1. Organization

2. Content

3. Logistics

4. Live setting

ORGANIZATION

Welcome to heyconnect. We are very pleased that we can now officially start the onboarding process with you.
Over the next few weeks, we will guide you through our four process steps (organization, content, logistics and live setting), which must be completed in this specific order during onboarding.

 

1. ORGANIZATION

In the first phase, we set the foundations for our partnership. For example, we clarify your platform selection, create the required data models for your items and select a warehouse for your brand based on the data you provide.

2. CONTENT

In the content phase, we prepare you to create platform-optimized text and image content and enter it into our PIM system. We will provide you with comprehensive training and detailed guides to make it easier for you to use the system and support you in creating and managing your content. In this way, we ensure that you are perfectly prepared for the content phase.

3. LOGISTICS

As soon as the content is available in the PIM system, we are able to receive your goods in the warehouse and you can schedule your initial delivery. As soon as the items are with stock in the system, the items can be exported and set live.

4. LIVE SETTING

Once we have created the text and image content and received the first goods from you, the focus in the final phase is on putting your articles live on the approved platforms (assuming the content is complete). In addition, we will send you reporting and data links during this phase so that you have a clear overview of your sales and stock quantities at all times.

As soon as we have completed these milestones, we will be able to sell your items on the approved platforms.

Register in our Service Hub!

In order to simplify collaboration both during onboarding and later during live operation and to process your requests efficiently and quickly, we ask you to register directly in our Service Hub. The Service Hub enables us to process your requests in a targeted manner and guide you through our onboarding process. This is the only way we can offer you the best possible support!

You can find a detailed guide on how to use the Service Hub at the following link:

Our step-by-step onboarding plan

STEP 1: PLATFORM APPROVALS

In order for us to be able to sell your items on the connected platforms, it is first necessary to obtain approvals for your brand(s). If you have not yet completed the following two forms during the sales phase, please do so, as this is the only way we can apply for and manage platform approvals for your brand(s):

 

Please note:

  • If you have already completed the two forms during the sales meetings, it is of course not necessary to complete them again.
  • If you would like to connect several brands via heyconnect, we would ask you to complete a separate form for each brand.
 

Take a look at our Platform Insights in advance. Here we have collected relevant information on all the platforms for you in one document.

 

Here is a brief note on amazon if you intend to go live on this platform:

  • Prior trademark registration is required for an amazon live setting.
  • If your trademark is not yet registered on amazon, please register it first at https://brandregistry.amazon.de.
  • You can then grant us administrator rights in the portal so that we can manage your trademark on amazon. Please contact your CSM for this.
STEP 2: DATAMODEL

We need the right data model for all your products that you want to go live with. Please note: We can only insert your text content once the required data models are available in our system.

 

Below you will find our data model overview, which includes all product types already implemented.

 

If you are missing product types in the overview, please send a list of missing product types by e-mail to your Customer Success Manager.

Please note: The creation of a new data model takes up to 4 weeks and is a free service.

STEP 3: WAREHOUSE INFORMATION

In the next step, we need some logistical information about the average stock volumes you are planning with us. Please answer a few logistical questions about your products in our Service Hub.

 

To do this, please select the topic in the form: “Onboarding” > Contact reason: “I would like to submit logistical information” and answer our questions.

 

Please note: As we need the quantities and dimensions on brand level, please complete the form in the Service Hub for each brand in case you have several brands you want to to live with.

 

While many questions focus on the dimensions and quantity split of your items, we will ask you for an address for the return of “non-stockable returns” (NLR for short). These are defective, soiled or incorrect items that are no longer in a saleable condition. Some of these are items returned by the end customer. However, they are also some normal returns where a defect has been identified in our returns department that makes the goods unsaleable. Examples of this are loosened seams or traces of glue on the item from production. We send the collected NLRs back to you in regular intervals.

 

If you would like to take a look at the upcoming specifications and requirements already, you can familiarize yourself with our logistics guide. However, we will only provide you with more specific details on the notification process at the start of step 3 of the onboarding process, the logistics phase.

STEP 4: CONTACT INFORMATIONEN

In order to be able to offer you and your end customers a smooth service over the course of the collaboration and across all departments, we need a few contact persons from you for each business fied.

 

Please provide us with the respective email addresses and names of the contact persons via the Service Hub. To do this, please select the topic in the form: “Onboarding” > Contact reason: “I would like to provide our contact persons”.

STEP 5: CUSTOMER SERVICE

As second-level support, our customer service answers various questions from your end customers for you every day. In order to be able to provide this service smoothly, we need some information from you – for example, a contact person for product-related questions or a statement as to whether we can grant your customers a discount (and if so, how much) in the event of a product error.

 

Please provide us with the required information via the Service Hub. In the form, please select the topic: “Onboarding” > Contact reason: “I would like to provide information for customer service”.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

As soon as the organizational issues have been dealt with, we will move on to the content phase. When the time comes, we will provide you with all the information you need for the next phase.

 

If you have any questions, please contact your Customer Success Manager.

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