Introduction To Sitecore OrderCloud

Hello everyone, This is my first blog for Sitecore OrderCloud series. This is an introductory blog where we will try to understand basic concept about what is Sitecore OrderCloud, what are some common terminologies use in Order Cloud. In this blog we will also see how we can create our first market place in Sitecore OrderCloud.

Lets understand what is Sitecore OrderCloud first. According to Sitecore, Sitecore OrderCloud powers unique ecommerce, order management, and marketplace solutions while following MACH(Microservices-based, API-first, Cloud-native, and Headless) architecture.Sitecore OrderCloud gives a platform in form of portal as well as expose Rest API where you can build whole backend system require for and ecommerce solution.Everything inside Sitecore OrderCloud is exposed through rest api which any front end ecommerce application can easily integrate and use it.

Sitecore OrderCloud supports B2B, B2C and B2X business model

Some basic concept in Sitecore OrderCloud are as listed below

  • Marketplace : A marketplace is a singular entity that connects suppliers and buyers. Example: Amazon or Facebook market place
  • Marketplace owner: A marketplace owner (MPO) can see and control everything in the entire marketplace.
  • Buyer: Buyers, or customers, represent real-world entities who view the categories and products in a marketplace and can purchase or order product in marketplace
  • Supplier: Suppliers are a distinct organization type that indirectly fulfills orders and creates products.

Lets try to understand the User hierarchy in Sitecore OrderCloud. In Sitecore OrderCloud MarketPlace is place at top followed by Supplier, Marketplace administrator and Buyer at the same level.Refer Below image for your reference.

Now lets start with Sitecore Order Cloud Portal. Here I will show you, where we can create our account on Sitecore OrderCloud portal. So you can go to OrderCloud link. Once the page is open, you will get an option to create a free account there as shown below. Fill up all the required data and you are set to login to OrderCloud Portal.

Once you login to SitecoreOrderCloud Portal, we will get an option to create New Marketplace as shown below. Click on it.

Fill the required Details and hit the create market place button. You can see, the environment is mostly Sandbox one.

Once your Marketplace is created, you can see the same in portal dashboard

Congratulation for creating your First Marketplace in Sitecore OrderCloud. In next series of part we will learn, some more key concepts of Sitecore OrderCloud.

Thanks for reading.. Happy learning and Happy Sitecoring

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