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Give Your Distributors Self-Service Ordering and Real-Time Stock Data with Virto Portal

Strengthen collaboration with your distributor network and move routine tasks to self-service with Virto Distributor Portal.

VIRTO DISTRIBUTOR PORTAL

What Is a Distributor Portal?

 

A distributor portal is a digital platform where a company and its distributors work together. Distributors use it to order products, check inventory, find the information they need, and stay in touch with the company. The company uses it to run these processes more efficiently.

 

To do this well, a portal has to combine standard B2B ecommerce features with several information sources and self-service options for distributors. Many traditional ecommerce platforms struggle here. Their structure is rigid, and they focus mainly on transactions.

 

Virto Portal lets you build workflows and digital experiences around the way you actually work with your distributors. It goes beyond basic transactions, with detailed product content, role-based access to key documents, and self-service tools for everyday tasks.

WHY VIRTO?

How Does Virto Portal Help You Work with Your Distribution Network?

 

Grow revenue with your distributor network through simpler day-to-day operations and closer, more transparent collaboration across the value chain.
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Self-Service for Routine Requests

 

Give distributors self-service tools to find and share the information they need and to manage their own orders. Your team can then spend live conversations on building relationships rather than on routine tasks.

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Build Strong Collaboration

Build a data-driven working relationship with your distributors. Information flows directly between you, product movement is visible to both sides, and data quality is easier to control.

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Increase Revenue

 

Boost distributors' sales potential by providing real-time access to accurate product information, manufacturing plans, stock levels, shipment tracking, promotional materials, and market insights.

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Tailored Features for Distributor Portal

Granular Access to Internal Data

With its built-in capabilities, Virto Portal passes selected information from internal systems (ERP, SharePoint, PLM) to distributors, while role-based access limits each user to the data sets meant for them.

AI-Based Content Search

Virto Portal's semantic search enables distributors to effortlessly find the information they need across all documents and transactions within the portal, including product descriptions, documentation, orders, and more.

Ordering Backed by Product Information

The unique combination of traditional ecommerce and portal capabilities enables tailored scenarios where access to information supports ordering processes, leading to smarter business decisions and minimizing errors.

Mobile-First Experience

All self-service operations and information are easily accessible across web, mobile, and any preferred device, integrating portal interactions into the user's daily workflow, no matter their location.

One Foundation. Multiple Applications

Virto Portal is a reliable foundation for any portal that combines ecommerce with self-service and content, tailored to the needs of a specific industry or market.

Loyalty Portal

Engage customers and boost loyalty by offering rewards for achievements, flexible redemption options, and a variety of interactive features through a loyalty portal powered by Virto Portal technology.

 

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Customer Portal

Strengthen customer relationships by providing unified access to orders, subscriptions, knowledge bases, product catalogs, and self-service features, all within one digital customer experience.

 

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B2B Portal

A portal solution for businesses with corporate account structures and customer-specific pricing. Enjoy features like corporate account management, account-based pricing, personalized catalogs, custom workflows, RFQ management, and advanced self-service tools. 

 

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Vendor Portal

Work more closely with suppliers, simplify supply chain processes, and improve data accuracy through clearer communication and more efficient operations.

 

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Content-Driven eCommerce

Use Virto Portal to make content, such as documentation, blog posts, and research papers, part of how buyers decide what to purchase.

 

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Manufacturer's Portal

Improve collaboration with partners, make your supply chain more efficient, and grow sales with a tailored ecommerce portal or manufacturing marketplace connected to your enterprise applications.

 

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One Solution, Endless eCommerce Possibilities

INNOVATION-READY TECH STACK

Boosting eCommerce with Technical Excellence

 

Virto Portal runs on Virto's Commerce Innovation Platform (CIP), built on cloud best practices. That foundation gives you the flexibility and resilience to adapt the portal as your business changes, and a reliable base for growing your digital commerce.

1. Virto Atomic Architecture™

Virto Atomic Architecture™ is the proprietary technology powering the Virto Portal, built on the core pillars of composability, an open ecosystem, high performance, and scalability. It lets you replace one capability at a time while the business keeps trading.

2. Managed Composable Platform

Built on Virto Atomic Architecture™, Virto Portal is delivered as a managed composable platform: one that keeps working while you change it, and does not get harder to change as you go. Virto can run it for you in Virto Cloud, or your team can run it as a self-managed deployment. Either way, Virto and systems integrators (SIs) keep delivering improvements that add value over time.

3. eCommerce Frontend for Every Device

Modern frontend technology supports any digital commerce scenario. It works across all devices, delivers excellent performance, and is equally effective for acquiring new customers and building customer loyalty.

4. Open eCommerce Ecosystem

Flexible integration lets you embed a solution built on Virto Commerce technology into your existing enterprise systems, so operations keep running smoothly and scale easily.

Out-of-the-Box Features for Creating a Distribution Portal

Increase Revenue

  • B2B account profile
  • Large catalogs
  • AI-based full-text search
  • Product semantic search
  • AI-based recommendations
  • Quotes management
  • Subscriptions
  • Multiple currencies
  • Content localization
  • Personalized marketing
  • Personalized pricing
  • Performance tracking

Build Strong Connection

  • Order tacking
  • CMS integrations
  • Document statuses
  • Company profile
  • Contracts
  • Role-based access
  • Product images
  • Product assets
  • Product videos
  • Advanced analytics
  • Transparent order history
  • Advanced localization

Simplify Operations

Let customers handle routine requests themselves, from checking stock and specifications to downloading invoices, so your team spends less time on manual work.
  • AI assistants
  • High order volumes
  • ERP integrations
  • ECM integrations
  • Real-time product availability
  • Self-services
  • Access to knowledge bases
  • Access to trainings
  • Specifications
  • Invoices
  • Communications
  • RFQ workflows

See Virto Distributor Portal in Action

Schedule a demo and see how Virto Portal lets your distributors order and find product information on their own.
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