The Edelweiss Buying Certification is designed for professional book buyers ordering titles at scale through the site. It is composed of five Milestones, which each represent key skills and concepts within the buying workflow on Edelweiss.
Each Milestone has two parts:
- Concept Test: A short quiz to help assess a user's understanding of key ideas within the Milestone
- Practical Achievement: A measurement of site activity that records a user's skill and practice with the Milestone
Explore the Milestones for the Edelweiss Buying Certification below!
- Understanding orders on Edelweiss
- Creating and managing orders effectively
- Bindings orders to Catalogs / Publishers
- Editing orders
- Deleting orders
- Using your Worklist and Bookmarks
- Exporting orders
Practical Achievement: 25 orders created in the past year.
Concept Test: Click here to take the test for the Managing Orders Milestone.
Need some help? Check out our resources on managing orders below!
About Orders in Edelweiss (Edelweiss Help Page)
Introduction to Buying on Edelweiss (Webinar)
Finding Orders (Edelweiss Help Page)
Active vs Completed Orders (Edelweiss Help Page)
Creating an Order (Edelweiss Help Page)
Creating an Order (Video Demo)
Using One Order for Multiple Catalogs (Edelweiss Help Page)
Editing Orders (Edelweiss Help Page)
Deleting Orders (Edelweiss Help Page)
Bookseller Tools: Worklist (Edelweiss Help Page)
Bookseller Tools: Bookmarks (Edelweiss Help Page)
Export Preview Screen (Edelweiss Help Page)
Downloading Multiple Orders at Once (Edelweiss Help Page)
- Setting up your homepage for ordering
- Setting up your store(s) on Edelweiss
- Selecting your POS
- Mapping categories and other title elements
- Category autocomplete
- Custom attribute mapping
- Custom exports and export rules
- Enabling POS-Specific editing in catalogs
Practical Achievement: Map 10 POS Categories.
Concept test: Click here to take the test for the Setting Up Your Store and Preferences Milestone!
Need some help? Check out our resources on setting up your store and preferences below!
Bookseller Navigation: The Edelweiss Homepage (Edelweiss Help Page)
Bookseller Navigation: The Edelweiss Header (Edelweiss Help Page)
Introduction to Buying on Edelweiss (Webinar)
Importing to Your POS (Edelweiss Help Pages)
Multi-Store Display (Edelweiss Help Page)
Mapping Categories (Edelweiss Help Page)
Mapping Categories (Video Demo)
Category Autocomplete (Edelweiss Help Page)
Mapping Contributors (Edelweiss Help Page)
Mapping Formats (Edelweiss Help Page)
Mapping Publishers (Edelweiss Help Page)
Mapping Vendors (Edelweiss Help Page)
Mapping Stores (Edelweiss Help Page)
Custom Attribute Mapping (Edelweiss Help Page)
Creating Custom Exports (Edelweiss Help Page)
Using Custom Export Rules (Edelweiss Help Page)
Editing POS Attributes (Edelweiss Help Page)
For this Milestone, we are testing your proficiency in the following concepts:
- Making order decisions—consulting comps, backlist information, and catalog refs
- Inputting quantities
- Moving titles from one order to another
- Handling drop-ins
- Adding and editing Categories in catalog
- Editing POS Attributes
Practical Achievement: Order 100 titles in the past year.
Concept Test: Click here to take the test for the Ordering Titles Milestone.
Need some help? Check out our resources on ordering titles below!
Introduction to Buying on Edelweiss (Webinar)
Ordering Field Icons (Edelweiss Help Page)
Adding Desired Quantities to an Order (Edelweiss Help Page)
Ordering Backlist and Other Items (Edelweiss Help Page)
References (Edelweiss Help Page)
Comparable Titles (Edelweiss Help Page)
Multi-Store Comp Title View Options (Edelweiss Help Page)
Moving Titles from One Order to Another (Edelweiss Help Page)
Catalog Subscriptions and Drop-In Titles (Edelweiss Help Page)
Adding and Editing Categories (Edelweiss Help Page)
Edit POS Attributes (Edelweiss Help Page)
For this Milestone, we are testing your proficiency in the following concepts:
- How Sales Reps use Edelweiss
- Finding and Understanding Sales Rep Markups
- Working with Suggestions
- Sharing Orders with Reps
- Sharing Notes and Tags with Reps
Practical Achievement: Receive 20 Markups from sales reps in the past year.
Concept Test: Click here to take the test for the Working with Sales Reps Milestone.
Need some help? Check out our resources on working with sales reps below!
Finding a Markup (Edelweiss Help Page)
Viewing a Markup (Edelweiss Help Page)
Skip Titles in Rep Markups (Edelweiss Help Page)
Suggested Orders (Edelweiss Help Page)
Sharing Orders with Sales Reps (Edelweiss Help Page)
Troubleshooting: My Rep Does Not Show in the Orders Share Tool (Edelweiss Help Page)
Sharing Notes with Sales Reps (Edelweiss Help Page)
Sharing Tags with Sales Reps (Edelweiss Help Page)
For this Milestone, we are testing your proficiency in the following concepts:
- Managing Users for your Edelweiss Account
- Getting Staff Input on Buying Decisions:
- Tags
- Notes
- Reviews
- Shelves
- Edelweiss Community
- Buzz
Practical Achievement: 20 Title Tags used/created in the past year across your account.
Concept test: Click here to take the test for the Engaging Your Staff Milestone.
Need some help? Check out our resources on engaging your staff below!
Managing Users for Your Store (Edelweiss Help Page)
Edelweiss for Frontline Booksellers (Webinar)
Bookseller Tools: Reviews (Edelweiss Help Page)
Bookseller Tools: Shelves (Edelweiss Help Page)
Tags (Edelweiss Help Page)
Managing Your Tags (Edelweiss Help Page)
Notes (Edelweiss Help Page)
An Overview of Edelweiss Community (Edelweiss Help Page)
Edelweiss Community (Webinar)
Bookseller Tools: Buzz (Edelweiss Help Page)
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