The former self-service Brand verification UI has not been migrated to the new platform. Follow these steps to have the Brand Owner verify / authorize their distributors in the suppliers' profiles.
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Go to Reporting Central Brand "Profile Report". Go to the "Brand Authorization" tab. Link to: Brand Authorization Report in "Brand Profiles". Type desired brand in Brand box in upper left and tick box. Export the Affiliated Suppliers table to a spreadsheet (go to far right side, hover over the word "Service", see three horizontal dots and choose "export data".).
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Add two columns to the right in the spreadsheet and label them "Verified Parts" and "Verified Service". It will help to make those two new columns a different color so brand owner understands to populate those columns.
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Send the brand owner the spreadsheet and ask the brand owner to indicate verification of the supplier for parts and/or service by putting "verified" or “rejected” in the appropriate column. If they do not put “verified” or “rejected” in the added columns, the values will stay as reported in the existing Parts and Service columns.
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If the Brand Owner verifies it, then the brand will be shown as "Authorized" for parts and/or services in the distributor's profile.
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Self-reported indicates that the supplier claims authorization, but the brand owner has not verified it.
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If not tagged as "verified" or "self-reported" (blank), or is tagged as "rejected", the brand will be displayed at the bottom of the brand list in the distributor's profile under "Other".
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Send the spreadsheet to support to update the authorizations in Zero.