#1 Business Solution for VARs

ChannelOnline is delivered by CNET Channel, which for over seven years has been supporting the electronic infrastructure of resellers worldwide. More than 3,000 VAR professionals today run their businesses on ChannelOnline, and together they represent over a $1.2 billion marketplace in terms of annual quotes and sales orders. Leading technology reseller consortiums like ASCII and NASBA, as well as the top suppliers in the channel have endorsed ChannelOnline for years, and it's been praised by many as the "#1 business solution for VARs." With ChannelOnline, you can quickly experience the tight process alignment and business productivity you need to win more business - more profitably than you ever have before.

CNET Channel recently launched ChannelOnline 4.7 solution offers VARs an even broader range of sourcing, quoting, order management and e-commerce capabilities designed to integrate and streamline every step of the sales cycle.

Key ChannelOnline Functions

  • Administrative Management — configure application settings and create global system defaults for your entire company
  • Supplier Management — enable all your suppliers at once; manage contract suppliers and GovEd with special bidding
  • Customer Management — all your customers' information, including their purchase history, is stored in one place
  • Quoting Management — create a quote that pulls together your customers' pricing and preferences with your best supplier cost
  • Customer Extranet (E-commerce Storefront) — set up transaction-ready private and public storefronts where end-customers can browse your catalog, view custom pricing and place orders 24x7
  • Purchase Order Management — compare, in one place, real-time pricing and availability from supported distributors and suppliers
  • Reports Management — manage your sales and operations more effectively with comprehensive reports that show company, sales or e-commerce storefront quotes, sales orders and PO stats
  • Back-Office Integration — pre-packaged links to the top U.S. IT and consumer electronics distributors/suppliers, carriers and business software programs
  • My Channel Dashboard (QuickLinks) — get one-click access to company/rep sales figures, favorite products, "my" purchasing and more