Creating a new quoteTEST
You can create a new quote by clicking the “New Quote/Order” button in the following locations:
ODB> Orders > Create New Order button
At the top of the Order Grid page ODB > View All Orders
At the top of the Order Grid page ODB > View All Drafts
At the top of the Order Grid page ODB > View All Quotes
Sending a quoteTEST
To send a quote, create or open an existing quote, and click the send quote button.
To open a quote go to the quotes table in admin → ODB → view all quotes, and select a quote from the grid.
This will send an email with the quote in to the customers email address. This will show the products, quantities, price and subtotal for each product.
There is a checkout now button on the email that the customer can click and check the quote out on the site.
The quote is valid for 15 days by default . This can be changed generally in the odb configuration settings, and on a quote by quote basis.
Quote Email TemplatesTEST
The quote email template can be viewed in Marketing > Communication > Email Templates.
To edit the quote email templateTEST
Like all Magento transactional templates if you do not specify an override the default will send.
Override the default template by adding an override to Marketing > Communication > Email Templates
Adding the “Checkout Now” button to your email template
coming soon
Quote Expiry
The Quotes will automatically expire after 15 days. This can be changed in the ODB config settings. You may also specify a specific period per quote.
coming soon
Accepting a QuoteTEST
If a customer accepts a quote, they can click the check out now link in the email and directly purchase the agreed order through the website interface with no additional interaction.
Managing quotes
Editing a quoteTEST
To edit a quote, from the sidebar select: ODB > View All Quotes
From the quotes screen go to the Action column, click “Select” and “Edit” from the dropdown list.
Sending the quote at this stage will save over the previous quote
Send an alternative quoteTEST
If you wish to send an alternative quote go to the Quote Grid:
ODB > View All Quotes > Click Select > Duplicate
This will create a duplicate which can be edited as desired.
Sending the quote at this stage will send another version leaving the original quote unaffected
The Quote Grid
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Quote ID | Company | First Name | Last Name | Email Address | Sales Agent | Total | Status | Last Updated | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The ID of the Quote | Company associated if present. Works with:
| Firstname of customer | Lastname of customer | email address of customer | Admin who entered the quote | Sum of all items on quote |
| The date when a change was last made to the quote |
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Filtering the Quote Grid
You can filter the order grid by all of the items in the columns above under the filters tab
Sorting the Quote Grid
You can sort the columns by clicking on the titles.
Searching the Quote Grid
You can search the quote grid by the following criterion
Keyword [Product Name / SKU / Quote ID / Firstname / Lastname /Company / Email Address]