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The Beginner's Guide to SAGE's Canadian-Friendly Features

If you're looking for a complete and seamless solution to handle all the aspects of your business, SAGE has you covered. With a SAGE Workplace subscription and tailor-made features just for Canadian distributors, you can search the industry's largest promotional products database of Canadian and U.S. suppliers with over 1 million verified products and manage your business, all in one place!

Here is our step-by-step guide for how to use SAGE's Canadian-friendly settings.

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How to Start and Filter a Search

  • Log into your SAGE Workplace account.
  • Click on Product Search in the left menu.
  • From here, you can make your search as broad or as narrow as you'd like using the search fields listed.
  • You can search specifically for Canadian products by checking CA-Canada in the Made In, Assembled In, or Decorated In search fields.
  • You can also narrow your search to suppliers with a physical location in Canada with the Location field in the Supplier Criteria search.
  • Or you can use the ship point fields to find specific products that ship from a country, province or km radius from postal code.
  • To further limit your search, select Canadian-Friendly under Other Filter Options.
  • To display Canadian dollars, you can select the Tools drop down menu at the top, then select Options. Here you can change your currency to CAD and select OK to return to the search screen. Or if you would like to only view pricing in Canadian currency for a single search, you can select CAD in the Currency drop down field under Supplier Criteria on the search screen.
  • Log into your SAGE Workplace account.
  • Create Forms
  • Click on Product Search in the left menu.
  • Create Forms
  • From here, you can make your search as broad or as narrow as you'd like using the search fields listed.
  • Create Forms
  • You can search specifically for Canadian products by checking CA-Canada in the Made In, Assembled In, or Decorated In search fields.
  • Create Forms
  • You can also narrow your search to suppliers with a physical location in Canada with the Location field in the Supplier Criteria search.
  • Create Forms
  • Or you can use the ship point fields to find specific products that ship from a country, province or km radius from postal code.
  • Create Forms
  • To further limit your search, select Canadian-Friendly under Other Filter Options.
  • Create Forms
  • To display Canadian dollars, you can select the Tools drop down menu at the top, then select Options. Here you can change your currency to CAD and select OK to return to the search screen. Or if you would like to only view pricing in Canadian currency for a single search, you can select CAD in the Currency drop down field under Supplier Criteria on the search screen.
  • Create Forms
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Things to Know:

Did you know you can also filter your product search by various standards and compliances specific to the Canadian market? The Standards field in the Product Criteria area allows you to narrow your search to products that are CCPSA, CuL, CSA, and CFIA approved.

Did You Know?

You can also utilize the Shipping Estimator to include costs from Canada Post? To view an estimate for a specific product, click the red truck next to shipping in the product detail information. From here, you can enter the destination, click Get Rates and you will see Canada Post shipping estimates.

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How to Translate a Sales Presentation into French

  • To translate your presentation to French, log into your SAGE Workplace account.
  • Click on Presentations in the left menu and then double-click to open the presentation you want to translate.
  • Click on Presentations in the left menu and then double-click to open the presentation you want to translate.
  • From here, under the Language section, select French from the drop down menu.
  • Then select save to apply your changes.
  • To translate your presentation to French, log into your SAGE Workplace account.
  • Filter and Export Orders
  • Click on Presentations in the left menu and then double-click to open the presentation you want to translate.
  • Filter and Export Orders
  • Click on Presentations in the left menu and then double-click to open the presentation you want to translate.
  • Filter and Export Orders
  • From here, under the Language section, select French from the drop down menu.
  • Filter and Export Orders
  • Then select save to apply your changes.
  • Filter and Export Orders
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Did You Know?

If you don't have time to create a presentation, you can also send your customers prepopulated end-buyer catalogs made specifically for the Canadian marketplace. In the SAGE Catalog Studio, choose from either Canada-based suppliers or products made in Canada for an easy to send, idea generating marketing tool. Easily customize your cover, products, and send. It's that simple!

Creating a Canadian-Friendly Website

  • Log into your SAGEmember.com account.
  • On the left-hand side, select Website to go to your settings.
  • Select Cart Settings and then click on Pricing and Additional Charges.
  • From here, you can see the Site Currency area. Select Canadian Dollars from the drop-down menu.
  • In the next section, you will see Automatic Tax Calculation is selected by default. To add a new nexus location, select the Province from the drop down menu and type in the Postal Code, then select Add.
  • Next, to change your site language, select Site Settings on the left-hand side. Then scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see French under Languages.
  • Then click Save to apply your changes.
  • Log into your SAGEmember.com account.
  • Run Reports
  • On the left-hand side, select Website to go to your settings.
  • Run Reports
  • Select Cart Settings and then click on Pricing and Additional Charges.
  • Run Reports
  • From here, you can see the Site Currency area. Select Canadian Dollars from the drop-down menu.
  • Run Reports
  • In the next section, you will see Automatic Tax Calculation is selected by default. To add a new nexus location, select the Province from the drop down menu and type in the Postal Code, then select Add.
  • Run Reports
  • Next, to change your site language, select Site Settings on the left-hand side. Then scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see French under Languages.
  • Run Reports
  • Then click Save to apply your changes.
  • Run Reports

Did You Know?

You can also hand pick suppliers, create preference groups and apply search restrictions to product searches on your website to include only suppliers that ship from Canada.

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From searching for products to tailor-made features just for the Canadian marketplace, SAGE Workplace is your one stop shop to handle every aspect of your business. For a more in-depth tutorial, sign up for a free, live demo.

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