The Offer Life Cycle

An offer passes through different stages in its life cycle.

The three stages or three status of an offer are as follows:
  • Draft-

    Since an offer has many components it might be possible that we may forget to save them periodically to retain the values. Offer and Price Designer ensures that an offer is automatically saved in Draft state without the user intervention. At this state of the offer, you can make as many edits as possible and all edits get saved automatically.

  • Pending Approval-

    To change the state of the offer to Pending Approval, you have to submit the offer. You cannot modify an offer at this state. Only the administrator can approve the offer. See the topic, Approving an Offer for Activation, for more details.

  • Active-

    Once the administrator approves the offer from the Fulfillment Catalog system, the status of the offer changes to Active. In this state the offer is active and ready for fulfillment. You can modify an offer at this state.