Stores

When you log onto the IBM Sales Center, no stores are available. You have to select a store explicitly, and you can only select from stores to which you have access. Within the Stores view, you can have an unlimited number of stores available, but only one store can be active at a time. Your available stores are based on either a B2B direct or consumer direct business model:

B2B direct business model

A business model that supports commerce transactions involving products, services, or information between two businesses or parties. Typical B2B direct transactions occur between buyers, suppliers, manufacturers, resellers, distributors, and trading partners.

Consumer direct business model

The consumer direct model supports commerce transactions involving products, services, or information between businesses and consumers. Consumers typically purchase goods or services directly from a business in a consumer direct scenario.

If you anticipate working with one particular store most often, you can set it as your default store in your preferences so that it opens every time you log on.