Nomenclature
Words are hard
note: in historical, a - means the historical name and current name are the same and a x indicated that this is a new term
| Word | Description | Historical |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | An entity that sells products on the marketplace | - |
| Organization | The business unit Simpatra makes contracts with on the customer side. | Practice |
| Location | The Organization sub-unit that represents a physical building for ordering protected products | - |
| Bulk Discount | The different prices according to amount of product purchased | packages |
| Pricing Tier | A set of private prices that an organization must be added to | Tiers |
| Auto-Reorder | The ability to set a purchase to resubmit at a certain interval | - |
| Subscription | A non-physical good that requires a payment on a regular basis | - |
| Purchase | The collection of items, shipping, and payment methods on the marketplace. This is what the cart turns into when you press 'order now' | Order \ invoice |
| Fufillment | A subset of a purchase that goes to the vendor that has the products associated with it. | order |
| Receipt | An immutable copy of the purchase at the time of payment. Refunds will also create a new receipt | Invoice |
todo: refactor by component (marketplace, authentication, dosing, etc)