In Short
- The cheapest offer usually comes first. We compare the total price: product, VAT, shipping and packaging to the buyer's country.
- The buyer can instead sort by delivery time or, with a postcode, by distance.
- The chosen criterion decides on its own. A second criterion only counts when two offers are exactly equal on the first.
- No dealer can pay for a better position. Our fee, the sales channel and the payment method do not change the order.
- One exception: in the Dealer Checkout on manufacturers' websites, Premium dealers come first in the default sort. What Premium means is explained below.
Buy Now Marketplace and Buy Now Pages
This applies on the Buy Now Marketplace (feed.buy-now.page) and on manufacturers' Buy Now Pages.
| Sort | Decided by | On an exact tie |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest offer (default) | lowest total price | shorter delivery time |
| Fastest delivery | fewest delivery days | lower total price |
| Nearby (Buy Now Pages, with a location) | shortest distance | order by total price |
A tie at the top. When several dealers have exactly the same lowest total price, all of them carry the “Cheapest offer” badge. The same applies to “Fastest delivery” for delivery time. Which of them stands first is drawn at random once per browser session. For this we store a random number in a session cookie. It holds nothing about you and is deleted when you close your browser.
A link to a specific dealer. When the buyer arrives through a link to a specific dealer and that dealer is among those tied, that dealer stands first. They never overtake a cheaper or faster dealer.
Premium changes nothing here. The Premium badge is shown, but it does not change the order on the marketplace or on Buy Now Pages. The buyer can filter for Premium dealers.
Dealer Checkout on Manufacturers' Websites
In the Dealer Checkout that a manufacturer embeds in its own website:
- Default: Premium dealers first. Within the Premium dealers, and within all others, the total price for the chosen quantity decides.
- With a postcode: by distance, nearest dealer first. Dealers whose location we do not know come last. Premium plays no part.
- “Fastest delivery” sort: by delivery days. Premium plays no part.
Only dealers who have the chosen quantity in stock and deliver to the buyer's country are shown.
Dealer Locator
In a manufacturer's dealer locator, the dealer the buyer clicked there comes first. The others follow by distance from the postcode entered. Dealers whose location we do not know come last. At equal distance the total price decides, then the delivery time. Premium plays no part.
AI Assistants
When an AI assistant asks our interface for offers, we sort by distance if a postcode is given, otherwise by the lowest total price. On a tie, delivery time decides.
Brokered Orders
Some products have no dealer selling them directly yet. We then offer to broker the order to a specialist dealer. This offer always comes after every dealer who sells right away, whatever its price or distance.
What Premium Means
A dealer receives the Premium badge for 30 days when a manufacturer they invited to Next Commerce accepts the invitation. Further acceptances during those 30 days do not extend it. After that, the dealer can earn it again.
The dealer pays no money for the badge. It rewards them for bringing a manufacturer to the platform. Next Commerce benefits from this, because the manufacturer becomes our customer. That is why we state it openly here.
Effect: only in the Dealer Checkout on manufacturers' websites do Premium dealers come before the others in the default sort. Everywhere else the badge is only shown.
What Does Not Affect the Order
- Payments to us. Nobody can pay for a position.
- The level of our fee, the sales channel and the payment method.
- The price a dealer charges in other shops.
- How often a dealer has refunded an order as “Not deliverable”. We show this figure to the dealer, but it does not change the order. If that ever changes, it will be on this page first.
Contact
Next Commerce GmbH · Ahornweg 5 · 97990 Weikersheim · Germany
Questions about the order: [email protected]
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