26 Configure Business Accounts

Oracle Commerce allows you to create accounts for companies that do business with you, such as manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers.

Each account represents a single organization and a unique customer. Only Commerce users whose accounts include the Administrator role can set up accounts for organizations, and work with these accounts using the administration interface. See Understand Role-based Access Control for more information.

Note: This feature may not be enabled in your environment.

With Oracle Commerce, you can also allow a prospective account-based shopper to submit a new account registration request for an account using the store. This feature lets a shopper submit a new account registration request by providing required business details. After submitting the required details, the information is reviewed by an administrator from the merchant side and, if needed, there may a request for additional details such as credit checks and more. The request is then either approved or rejected. If the request is approved, the new contact for the account is activated.