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What documents will I be asked for as a supplier or distributor?
Proof of your business when you register, then the papers of each trade: the order, the offer letter you accept and, on the supply side, the papers that let your vendors be paid.
In short
- When you register: identity, registration and tax documents, which depend on your legal form.
- As a distributor: your stock order and the offer letter you accept.
- As a supplier: the purchase order, your vendors’ quotes, a letter of instruction and the delivery note.
When you register
Identity, registration and tax documents. Which ones depends on your legal form: a sole proprietor, a partnership and a limited company each give different ones. Your financier tells you exactly what it needs.
As a distributor, for each order
Your stock order, picked from your anchor’s catalog or backed by its proforma invoice. Then the offer letter for that order, which you read and accept.
As a supplier, for each purchase order
Your anchor’s purchase order, a proforma invoice from each of your vendors, and a letter of instruction to your anchor about where it pays for the order. Then the offer letter, which you accept. After delivery: the delivery note and each vendor’s final invoice.
What your anchor provides
As a distributor, your anchor approves your order. As a supplier, it confirms the purchase order, signs a letter of undertaking and confirms the delivery note. The platform sends each of these to your anchor.
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