# How a rep agency starts on Vendria: the Partner first, the team after

> Who puts the rep agency on Vendria, why the first registration has to be a Partner with general powers, and how they add the rest of the team.

Source: https://vendria.com/en/ajuda/como-a-representacao-comeca-na-vendria

## Summary

A rep agency does not register itself: the one who puts it on Vendria is the company
it represents, the supplier. Most of the time it already comes from the supplier's
ERP, and you only need to check the list. Then the supplier registers **one
person**, and that first person always comes in as **Partner**. That is why they
need to be someone with general powers over the rep agency. Once they have access, the
Partner themselves adds the other members in **My Team**.

## The steps, in order

1. **The supplier checks whether the rep agency is already on the list**, in
   **Sales reps**. With the ERP connected, Vendria creates on its own the
   rep agencies the ERP declares. Only when it is not there does the supplier
   register it by hand, with the **New sales rep** button. In both cases the
   rep agency has an active contract (the mandate) with that supplier.
2. **The supplier registers the Partner**, when the rep agency does not have
   anyone yet (the **Members** column on the list shows 0). It is on the **Members** tab of
   the record: **New Member**, **New person**, with their **Phone
   (WhatsApp)** and/or **Email**. Whatever role is chosen, the
   first person comes in as **Partner**. Both contacts together are best: the
   phone links the Partner to Dri and to access from the phone, and the email is where
   the account confirmation goes.
3. **The Partner logs in.** With the phone number registered, they talk to Dri on
   WhatsApp and log in to the site by entering the phone number on the login screen, with no password.
4. **The Partner adds the team**, in **My Team**, with the **New Member** button.
   Whoever is added there starts as **Seller**, and the Partner changes the role later, in the
   **Role** column.
5. **The Partner confirms the account by email**, through the confirmation request the
   supplier sends. From then on, managing the team belongs to the rep agency, and the
   supplier sees the team as read-only.

## Why the first one needs general powers

Partner is the role with the most reach inside the rep agency:

- adds, removes and changes the role of any member;
- works on the quotes of any member;
- confirms the company's account, and with that, managing the team passes to you.

Registering a seller first would make them the Partner, with all that reach. If
that happens, register the right Partner and, once they are in, change the role of the
first one in the **Role** column. A rep agency can have several Partners, but
it is never left without one.

The first member also gets the **main contact** star. It grants no
power at all: it only marks whom the suppliers reach out to, and it can move to another
person later.

## Common questions

**I am a sales rep. Can I register my rep agency?** No. The one who
registers it is the supplier you represent. Ask them, saying who the
Partner is and what their phone number is.

**Do the other members also need to be registered by the supplier?** No. Only
the first one. The Partner adds the rest in **My Team**. The
supplier can also add them, while the Partner has not confirmed the account.

**I already have a Vendria login. Do I need another account to be Partner?** No. If the
supplier added you through the account you already have, there is no invitation to wait for:
**Take over the rep agency** shows up in **My Team**, and one click hands
managing the team over to you.

**I represent more than one supplier. Do I need a registration for each one?**
No. The rep agency is a single one on Vendria. If it is already registered, the second
supplier does not create another: they ask the Vendria team to open the contract with
the one that already exists.

For the details of each side, see [Membros de uma representação: incluir, confirmar a conta e remover](/ajuda/membros-de-uma-representacao) (the supplier) and [My Team: who is on your rep agency's team](/en/ajuda/minha-equipe-da-representacao) (the rep agency).