March 3, 2011

Search by Quotation Number in My Quotes

A recently deployed feature to the Ideal Electrical Online store gives you added flexibility when searching for your quotations in the system. As well as being able to search by a defined date range in the My Quotes page, you can now also search by a single qoute number to find quotations that are generated either in the Online Store, or keyed in by our staff in the branch.

How it works:

Simply open your ‘My Quotes’ page from either the tab in the home page header, or from the link in the ‘My Account’ page. You will see a list of your quotations as shown below.

The default view shows the user a list of all available quotations within a date range

When this list is large, you can either search using the date picker widgets available to narrow down your results or if you know the quotation number, you can enter it directly into the field provided.

Enter your quotation number in the box and click on the Search button

Finding your quote using this method will take you directly to the quote details section where you can accept the quote and place the order with a single click.

The quotation can now be accepted and ordered with a single click from this screen

This can be used for:

  • Quotes raised within the online store
  • Quotes keyed in by our branch
  • Quotations of off-catalogue product (buy-ins)
  • Saving you time in quotation processing!

As with all of our time saving features available in the Ideal Electrical Online Store, the best way to experience these is to login and try them for yourself! In March, all orders over $250 placed in the online store go into the draw to win a $500 RedBalloon Voucher every week! Why not login and start experiencing the convenience of online shopping today?

August 16, 2010

How can I view my current account balance online?

Filed under: News,Online store tips — admin @ 2:53 pm

In addition to providing a self-service portal for order placement and product search, the Ideal E-Commerce store also allows you to track several of your account functions with us.

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Including order tracking, invoice search and reprints, account balance inquiries and quote conversions, the Ideal online store will allow you to track all interactions with Ideal – not just those placed through the web.

The instructions below will show you how to generate a copy of a monthly statement.

STEP 1: The ‘My account’ tab will take you directly into the account features available to the user, presented as shown below.


STEP 2: Clicking on the ‘Account Balance’ link from the My Accounts page will display your current balance with Ideal.

STEP 3: Using the date picker shown above, you can also select a statement period and have a copy of that statement emailed to your inbox.

For example, if you wish to reprint an August 2010 statement, simply select any date in August 2009, and then click on the ‘Get Statement’ button, shown below. You will receive this statement on your e-mail address.

July 15, 2010

Find your product easily online with Ideal’s state of the art search engine

Ideal have developed the latest in search engines to enable easy, efficient finding of the product you’re looking for.

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This allows for unique grouping of products based on their product attributes, for example 2000 series switchgear, with added neon and in black.

STEP 1: Enter your search criteria ‘double gpo’

Shown on the left, you see the product refinements that allow a user to drill deeply into the search index for accuracy and control.

STEP 1: Enter your search criteria: double gpo

STEP 2: You can drill further into this search on ‘Product Category’, ‘Brand’ and many other options. In fact there are thousands of refinements defined for the Ideal search engine in alphabetical order.

Here we applied the filter ‘Clipsal’ in the brand attribute.

STEP 2: You can drill further into this search on ‘Product Category’, ‘Cover’ and many other options.

STEP 3: You can drill into these values to get the number of results shown in the brackets beside each refinement name. For example, Coulour > White = 29 results.

STEP 3: You can drill into these values to get the number of results shown in the brackets beside each refinement name.

Your result for a double gpo – Clipsal – White

Your result for a double gpo - Clipsal - White