Become a supplier

Click My account at the bottom of the left menu, then the Roles tab, or go straight to my-account?tab=roles. Under Your roles you see the roles the account already holds. Below it, Add a role (Use the same account for more of BSO) lists the roles you can add, each on its own card: Become a supplier, Become a logistics provider and Become a recruiter.

Each card has a Get started button. The one on Become a supplier opens the supplier set-up page. Nothing is added to your account until you click Finish on that page.

You will see Set up your supplier profile at complete-profile-supplier. It is one page, top to bottom, with no tabs. The panel beside it lists what you need: your name, phone and email, your company name, one product you supply, and a certificate, a licence and four policies.

Every field is tagged Required or Optional. Anything already on your account, such as your name, phone and company, is filled in for you. Back to home leaves the page without saving.

Already set up as a supplier? Opening this page while you work as a supplier takes you to Edit my profile instead.

At the top, Add a photo is optional (JPG or PNG, up to 5 MB). Fill in your First name and Last name (letters and spaces only, up to 30 characters together) and your Phone: pick the country code, then type the number without it.

Email shows the address you signed up with and cannot be changed here. If you signed up with your phone number, type your email instead; it is required.

Under Your company, type the Company name: 2 to 100 characters, using letters, numbers, spaces and & . , ' - ( ) /.

Click More company details to open it. Everything in it is optional now and can be added or changed later from My profile. It opens by itself when some of these details are already saved.

Inside you can add a Company logo, the Contact person, the Company email and Company phone, the Registration number, the VAT number, the Incorporation date (today or earlier), your Business categories (pick from the list; each one shows as a chip and the × removes it), the Company address and Additional notes for buyers or the BSO team. If you have saved addresses, Use a saved address fills the address in for you.

The company email and phone are only checked when you fill them in. If one of them needs fixing when you click Finish, this part opens and takes you to it.

Under A product you supply, type the Product name, for example Tricone drill bits. One is enough to start. More products and their photos can be added from My profile.

Under Certificates and licences you need at least one of each. Click Add files under Certificates and choose one or more files: PNG, JPG, WebP or PDF, up to 5 MB per file. Each file uploads as soon as you choose it (the button says Uploading meanwhile) and then shows as a chip with its name. The × on a chip removes that file.

Do the same under Licences. Files of another type, larger files and programs are refused with a message, and Finish waits until every upload is done.

Under Policies there are four boxes, all required: I accept the Quality Procedures, I accept the Health and Safety Procedures, I accept the Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy and I accept the Environmental Policy. The first time you tick one, its text opens in a window: Accept ticks the box, Close leaves it unticked. Policies you accepted before are already ticked.

The line above the button reminds you that bank details, more products and product photos can be added later from My profile. Click Finish.

If something required is missing or wrong, the page marks it in red with a short message and takes you to the first one. When everything is in, you will see Supplier profile saved: the supplier role is on your account and your dashboard opens as a supplier. There is no extra confirmation box.

The left menu now has the supplier pages: Open enquiries, My quotes, Orders, Returns, My products, Earnings, Payments and My profile. Open the Roles tab of My account: Supplier (Quote on enquiries and sell your products) is listed next to Buyer and marked Current role, and the Become a supplier card is gone. Use Switch to this role on the Buyer card whenever you want to go back to buying. The details you entered are on My profile, where you can change them later.

Bank details are not on the set-up page. BSO pays you into the account you give, so add it before your first order is paid: open My profile in the left menu, click Edit profile (profile-supplier/edit) and fill in Bank details, Bank address and Beneficiary address. More sample products are added there too. Click Save changes.

Edit my profile asks for more than the set-up page did: the business categories, company phone and email, registration number, VAT number and incorporation date must be filled in before it saves, so have them to hand.

Reading the board needs no plan: Open enquiries lists what you could quote on. Sending a quote, and later marking goods ready for collection, need an active supplier plan or the All-in-One plan. Open a quote form without one and the page says you need a supplier plan, lets you read the enquiry first, and then shows the supplier plans, Supplier Monthly Plan and Supplier Yearly Pack, each with Get Started.

What the plans include is in Compare plans; paying for one is in Buy a plan, or click Explore plans in the top bar to go straight to Plans. A supplier plan also gives you recruiter access for the same period.