# Presentation: 530805

## GSA Advantage!®

**www.gsaadvantage.gov**

## www.gsaadvantage.gov

**This tutorial will take you step by step through a typical shopping session.  The tutorial is divided into 5 sections:****  **
- _[Section 1: Registration and Profile](slide28.xml)_
- _[Section 2: Searching on ](slide8.xml)__[GSA Advantage!](slide8.xml)__***®***_**	**
- _[Section 3: Search Results & Product Detail](slide21.xml)_
- _[Section 4: Cart & Checkout](slide24.xml)_
- _[Section 5: Order History & Order Status](slide30.xml)_

## Section 1: Registration

**Section 1: Registration**
**and Profile**

** ****Registration**
** ****Updating Your Profile**

## Slide 4

**Notes:**
 In order to park carts, make purchases, and check order history, you will need to login.

 To register for a User ID and Password, click on “Register”.

## Slide 5

**Notes:**
Updating your profile:

 To update your profile, click on the “Profile” link in the menu bar.

 You can access your member information by clicking on “Member Information”.

 Member Information allows you to edit your personal information including your name, phone, agency, e-mail address, etc. This is the data you entered during registration.

4. Click “Update” to update your information.

## Slide 6

**Notes:**
You can access your address book by clicking on “Edit Address Book” .

You can remove an address by clicking on the “Remove Address” link, located under each address.  

An additional address can be created by clicking on the “Create a New Address” link.  

## Slide 7

**Notes:**
Edit Methods of Payment

 You can access your methods of payments by clicking on “Edit Methods of Payment”. 

 Add additional purchase cards or AAC/DoDAAC codes by entering the required information and clicking “Update”. 

 To apply for an Activity Address Code (AAC) or AAC password click on “Apply for an AAC” or “Apply for a Password”.

## Section 2: Searching on 

**Section 2: Searching on **
**GSA *****Advantage!******®***

** ****Searching by Keyword**
** ****Searching by Category**
** ****Refining your Search**
** ****Advance Search**

## Slide 9

**Notes:**
 Welcome to the GSA Advantage! Home Page

 Anyone can search for products and services on GSA Advantage! without registering for a user ID and password.

To demonstrate, lets begin searching...
There are 2 Ways to Search on GSA Advantage!

Search Option #1.  Search by Keyword

  First, type a keyword into the search box.
  Use the category dropdown to search in a specific category or special category.
  Click Find it! to start searching!

## Slide 10

**Notes:**
Search Results Page:

Suggested Categories allows you to narrow your keyword search to a specific category.  Clicking on a suggested category will display filtered results based on the suggested category you selected.

## Slide 11

**Notes:**
Search Option #2.  Browse by Category or Special Category

Click on the category or special category that best fits what item you are searching for.  

Special categories focus on special interests of government purchasing agents such as homeland security, the environment, and disaster relief. A special category provides related products and services, links to related websites, and applicable information on laws and regulations.

To find paper, click on “Office Solutions”.

## Slide 12

**Notes:**
 The bread crumb trail, at the top of the page, keeps track of your searching history and allows you to move backwards in the category search.

 The blue bullets to the left are a list of the categories under “Office Solutions” and examples of items that are in those categories.  

 Look for services in each super category under the “Additional” subcategory.

 Copier paper falls under “Paper Products”.  Click on “Paper Products” to continue narrowing down the search.

## Slide 13

**Notes:**
 Continue to drill down through the category search and make the best decision based on what item you wish to find.   Categories are designed so that each level narrows your search results.

 For this example, look under the subcategory “Printing & writing paper”.

## Slide 14

**Notes:**
 Here is the final level of categories under “Printing & writing paper”.  Read through the list and find the best fit for your product.

 To view the search results for copier paper, click on the “Printer or copier paper” category.

## Slide 15

**Notes:**
Search Results Page:

 You can sort your results by price, part number, product name, manufacturer, contractor, or contract number.   

 You can narrow your results by searching within results.  For example, if you only wanted to display 8.5 x 11 inch copier paper, type “8.5 x 11” into the text box and click Refine.   

3. Click on “More refine options” link to further filter your search results.

## Slide 16

**Notes:**
 “Refine My Search Results” allows you to limit the search based on environmental characteristics or socioeconomic business status.  

 For example, to display only Recycled Content Items, mark the check boxes next to the filter.

 The numbers next to the filters represent the number of items within your search which contain that filter.  For example, there are 333 items which contain Recycled Content.

4. Click Refine to display results.

## Slide 17

**Notes:**
 The filter you checked on the previous pages is listed here. 

 If you wish to remove a filter, click on the gray X located next to that filter.  For example, to no longer restrict your search to just recycled items, click on the gray X located next to “Recycled Items”.  

## Slide 18

**Notes:**
You can also view all manufacturers or contractors who supply copier paper by clicking on links located at the bottom left.

## Slide 19

**Notes:**
The Manufacturers Filter option allows you to narrow your search results to just the manufacturers that you select.

## Slide 20

**Notes:**
Click on Advanced Search for additional opportunities to narrow your search results by searching for an exact phrase in a particular product field, restricting your search by category, price, or socioeconomic factors, and limiting your display options. 

## Section 3: Search Results & Product Detail

**Section 3: Search Results & Product Detail**

** ****Search Results Page**
** ****Additional Sources**

## Slide 22

**Notes:**
Search Results Page

 Business size indicators are listed next to the contract number.

 Symbols represent the environmental, socioeconomic, and other factors which apply to the item.

 “SALE” indicates the contractor is offering a temporary price reduction off their normal contract price.

 Some items give you the ability to customize Options/ Accessories.

 To view additional sources, click on the “Additional Sources” link.

## Slide 23

**Notes:**
 The “Product Detail” page displays important product information including price, unit of issue, min/max order, warranty,  F.O.B., etc. Review this information thoroughly.

2. Be sure to review the minimum order purchase amount before making a selection.

3. If multiple vendors are displayed, click the button from the one you wish to purchase.

4. If you are ready to purchase, enter your quantity in the box and click “Add to Cart”.

## Section 4: Cart & Checkout

**Section 4: Cart & Checkout**

** ****Shopping Cart**
** ****Checkout**
** ****Order Confirmation**

## Slide 25

**Notes:**
Your Shopping Cart

To proceed to checkout, click on the “Checkout” button in your shopping cart.

## Slide 26

**Notes:**
Step 1: Select Method of Payment

 Purchase card customers may select a card from the one(s) entered in their “Profile”.  Or, you may enter a new Purchase card in the boxes provided.

 If you are ordering GSA items, you may select from two billing options.  Choose “Line Item Billing” to see each item listed on your Purchase card statement.  Select “Consolidated Billing” to see only one line with the total for your entire order.

If you are purchasing NSNs, you may pay with your “AAC” or “DoDAAC”.

 Upon selecting your payment method, click one the “Submit-Continue” button to submit your information.

## Slide 27

**Notes:**
Step 2: Select Shipping Address

The addresses listed on this page are the addresses stored in your profile.  Please select which address you wish to ship to by selecting the radio button next to the Address Name.

If you would like to Create a New Address, click on the “Create a New Address” link.

The “Individual Receiving Shipment” information is required for each shipment.

Click “Submit-Continue” to continue.

## Slide 28

**Notes:**
Step 3:  Checkout Review

1.  Please review all information listed on this page.  If you need to change any information, click on the link below the information.  For example, to change you Payment Information, click on the “Change Payment Information” link.    

2.  All GSA Requisitions will be displayed at the top.  Purchase Orders going to Schedule vendors will be displayed at the bottom.

3.  If your GSA purchase is in support of an emergency, please indicate that in the dropdown box.

4.  The checkout review page gives you the option to view and select from multiple dealers if available.

5.  Click “Process Order” to process your order.

## Slide 29

**Notes:**
Here is your Order Confirmation.

If you wish to print the purchase order, click “View/Print PO”.

## Section 5: Order History & Order Status

**Section 5: Order History & Order Status**

** ****Order History**
** ****Order Status**

## Slide 31

**Notes:**
 To view your 3 most recent orders, you can click on the Session Numbers on the GSA Advantage! home page.

 To view your order history or order status,  click on the “Order Status/History” link above.

## Slide 32

**Notes:**
 To search for a specific order, type the Purchase Order #, Requisition #, or Session #, then click “Go”.

 You can also view your orders placed during a certain date range by selecting the date range desired and clicking “Go”.

 To view all of your GSA Advantage! Orders, click on the “Go” after “View all your GSA Advantage! Orders”.

## Slide 33

**Notes:**
Listed are all orders made in 2006.  Click on the session number link to check the status or view details of a specific order.

## Scissors, Inc 877-234-453

**Notes:**
 Here are the details of Advantage! session #1208439

 Check to see if the vendor has submitted shipping & tracking information.

 You may enter a cancellation request by checking the box under the Cancel column.  Remember, items with one (1) day delivery cannot be canceled.

 A user may also choose to View/Print Purchase Orders by clicking on the “View/Print PO” button.  

 All new orders will contain symbols, such as the recycled symbol.  The definition of these symbols will be located at the bottom right of the page.

 To reorder, type in the quantity you wish to reorder in the box to the left and click Submit.  This will take you directly to the shopping cart.

## Contacts

**e-Buy Hotline: (877) 472–3777  Option 2**
**e-Buy e-mail:  gsa.advantage@gsa.gov**
**e-Tools website:  www.gsa.gov/powerup **
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