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Automate your web store with ProVu’s API

We have a number of APIs available for our resellers to utilise. These can help you to build your website and/or integrate with your CRM. Integrating your systems with ours can help to significantly simplify the process of getting important, up to date product information from us, as well as allowing your customers/staff to place their orders directly with us via your own online interface. Take a look at some of the benefits of using ProVu APIs.

Our APIs have been developed in-house and are constantly being updated and expanded to meet the requirements our resellers. The APIs are simple to use and can be integrated with almost all systems out there.

In this blog, we are going to look more closely at the following APIs: Product Information, Product Categories and Ordering as these tend to be the common starting points for integration.

Product Information API
There is a lot of information you can pull about the products we supply, this data can help in the building of your webstore.

Part code ProVu’s product name – this is a unique name given to each item, which is required to place orders. We can even store your own part code if you require or you can simply map these across.
Brand / Class For example Snom and Yealink.
Product Name A short concise product name.
Product Description This is a longer product description, which you can use to quickly build your product information web pages.
Product Range Some manufacturers have different ranges of products, where possible we store this information for you to use. For example, for Yealink we have T2, T4, T5 and CP. These can help to sub-categorise items within a brand/class on you website.
Retail Price Recommended retail price, this is guidance as to what you may want to charge your customers.
Your Price Your discounted trade price, this could be used with the retail price to calculate your sales out pricing to make sure you are making enough margin.
Available Stock Real-time quantity of stock available.
Item Weight Weight stored in kg can be used to help calculate shipping charges.
MPN Manufacturer’s part number/SKU.
EAN This field provides information about EAN/UPC/GTIN which is generally required for web stores using Google shops, shopify etc. You can differentiate between EAN and UPC number quite easily – if the number is 12 digits long it’s a UPC and if it’s 13 digits long it will be an EAN.

We also have a developers guide of how use our product images and datasheets to display on your own site.

Product Categories API
We provide a number product categories for example IP Desk Phone and IP Conference Phones with a list of applicable items, this can be used as a quick way to build your product menus and navigation within your web store if you wish.

Ordering API
An order can be placed by simply passing a unique order reference, list of ordered items and required quantities to us.

There is a number of other things you can tell us about your order using our ordering API:

  • Drop ship details including address and contact details
  • Drop ship branding (see more information on our Branded Shipping services)
  • Carrier service
  • Provisioning settings

 

It doesn’t stop here, we have more APIs available for our resellers including Order details, Invoices, Device status and Device management API – Take a look to find out more.

Adding IP Phone configuration details to orders

Our ProSys provisioning service enables resellers to add device-specific configuration settings while placing orders, offering a true plug-and-play service for their end-users.

As part of our continued drive to improve our online reseller portal, ProSys, we have recently made improvements to the user interface to enhance the user experience – now making it easier than ever to add device configuration details in ProSys.

How to add IP Phone configuration details in ProSys

1) The first step is to add the product to your basket. There are a couple of ways to add hardware to your basket:

You can go to the ‘Price List and stock information’ page, find the product you want to add and click on the button to add it to your basket. This will take you to the order page.

Or you can go straight to the ordering page using the button on the ProSys home page.

In the order form start typing the name of the product in the ‘Choose Product’ text box,  for example ‘Snom D715’. As soon as you start typing, the search results will start displaying a list of products with the nearest match. Simply click on the correct product you want to order to add it to the basket.

3) When you have your items in the basket, click on the button to take you to the configuration settings page.

4) On the configuration page, you will see fields like SIPUser, SIPPass and option to add up to 2 accounts to each phone. The majority of installations will only require Account A fields to be completed, but you can add a 2nd SIP account to the device if needed.

Before adding any details, please make sure you familiarise yourself with the terms on the configuration page. Find below a table which explains each setting and what should be added.

Label Setting meaning
SIPUser Extension number
SIPPass Extension password
SIPProxy Registration/Proxy server URL/IP
outboundProxy Outbound proxy (if any)
SIPPort Phone local SIP listening port
SIPDisplay Display name to appear on the phone screen
SIPIdle Idle screen name
setting_server URL/IP address to redirect the phone to another configuration server

For the majority of installations, you can safely ignore SIPPort and setting_server fields, if in doubt please get in touch.

We can also work with you to create custom configuration templates which can contain common settings such as country tones, dial plan, time server and language etc, these details can be applied to all your devices. Please speak to our sales team if you would like more information.

Tell us what you think
We’d love your feedback! Feedback helps us to make our systems even better for you and we would be very grateful for any comments, problems and suggestions you have on how we could improve ProSys in the future to best suit your needs. Login and send us your feedback or give us a call.

If you do not have a login or have forgotten your password you are able to request a new one here.

New updated configuration interface in ProSys Order form

We’ve recently made improvements to the user interface on ProSys which allows you to add configuration settings to the phones and routers you are ordering – we have also introduced more user friendly field names for adding configuration details to your routers.

For routers you are able to set PPP Username, PPP password, Wi-Fi SSID, Wi-Fi password, Disable WLAN and select a configuration template if you have multiple templates set up. This enables you to have routers shipped directly to your customers’ address pre-provisioned and ready to work automatically out-of-the-box. If you have default settings you would like to use for your devices, talk to our support team and we can work with you to set up your configuration templates.

Order screen:
Adding items to your basket – simply start typing in the item you would like to order and select the item from the drop down list. To add config setting to the items in your basket, click the ‘config’ button.


Add configuration screen:

Log in and check it out

If you do not have a login or have forgotten your password you are able to request a new one here. We encourage you to let us know what you think and would be very grateful for any comments, problems and suggestions on how we could improve ProSys in the future to best suit your needs – login and send us your feedback.

 

Did you know? You are also able to place orders using our Ordering API, for automated order processing between your systems and ours. Details include ordered items and quantities, delivery information, carrier service, branding settings and configuration details for zero touch provisioning.

Improved accounts information in ProSys

We have made improvements to the way you can access and view your account information on ProSys. As part of our ongoing improvements to the systems and tools we make available for our customers, users are now able to view some key account information on from their online account.

Information available:

  • Credit information including limit, terms and balance
  • Current statement with a list of all outstanding invoices, credits and payments on account
  • List of your invoices for the last 90 days

Login in to ProSys and follow the link ‘Your accounts information’ to view your information.

Securing your account
We understand this information can be sensitive and you may not want all your ProSys users to access this information. Talk to us about who should see this information and to get your accounts team set up with log in details.

Tell us what you think
We’d love your feedback! Feedback helps us to make our systems even better for you and we would be very grateful for any comments, problems and suggestions you have on how we could improve ProSys in the future to best suit your needs.

Did you know? You are able to pull a list of your invoices and credits for the last 60 days using our Invoice API. This API returns a JSON document and is useful data if you want to integrate directly with your accounting software or if you would like to output the data in your own system.

NEW! Router Management now available

We’ve added a new service to our router offering!
Thanks to our latest developments, you can now remotely manage provisioned routers from ProVu.

What does this mean to me?
With router management, you can remotely edit TR-069 settings on your ASUS, DrayTek or Technicolor routers. This could be anything from editing remote access, ISP details or WiFi settings. Router management enables you to take control of your deployed devices regardless of your physical location.		 DrayTek 2832
FREE for 1 year*
What’s more, Router Management is completely free for the first year! Following this, you will then be charged a small fee of just £0.25 per router, per month.

Talk to us about accessing Router Management

 

*Router Management is only available on provisioned routers purchased from ProVu.

DrayTek Router Provisioning with ProVu

Did you know we can ship DrayTek routers direct to your customers complete with your branding ready to work automatically out-of-the-box? Thanks to our router provisioning service, we can provide you with the tools to simplify and reduce the cost of your router deployments.

Say Goodbye to…

Manually configuring your customer’s routers.
Doubling up on delivery costs – no need to ship items from your offices.
Ineffective management of deployed routers.

 

And Say Hello to…

A better customer experience with fast deployment, automatic provisioning and remote management.

Call us today on 01484 840048 to create your own unique provisioning template.

Getting Started with Router Provisioning

Comms Vision 2017

We recently sponsored the annual Comms Vision Conference in Gleneagles. Established in 2006, Comms Vision is one of the leading destinations for the UK’s major Channel Partners. It prides itself on providing a challenging and thought-provoking environment, helping industry professionals define future strategies, new technologies and opportunities.

2017 marked ProVu’s sponsor debut and it most certainly did not disappoint! Our Managing Director, Darren and Sales Director, Craig thoroughly enjoyed the conference with lots of interesting seminars, meetings and even some Golf and Clay Pigeon Shooting along the way. We look forward to returning again next year and would like to say thank you to the Comms Dealer team for putting on such a fantastic event!

Here’s a short video of Darren talking about ProVu to Professional TV journalist, Bridgid Nzekwu at the event.

New Lower APC Shipping Prices!

ProVu customers can now enjoy a new lower shipping charge for APC mainland UK deliveries. Here’s a brief overview of how shipping rates are calculated and an introduction our new pricing, starting from just £4.95!

APC shipping prices are calculated on the size and weight of a consignment. They have two standard sized mailing bags which are referred to as ‘Mail Pack’ and ‘Courier Pack’ – if the despatched items can fit, and weigh under the bag limit they are shipped on this service for which we have some new discounted rates.

ProSys Standard
Mail pack: Small, up to 1 kg £4.95 £5.45
Courier pack: Medium, up to 5kg £6.45 £6.95
Box: (There can be multiple boxes per consignment) £8.95 £9.45
Additional kg: between 20kg and 100kg £0.30 £0.30
Additional kg: 100kg + £0.40 £0.40

As you can see in the above table, shipping charges are 50p lower for orders placed through our reseller portal, ProSys. Register for a free ProSys account today to start saving on APC’s next day services.

ProVu take on the Gladiators

Members of the ProVu team participated in the Gauntlet Games in Manchester at the weekend. Covering a 10km course, the team were faced with a variety of obstacles from monkey bars suspended over ice-cold water, to space hopper races and foam-filled slides.

With a fancy dress theme of ‘Superheroes’, we took the opportunity to bring our reseller portal, ProSys to life. Dressed as each individual component of our system, our team consisted of ProSys, Ordering, Provisioning, Management, and Integration.

Well done to all who took part, it was a great event filled with plenty of laughs along the way!

Webinar: Discover the Power of ProSys – Register now!

Have you discovered the Power of ProSys yet? Our award-winning reseller portal, ProSys offers you access to a variety of tools which are all designed to make your life that little bit easier. With access to online ordering, automatic provisioning, remote device management and system integration we’re sure you’ll agree ProSys has a lot to offer!

We invite you to join us on Tuesday 19th September at 11 AM when we will be hosting a free ProSys webinar. Whether you’re new to ProSys or are a regular user, this webinar is suitable for anyone looking to find out more about ProSys. Throughout the webinar, we will take the time to cover each individual element of ProSys and carry out some live demonstrations of our system in action. Register now to join us!

 

Register & Find out more here