Terms
This topic explains the basic terms for Enterprise Purchase API integration to help you get started quickly.
Overview of terms
Category | Term | Description |
Distributor | Reseller Distributor | An enterprise customer that uses the Alibaba product supply chain for its business scenarios by integrating with the API. |
Distribution Purchasing Shop PurchaseShop | A distributor's shop that is activated after the distributor onboards. In API integration mode, this shop acts as the purchasing identity to place purchase orders with channel partners. | |
Purchaser Purchaser | Corresponds one-to-one with a PurchaseShop. The distributor's purchase shop uses the purchaser identity to call the API for actions such as querying products and creating purchase orders. | |
Channel partner | Seller Seller | The channel partner's business entity. |
Shops Shop | A shop opened by a channel partner. When a distributor onboards, they establish a partnership with a specific channel partner's shop. Distributors place purchase orders with this shop through the API. | |
Product | Item Selection Pool SelectionPool | A subset of purchasable products that a distributor selects from a channel partner's shop. By default, a selection pool is created for each purchase shop, and products are automatically imported. Products involved in purchase orders or product change notifications must exist in the selection pool. |
Product Product | A purchasable product offered by a channel partner. Distributors use this product to create purchase orders. | |
Stock Keeping Unit SKU | A stock keeping unit. Each SKU represents a unique product. Price and inventory information are associated with the SKU. | |
Category Category | The classification to which a product belongs. Each product belongs to a single leaf category. Categories have a multi-level structure. | |
Transaction | Purchase order PurchaseOrder | An order placed by a distributor to purchase products from a channel partner. A purchase order, also known as a distribution transaction order, may be split into multiple orders based on rules in the channel partner's shop. |
Order Order | A transaction agreement between a distributor and a channel partner's shop. It manages the lifecycle of order payment and fulfillment statuses. | |
Logistics Order LogisticsOrder | An entity used during order fulfillment to link a logistics company's shipping order with its logistics status and details. Each logistics order corresponds one-to-one with a tracking number. | |
Tracking number TrackingNumber | The tracking number from the logistics company. | |
Order Line OrderLine | An entity created when an order is split by SKU. An order line contains information such as its cost and fulfillment status. | |
Support Ticket RefundOrder | The entity that processes a refund initiated by a distributor. Refunds are based on order lines and include basic refund information, refund execution status, and more. | |
Bill | Product General Bill ProductGeneralBill | A general bill for product transactions, generated according to the reconciliation period. |
Other | Division Code DivisionCode | A country's administrative region code. The code consists of 6 digits. |
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