FAQ
Find answers to frequently asked questions
Quotes
Yes, you and your clients can download the quote directly as a PDF with your letterhead.
Information on automated processing of quotes via the API can be found in our ITscope Guide.
As a trader, you can see for each quote whether the quote has been submitted and viewed by the customer.
Your customer can download any quote as a PDF with your letterhead and then print it out.
You can add any free-text line items to your quote and integrate your product offering completely directly into ITscope. A supplier subscription or an additional contract is required for this.
No. Quotes are shown with the neutral domain itquote.de. There’s even the option of providing your own domain so that the quote integrates seamlessly into your website.
Any number of free-text line items can be created to include your own formatted texts – for example, for services.
Digital sales
No, thanks to intuitive user operation, every employee with authorisation can set up individual webshops for their respective customers. Whether individual logos, domains, backgrounds, customer-specific categories, prices or products: everything is customisable – without tying up your IT resources.
Tscope delivers over 7 million products including high-quality product content. You can easily compile the assortment for your customers individually with just a few clicks or import your own lists with predefined articles and services. You can obtain even more appealing content, for example from 1WorldSync or Icecat, with the “Content packages” add-on.
With ITscope’s customised B2B shops, you have a multi-supplier capable tool and can make this decision yourself. Pre-select suitable suppliers for your customer from more than 350 distributors across Europe and show them either the real supplier names, anonymised names (e.g. “Warehouse A”, “Warehouse B” etc.) or just yourself as the source.
Depending on the customer or customer group, you can create individual price rules for various product types in the ITscope B2B shop. Additionally, it’s also possible to display procurement prices to allow open-book pricing.
Yes, this is possible! If you activate automatic routing, one or more purchase orders are automatically generated from each customer order and forwarded to the distributor’s EDI systems. Alternatively, you can also collect incoming orders and manually convert them into purchase orders.
Yes, with the add-on “PunchOut Technology” you can connect ITscope to your customers’ e-procurement systems. This allows your customers’ user-logins to be automatically authenticated and shopping carts to be transferred to your own procurement system. ITscope takes care of the data logistics and the connection to common systems and interfaces such as OCI or cXML.
Procurement
Additional suppliers can easily be added in ITscope. Please also note that some suppliers are only visible for certain countries or retailers. Our Support Team can give you more information about this.
ITscope offers a separate administration for your contacts in the company section. Several addresses can be stored.
The standard shipping costs can be stored for each supplier, also as a percentage of the order volume.
Yes, many of the available ERP interfaces already use document import as part of order automation. Electronic order documents are generally available in openTRANS format for import into your own ERP system, provided the distributor supports this. A separate activation by the distributor may be required to receive e-invoices.
Yes, most suppliers with listed standard prices have activated orders for new customers as well. Please allow extra time for queries, credit checks etc. when ordering as a new customer.
No, ordering via ITscope costs the same as ordering directly from the distributor. Even when using customised B2B shops, transaction fees are only incurred for incoming purchase orders from your customers.
Manufacturer
There are no commissions or transaction fees associated with a listing on ITscope, so the prices listed on ITscope are not distorted by corresponding mark-ups. The listing fee is included in the respective supplier contracts.
No problem! Your price groups can be easily integrated, for example with FTP lists or via online price retrievals.
ITscope enables detailed evaluations of your listed product range, both for the provided product data and in comparison to other listed suppliers. Our Sales Team will be happy to provide you with more details.
ITscope API
Within the platform, ITscope displays both 1WorldSync and Icecat image and product data in multiple languages – at no extra charge. In data exports and via the API, Icecat and/or 1WorldSync content data are integrated depending on the licensed content package you have.
To cut a long story short: from every supplier! The ITscope API interface is compatible with all suppliers, regardless of whether they are connected via EDI or not. Suppliers without an EDI connection can process your order directly via the ITscope platform and transmit order status changes to you.
ITscope delivers all products from a uniform catalogue and in a uniform data format. This means that you can select across distributors, e.g. according to categories and manufacturers, and the output format is uniform. For example, you will always find shipping weights and dimensions in the same place and standardised to kg/mm, no matter how differently individual suppliers handle this. Our Content Team takes care of the matching and standardisation for you!
ITscope dramatically reduces dependency on individual distributors and changes in their formats or data provision: thanks to ITscope’s standardised, versioned data format, you can be sure that your import will function in a permanently stable manner. In addition, ITscope increases the coverage with product images and further information.
Distributors and distributor comparison
To be able to sell items, you need a supplier subscription. In addition, you must meet the following technical and content requirements.
There are no commissions or transaction fees associated with a listing on ITscope, so the prices listed on ITscope are not distorted by corresponding mark-ups. The listing fee is included in the respective supplier contracts.
Over 7 million resellers from the ITC and electrical sectors are represented on ITscope. Since we only admit companies with a trade licence, you can map your standard prices for potential new customers and they can order directly from you.
An overview of all distributors listed on ITscope can be found here.
ITscope enables detailed evaluations of your listed product range, both for the provided product data and in comparison to other listed suppliers. Our Sales Team will be happy to provide you with more details.
No problem! Customer-specific price structures can also be easily integrated, for example with FTP lists or online price retrievals.
Prices and price comparison
To be able to sell items, you need a supplier subscription. In addition, you must meet the following technical and content requirements.
ITscope allows you to see prices from over 350 distributors from all over Europe. Individual prices are shown to you after you have set up your supplier account.
Within the platform, ITscope displays both 1WorldSync and Icecat image and product data in multiple languages – at no extra charge. In data exports and via the API, Icecat and/or 1WorldSync content data are integrated depending on the licensed content package you have.
No, ordering via ITscope costs the same as ordering directly from the distributor. Even when using customised B2B shops, transaction fees are only incurred for incoming purchase orders from your customers.