Sales Rep
Getting started with FurnishNearMe
Get an overview of the FurnishNearMe platform and what it has to offer for Sales Reps. Learn how to set up your profile, complete onboarding tasks, and start using the platform’s powerful tools.
What's possible with FurnishNearMe
Showcase your brands on clients' online Shops
Connecting with a retail client on FurnishNearMe displays your brands(s) on their online Shop, showcasing both In-Stock and Available To Order items to local shoppers and increasing your sales opportunities. It also grants access to a wide range of additional features.
Learn more about displaying your products and more by Connecting With Your Retail Clients.
Streamline client management and prospecting
The Retailer Directory helps you manage clients and find new prospects with an interactive map of retailers in your territory. View and add to retailers' profile information, identify potential leads, and control how clients' products are displayed on their Shops—streamlining sales efforts and boosting profitability.
Learn more about Connecting With Clients and Product Distribution Controls.
Merchandise collaboratively in real time with clients
Organize and share curated product selections with the retailers you support using Product Lists. Lists make it faster and easier to recommend products, plan Purchase Orders, and collaborate more effectively, helping you become a trusted merchandising partner rather than just an order-taker.
Learn more about Product Lists and the Purchase Order Tool.
Provide expert product training online via the Training Center
The Training Center is your tool for creating and sharing product training videos with your Connected retailers. It helps you keep retail sales teams informed and prepared to sell your brand(s)—which is especially useful in cases where in-person training isn’t feasible or timely.
Learn more about the Training Center.
How to get set up on FurnishNearMe
To start leveraging FurnishNearMe’s powerful tools, you'll need to complete the necessary account setup steps. Without completing these, the platform's features may not function correctly.
Don't have an account yet? Click here to create one.
1. Complete your user profile
How to complete your profile
Start by clicking the account_box user account box in the top-right corner of the page and selecting My Dashboard from the dropdown. From there, select Go to Profile Settings.
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Verify that the current information is correct
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Add your phone number
This is optional but strongly recommended.
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Add a Headline
Your Headline briefly describe your role in the home furnishings industry—for example, "Buyer at Super Furniture," "Sales Rep," or "Director of Marketing."
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Add a profile picture
Having a profile picture builds trust, makes your profile more personal and approachable, and increases the chances of engagement from clients and prospects.
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Save your changes
2. Connect with the brand(s) you rep
To set the brands your clients carry, you must first Connect yourself to those brands on the platform. Without Connecting first, you will not have access to the brand's digital catalog on our platform.
Learn more about Connecting With Your Brands.
3. Define your territory
To start viewing, Connecting, and interacting with retailers via the Retailer Directory, you must first define your territory.
Learn more about Defining Your Territory.
4. Connect with your retail clients
To display your brands on a retailer’s Shop and access key collaboration tools, you must first Connect with that retailer on FurnishNearMe.
Learn more about Connecting With Your Retail Clients.
5. Customize your notification preferences
Customize your platform notification settings to ensure you receive alerts about what matters most to you, while minimizing distractions from less relevant updates.
How to change your notification settings
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Navigate to Notification Settings
Click the account_box user account box in the top-right corner of the page and select My Dashboard from the dropdown.
Click Edit next to your profile picture, then select Manage Notification Settings.
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Choose the notifications you want
Each notification includes a brief description to explain its purpose.
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Save your changes
Click Save Settings at the bottom of the page.
Overview and setup FAQs
Below are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about our platform.
A Connection is how we mark that you and another entity on the FurnishNearMe platform have an established working relationship. Once that Connection has been made it unlocks tons of tools and features that you and that entity can use together.
It's likely because the entity you requested a Connection from hasn't approved your request yet.
If a request remains pending for a long time, contact us and our team may step in to move the process forward.
It's probably because you haven't completed all of the essential setup steps yet, do those and then take another look to see it there's stuff on the page now.
Once you've completed all of the essential setup steps, collaborative tools will become available for you and your clients to use.
NOTE: The client will need to be Active on the platform in order to use the tool(s) with you.
The FurnishNearMe Industry Hub is what we call the business-only side of our platform.
The public-facing pages of FurnishNearMe where consumers can shop for furniture is referred to as the Marketplace, while the private pages only available to professionals in the furniture industry are referred to as the Industry Hub.
Active accounts have users on them, while Inactive accounts don't have any users on them yet.
Until someone from a business signs up and takes control of their account on FurnishNearMe, that account will be unmanaged and Inactive.
If you notice that somebody you know has an Inactive account on our platform, we encourage you to invite them to sign up and take control of their account on FurnishNearMe so they can start using all of its incredible tools, too!
At least on our platform, yes. Sometimes, one term is more fitting in a certain context, while another works better in a different one. But to be clear, all these terms are interchangeable and refer to the same thing on our platform: a furniture manufacturer that produces furniture products.
It stands for FurnishNearMe!
