Quick Summary
User is an individual with a unique login. Account/Team is a group of Users with shared subscription and data. Showroom is a “brand space” where products and orders are built and collected.
Ownership of an Account and ownership of a Showroom are completely separate.
User
A “User” (or “Login” to differentiate between an actual person and the entity in Brandboom):
Is represented by an email address
Has a login password
Is a member of 1 Account/Team in Brandboom
Can only be logged in on one device at a time
Has specific permissions granted in an Account/Team
Has specific permissions granted in a Showroom
Example: [email protected] is a User. [email protected] is a User
Account
An Account consists of 1 or more Users who share access to information by default and have their access and subscriptions managed together.
Often an Account is referred to as a “Team” since the word “account” may be confused with User/Login.
Each Account/Team has an Organization Profile where they can set an Organization name and address. Since Brandboom allows for all kinds of collaborative arrangements, an Account/Team may be used to represent any of these:
Brand
Parent or subsidiary company
Different departments of a company
Sales Agency
Independent Sales Rep
Individual User
Any group
Example: [email protected] and [email protected] are Users in the same Account/Team “Brand M Inc.”
Account Owner
Each Team Account can have 1 or more Account Owners. By default, each user who signs up independently is the Owner of their own Team Account, unless they are moved to another Team Account.
An Account Owner can:
Manage Subscriptions and Billing
Manage Team User Permissions (Edit All Orders, Edit All Customers)
Manage Account Owner status for users
Suspend or Delete a user
Access Settings Page for Invoicing and API Settings
Authorize transfer or addition of Account/Team ownership to another User
Example: [[email protected]] and [[email protected]] are Users in the same Account/Team “Brand M Inc.” and [[email protected]] is the Owner of that Account/Team
Showroom
A Showroom is simply a “brand space” created by Users that has its own Products, Orders, Settings, and Invited Users.
Example: [[email protected]] is a User from the Account/Team “Brand M Inc.” who created the Showroom “Brand M” and is the Owner of the Showroom.
Showroom Owner
Each Showroom has 1 Owner who:
Cannot be removed from the Showroom’s list of Invited Users
Is the only User capable of authorizing a transfer of ownership to another User
Is the only User capable of deleting the Showroom completely
By default, the User who originally created a Showroom is set as the Showroom Owner.
Note: Often, the actual Brand owner is the person who creates the Showroom and is set as the Owner. However, in some cases, an employee, contractor, or Sales Agency may create a User and create the Showroom to display and sell products for the actual Brand. Therefore it is important to note that the Owner of a Showroom is not necessarily the actual owner of a Brand.
Example: [email protected] is a User from the Account/Team “Brand M Inc.” who owns the Showroom “Brand M”
Showroom Owner’s Team
A User may be the Owner of a Showroom but it does not mean that anybody in their Account/Team has to be invited or will be invited automatically.
If the Owner does invite other members of their Account/Team, those users will have the potential ability to see all Orders collected in the Showroom. This allows members of the same Account/Team to collaborate with more comprehensive access than invited Users from other Accounts/Teams.