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U. S. General Services Administration GSA Advantage! The Basics ® www. gsa. Advantage. gov 2018 GSA Smart. Pay Training Forum August 7 -9, 2018 Joey Phelps

What’s New • Overall redesign of the website • Improved product information –expanded the descriptions –added multiple photos –provided spec sheets –manufacturer brochures • Services only search • BPA only search • Message Center 2

Why should I use GSA Advantage? • Using GSA Advantage ensures you are getting GSAnegotiated prices, and dealing with GSA-approved sources • The system is designed to facilitate ordering as well as market research • GSA Advantage contains millions of GSA schedule, stock and special order products and services from thousands of schedule contractors • GSA Advantage is your one stop shopping resource for IT and office products, tools, hardware, medical equipment, furniture, services and more 3

Stats • • • 17, 584 Schedule Vendors, 20, 849 Contracts 25, 213, 43 Products & Services 1, 659 VA Schedule Vendors 462, 138 VA Products 714, 973 Registered Customers 750, 000 Searches Every Work Day 3, 500 orders placed each day 3 “Searching” Users for Every Buyer Average order $763 14, 895 e-Buy Postings in FY 17 4

Topics of Discussion • Homepage Functionality • Registration/Login • Searching Capabilities • Checkout Process • Shopping Cart Options • Order History & Status 5

New Homepage 6

Search Box has Moved Products Services BPAs 7

Product Categories 8

State and Local Governments 9

Customer Service GSA Advantage Customer Service GSA. Advantage@gsa. gov 1 -877 -472 -3777, option 2. 10

Registration & Login 11

Member Registration 12

Member Registration Continued 13

Agency Selection 14

Select Bureau 15

User ID 16

Review 17

Login 18

Home Page 19

Personal Homepage 20

New My Account Page 21

Address Book 22

Address Name 23

Methods of Payment 24

Apply for an AAC 25

Searching Capabilities 26

Browse Categories paper 27

Search Results for Paper 28

Symbols 29

EPA Website 30

Search Results 31

Only Items with Photos 32

CPG Compliant Items 33

Review Line Items 34

Product Detail 10 35

Zip Code 80225 36

hanging folderr Warning Notes 37

Limit to just BPA Items 38

Check for Misspellings 39

hanging Refined Keyword 40

Contractor List Screen 41

Search Results 42

Product Detail 43

Purchase Under the FSSI BPA 10 44

Checkout 45

Review 46

Purchase Order Number 47

Process Order 48

Order Receipt Page 49

Message Center 50

Tracking Number 51

Hard drive Search for “Hard Drive” 52

external Search Results 53

2 tb Only 2 Terabyte Units 54

Brand Specification 55

Search Results 56

Product Detail 57

Pop Up Window 58

Detail Page 59

Description Tab 60

Add to Cart 1 61

Shopping Cart 62

Prices are Subject to Change 63

Forward Cart 64

Laser Printers 65

Forward Cart 66

Advantage Tester@gsa. gov Confirmation Email Enter your login name and password 67

Retrieving Carts 68

Retrieving a Parked Cart 69

Red Exclamation Point 70

Order History & Status 71

History Ice cream 72

Past Order 73

Order History 74

Search Please note that only those charges for GSA supplied NSN items are consolidated. Federal Supply Schedule items are billed directly by the vendor are not consolidated. 75

View and Print Purchase Order 76

Thank you for your interest in GSA Advantage! If you have any additional questions, please call the GSA Advantage! Helpdesk at (877) 472 – 3777 or email GSA. Advantage@gsa. gov 77

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