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What
is the Inquiry Storage Bin?
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| Think of the Inquiry
Storage Bin
as a shopping cart. You can put as many items as you want into
the cart and carefully review your selections before inquiring
to the specified supplier. Modifying your account is made easy;
simply add new products or delete products whenever they are
no longer wanted. |
| Features: |
 Find
and organize products, suppliers, and manufacturers |
| Send
multiple inquiries in a single step |
| Maintain
a record of inquiries sent |
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How
do I start using the Inquiry Cart?
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| When you are browsing
through the products and companies featured in signonafrica,
you can choose to inquire about any product or company simply
by selecting the inquiry outbox that appears beside the company
or product information. Once you have selected the item or company,
click 'Add to Inquiry Bin' and you will be brought to the Inquiry
Cart. You can either compose your message and send the inquiry
directly, or continue to add further companies and products.
When you are done, click 'Send Inquiry' and you will be brought
to the Inquiry Cart, where you can compose your message and
send all inquiries at once. |
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| What
does "Your inquiry Cart is empty now" mean? |
| If you enter into
your Inquiry Cart and the message reads "Your
inquiry Cart is empty now," don't be alarmed. If you are
new to signonafrica your Inquiry cart will not contain any
items until you send items there. If you are a member please
login because we have lost your personal information. Items
in the Inquiry cart will remain there until you remove them. |
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| How
do I add new Products ? |
| Adding new products
can be done in 3 easy steps. |
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When you search for a product, category or company, you will
now see a button saying Add This Product to cart at the top
of each product page. |
| 2.Clicking
this button will add the product to the list of products to
your personal Inquiry cart. |
| 3.You
will notice that once you have clicked add to Inquiry cart that
the product image disappears and a different image appears that
reads "product added to cart." |
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| How
do I delete Products? |
| To delete products
simply enter into the Inquiry Cart and check off those products
that you no longer want to send inquiries for and press delete. |
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| What
is the Product Manager? |
| The Product Manager
is your place to manage and keep all inquiries organized. The
Product Manager keeps track of all the suppliers that you have
sent messages to |
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| What
does "Your alert table is empty now" mean? |
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If you enter
into your Alert
Table and the
message reads "Your
alert table is empty now,"
don't be alarmed. If you are new to signonafrica your Product
Alert will not contain any items until you request items to
be e-mailed to you. If you are a member please login because
we have lost your personal information. Items in the Inquiry
cart will remain there until you remove them. |
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| How
do I get selections into my Product Manager? |
| There are 4
easy steps to start using the Product Alert service: |
| 1.Sign
up for our free membership, if you have not already done so.
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| 2.When
you search for a product, category or company, you will now
see a button saying Add This Category To Product Alert at the
top of each product page. |
| 3.Clicking
this button will add the category to the list of products for
which you will receive e-mail alerts. |
| 4.You
will notice that the 'Add This Category To Product Alert' button
now has disappeared from the top of the category page selected,
so you will always now whether or not you have already added
a certain category. |
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| To see a listing
of selected categories, or if you want to remove a category
due to changing sourcing needs, go to your Product Alert Selector,
where you can start your search for products in the selected
Product Alert-categories. Next to each category is an active
link which will bring you directly to that specific category
for browsing. |
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| What
are"new products"? |
| New Products are
products that have been added in the past thirty days. We want
to help our suppliers promote their products. New products are
updated daily. |
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| How
do I send an inquiry to a supplier of new products? |
| Sending an inquiry
to a supplier of new products can be done in 3 easy steps. |
| Once you have found
the products or supplier that you want to inquire to press Inquire
now. If you have previously sent an inquiry your contact information
will be on file. There is no need to do it again. Write your
message to the supplier and press "Send now". |
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| How
often are New Products updated? |
| New products are
updated daily. signonafrica works hard to publish new products
onto the website as quickly as possible. |
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| What
is the Product Alert Service? |
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Product Alert gives
you invaluable targeted assistance in your sourcing efforts.
You select the product categories you are sourcing directly
from within signonafrica, and when new products in the category
or categories of your selection are added to the signonafrica
database, we send you an e-mail alert including category and
company information. |
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| How
do I start using the Product Alert Service? |
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| There are 4
easy steps to start using the Product Alert service: |
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| 1.Sign up for our
free
membership, if you have not already done so. |
| 2.When you search
for a product, category or company, you will now see a sssbutton
saying Add This Category To Product Alert at the top of each
product ssspage. |
| 3.Clicking this
button will add the category to the list of products for which
you will sssreceive e-mail
alerts. |
| 4.You will notice
that the 'Add This Category To Product Alert' button now has
sssdisappeared from the
top of the category page selected, so you will always sssnow
whether or not you have already added a certain category. |
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| To see a listing
of selected categories, or if you want to remove a category
due to changing sourcing needs, go to your Product Alert Selector,
where you can start your search for products in the selected
Product Alert-categories. Next to each category is an active
link which will bring you directly to that specific category
for browsing. |
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About
Membership
What
does it mean to become a member?
You must be a member of signonafrica to inquire, submit,
or review your selections in the product manager. Additionally,
with an signonafrica membership, you can:
- Receive product
alerts, customized newsletters containing products tailored
to your specific interests.
- Track your
online inquiries and store account information.
- Manage and update
your profile information from a single central location.
I'm
not sure whether I'm already a member. How can I find out?
If you believe that you are already a member, but aren't
sure, use our Lost Password form. If you don't remember your
login name, try using your e-mail address. If you have an
signonafrica membership, you'll receive an e-mail with your
password.
What
if I forget my password?
No problem. Go to the Lost Password page. We'll ask for your
e-mail address or your signonafrica ID. We'll then send
your password to the e-mail address you previously provided.
What
if I want to change my personal information (name, e-mail
address, and so on)?
You can modify your membership information by logging in and
entering new information on the Membership Profile page.
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| Who
uses signonafrica? |
| SignonAfrica is designed for business-to-business sourcing and purchasing
of all products produced within Africa. It is perfectly suited
for distributors, VARs, retailers, solution providers, and other
channel players. Manufacturers will also find signonafrica
useful. |
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| What
does it cost to use signonafrica? |
| It's free to join
signonafrica, so please click here to apply for membership |
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| Alert
Messages |
| The
signonafrica website automatically sends you alert messages
to tell you about events on the site which may be of interest.
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