Why only one vendor profile per company?
There are many reasons why it is important for companies to maintain only one vendor profile. First, it should be understood that each vendor registration exists independently from all other vendors, including if the same company has registered three times. So, if a vendor has three profiles for their company they exist as three different vendors in the system. Below are several reasons why this is a problem for both vendors and school district buyers. They are listed in no particular order, and some reasons are more critical then other reasons. 1) Each vendor registration takes up space in the database. Consider if there were 5,000 unique companies and they each had three profiles. That would create 15,000 registrations in the database. Then, consider over time as AZPurchasing.org is constantly growing with new school districts joining the website, and each school brings along additional vendors. That list of vendor registrations will continue to grow and grow. It is important to elim
“Multiple vendor profiles are not permitted on AZPurchasing.” as noted in Section 8 of AZPurchasing.org Terms and Conditions of Use. There are many reasons why it is important for companies to maintain only one vendor profile. First, it should be understood that each vendor registration exists independently from all other vendors, including if the same company has registered three times. So, if a vendor has three profiles for their company they exist as three different vendors in the system. Below are several reasons why this is a problem for both vendors and school district buyers. They are listed in no particular order, and some reasons are more critical then other reasons. 1) Each vendor registration takes up space in the database. Consider if there were 5,000 unique companies and they each had three profiles. That would create 15,000 registrations in the database. Then, consider over time as AZPurchasing.org is constantly growing with new school districts joining the website, and e
