Guide for distributor setup, dealer creation, and order handoff.
Use a unique distributor ID in the format CC999, where CC is any two-letter country code and 999 is a three-digit sequence. Examples: AU001, US001, CA001.
Enter the legal or operating name that staff will recognize in the dashboard.
This is the primary operations or owner email for that distributor. Use a real monitored mailbox when possible.
This is optional. Use it if the distributor has another system that should receive event notifications such as new dealers, new orders, or provisioning milestones.
Use the Inventory card on the distributor dashboard to create a live distributor inventory order. The form creates an opening or reorder request through the licensing service and should generate a GHL invoice when billing is configured.
The distributor should have a valid ghl_contact_id before using this form.
Use the Create Direct Customer Order button on the distributor dashboard when the distributor wants a customer namespace for their own internal use or for a direct customer they manage themselves.
Those orders use the distributor's own ID as the dealer portion of the composite code, then return to the same distributor dashboard for node assignment and top-level approval.
Create dealer IDs with the same CC999 format and match the dealer's operating country code where practical. Examples: AU002, US003, DE004.
Use the dealer's public-facing business name so the record is easy to recognize later.
This is a required shared secret for dealer-side authentication and future secure workflows. Store it carefully.
When an order is pending_distributor, the distributor adds the node and sends the order upward for top-level approval. For testing, node-1 is acceptable. For real operations, use the actual node or agreed logical node name.