How to Process Retail.Pet Rewards | Astro Distributors
When retailer's participate in the brands training on Retail.Pet and they select an item that is also on Astro, that items is sent to Astro as a Free Good Offer redemption. These redemptions can be processed in the same manner as a Free Good Astro Offer.
1. When logging into Astro you will see two Dashboards. Click the Dashboard button to enter the Free Goods section.
2. On the Unfulfilled section, you will see the Brand name and the Retailer's Store name that submitted the redemption for credt.
You can use the filters on the left to narrow down by Manufacturer or Retailer Location if you prefer.
If you do not service a retailer who submitted redemptions to you, you can re-assign those to Temporary Holding. The retailer will receive a notfication to update the distributor. Here is an article with more information: How to Reassign Retailer Programs to Temporary Holding
3. You can rename all of your batches. You can label them however you want to help you stay organized!
3. Click the Create Free Good button when you are ready to compile a report of the redemptions that are currently checked.
Unfulfilled:
4. You will automatically be taken to the next section; Unfulfilled Batches. This section means that you have pulled the redemptions for processing. Click Batch Description of created batch you just made.
5. Inside the batch you created, there are several export options available to you here if you need them. You will see the Manufacturer Name, Program Name, Item Code (UPC), Item Description, and how many cards or rebates were redeemed. Review the batch contents to make sure everything is correct.
If you accidently created the batch or need to redo the batch, select the Unbatch Rewards button. It will move all the redemptions back to the Unbatched section and you can start the process again.
If you click on the Program Name link, you will see additional information such as the Account Number (if you issue one to retailers), Location Name, City & State of the Retailer.
From here if you click on the Location Name, you will see the Frequent Buyer Card or Rebate information.
This is where you can decline the redemption or Unbatch this specific redemption as well. Unbatching the redemption will move that specific item back to the Unbatched section. Declining the redemption will notify the retailer that the redemption has been declined.
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6. When you have a batch in the Unfulfilled section, you should now take the information from the reports and issue credits to retailers. (A batch is the group of redemption reports from the Unbatched section that you pulled.) The batch created shows which retailer(s) redeemed what items and put it into a report so you know what to issue credit for. You give credit back for the amount the retailer purchased the item from you for or the amount listed for the Rebate redemptions. Free Goods will show as Units.
7. Once you issued the credits, you return to Astro, locate your batch in the Unfulfilled Free Goods section, and mark the batch "fulfilled." Once you mark a batch fulfilled, the batch will move into the Fulfilled section.
Only mark a batch as Fulfilled if credit has already been issued to the retailers.
Fulfilled:
8. Once you mark a batch as Fulfilled you will be taken to the Fulfilled Batches section. Once the batch is in the fulfilled area, retailers will see that they are getting credits for the redemptions you processed and marked as fulfilled.
For Distributors, you can create a secondary batch specifically to send to the manufacturer for credit. Select the reports you wish to include in your Credit Batch by checking the box to the left of the batch descriptions. Once you have checked all the batches you want to include, click on the Create Credit Batch button. You can also re-name this batch as well to help stay organized.
For Distributors, you can create a secondary batch specifically to send to the manufacturer for credit. Select the reports you wish to include in your Credit Batch by checking the box to the left of the batch descriptions. Once you have checked all the batches you want to include, click on the Create Credit Batch button. You can also re-name this batch as well to help stay organized.
Manufacturer Credit:
9. Once you have credited a Credit Batch in the previous step, you will be taken to the Batches Grouped For MFG Credit. You can click on your Credit Batches to access additional reports.
10. You can then generate a report to submit to the Manufacturer by clicking one of the options available: Generate Summary PDF, Generate by Location PDF, Export Backup. You can use these reports to submit to the manafacturer for your reimbursement.
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