Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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Please Note: Fulfillment type must be set prior to submitting order and can be set from the Shopping Cart page, Order Review, and Payment Information pages.
Please Note: A Will Call order requires a 2-hour lead time for processing.
Note: Fulfillment type must be set prior to submitting order and can be set from the Shopping Cart page, Order Review, and Payment Information pages.
Note: A Will Call order requires a 2-hour lead time for processing.
Site Features
Term |
Definition |
Account | A term for your business account. An account lives in a hierarchy – “master accounts” can manage “branch accounts”. |
Branch Account | A sub-account, generally, a branch location to a “master account”. Branch Accounts allow to have multiple users. |
Chat | A site feature that allows you to send and receive instant messages to/from PDC Account Representatives. |
Core | A Core charge is assigned to items to cover a recycling fee. |
Duplicate Cart Row | If you want to have multiple rows in the cart for an identical item – you can click the “duplicate line item“ in the cart.
You would use this feature in the case you would like to assign two different PO#s to the same part number at two different item quantities if also needed. |
Free Shipping | Free shipping is earned in three cases:
A meter is provided in the upper right of all pages on partsdistributing.com indicating where an order stands on earning freight prepaid terms. |
Order Upload | You can upload an order using a csv template that contains part number(s) and quantity.
A blank csv template can be downloaded from the Order Upload page. Note: only .csv format is supported, excel formats are not supported (.xls, .xlsx) |
Quick Order | A feature which allows you to enter a part number and quantity to directly populate the cart without having to navigate to through the site to search for the part and then add to cart.
If you know your part number(s), you may enter it into the Quick Order widget with quantity and Add to Cart. |