Locate Products in Marketplace

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The Unimarket Marketplace is designed to make finding and purchasing items efficient. Through a quick search tool and advanced filtering options. 

 

Marketplace Search Features

The interface offers several convenient ways to locate products and suppliers.

Feature Function Details
Search Products or Suppliers Primary search field Located at the top of the screen; searches across products and suppliers.
Find Supplier Quick search tool Locates suppliers by company/legal name, ABN, Supplier ID, or general search terms.
Favorites Only Visibility filter If enabled, this toggle allows users to view only those suppliers they have marked as a favorite (by selecting the heart icon).
Sort By Ordering By default, the supplier view is sorted by Premium First catalog suppliers. The menu also allows users to browse all suppliers alphabetically.
Filters (Tags) Custom filtering Offers a customized search. Selecting the Select Tags drop-down displays a list of supplier tags set up by your community, allowing users to filter suppliers assigned to those groups.

 

Supplier Tiles and Catalog Identification

Supplier tiles are condensed to make more suppliers visible, on the Marketplace Home screen. They act as a one-click shortcut to access the desired supplier.

Catalog Type Identification Icon
Hosted Catalogs Encircled folder icon and product count Identified by the encircled folder icon and verbiage stating the number of products. If multiple catalogs exist, the count number appears in parenthesis.
Roundtrip/Punchout Catalogs Encircled cloud icon and "Visit Supplier" Identified by an encircled cloud icon and the "Visit Supplier" verbiage.

Search Results Screen

When the primary Search Products or Suppliers field is used, the Search Results screen populates. Displaying items that are the closest match based on:

  • Product Code/Manufacturing Part ID

  • Name (supplier or product name)

  • Description

  • Search terms

The search term used will be shown next to the Search Results header.

 

Supplier Tags

Supplier Tags are set up by your community, to appear on Search Results screen under Filters. To customize the user's search by suppliers assign to the listed supplier tag groups shown, once the desired box is selected. 

 

Viewing Supplier Details

Hovering over a supplier tile on the Marketplace Home screen causes the View Supplier icon to appear.

  • Hosted Catalog Suppliers: Users will see a Shop tab (to view the catalog/product listing) and an About tab (to view the supplier detail screen).

  • Role-Dependent Options: Depending on the user's assigned role, additional icons like Supplier Profile, View Transactions, and Create may also appear.

 

What's Next/Related

  • For additional information about supplier tags, refer to the help article here.

  • You can view the short video about how to locate products in the Marketplace.