDPAC
DCI - DCI
KEY - KEYSTONE
Example Tags
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< ALLOWOVERSELL > WHD,OEC < / ALLOWOVERSELL > - This allows any item found in the WHD and OEC sup catalogs to be oversold at the merchants store.
< ALLOWOVERSELL > WHD:WIX:IMC,OEC < / ALLOWOVERSELL > - Allows oversell for the linecode WIX and IMC in the WHD SUP and ALL parts for the OEC SUP
< ALLOWOVERSELL > WHD: !WIX: !IMC,OEC:WIX < / ALLOWOVERSELL > - Allows oversell for all brands except WIX and IMC and allows oversell for the OEC catalog for WIX only. The "!" is a negative value.
Basically, there are 3 cases:
1. Enter the SUP alone to allow oversell for ALL parts (i.e., all LINECODES)
2. Enter the SUP:LINECODE notation, like this: WHD:ABC:XYZ:123. This allows three linecodes for the WHD catalog.
3. Enter the SUP:!LINECODE notation with negatives, like this: WHD:!ABC:!XYZ:!123. This allows all parts except three linecodes for the WHD catalog.
Punctuation requirement: Use a comma to delimit SUP and use a colon to delimit linecodes.
