Why a manufacturer and dealer portal makes sense for Auki
Auki is a place in malaita province, solomon islands, where around 6,811 people live and shop, and one of the markets in Solomon Islands where we build manufacturer and distributor portals.
Malaita provincial capital — a business base that increasingly wants to sell online rather than through calls, messages and spreadsheets.
Commerce in the Solomon Islands is concentrated in Honiara, with demand rising as mobile coverage improves. Order-and-collect models are practical.
That is why more companies in Auki are moving from phone, WhatsApp and spreadsheet orders to a proper manufacturer and dealer portal — one place where products, prices, payments, orders and customers are managed together.
Local details we build into every Auki project
Conversion in Auki depends on small local signals — the right currency, the right words and the right payment and courier names.
Currency and pricing
The store speaks Solomon Islands dollar: SBD amounts from product page to invoice, so Auki buyers never convert in their heads.
Language and content
We localise pages, emails and notifications into English and Solomon Islands Pijin where your audience needs it.
Local trust signals
We add the payment logos, courier names and policy pages shoppers in Auki recognise: Visa and Mastercard and bank transfer and delivery through Solomon Post.
Domain, phone and contact
A .sb domain (or your own) builds local trust and search relevance. Contact buttons are pre-set with +677, so a customer in Auki taps once to call or message.
Designed to your requirements, not a template
Whatever your business sells in Auki, N&T Software designs and develops the manufacturer and dealer portal and the matching mobile app exactly to your requirements — your catalogue, your prices, your payment and delivery rules.
Typical clients include engineering component makers, electrical and automation brands, building-material manufacturers and auto-parts companies. Categories that sell especially well online in the Solomon Islands — groceries, phones, hardware and fashion — get catalogue structures and filters designed for them.
We start with a requirements meeting, show you a working demo within 24 hours, and only then propose scope, milestones and budget.
What your manufacturer and dealer portal includes
Nothing here is fixed: modules are switched on, reshaped or built from scratch around how your Auki business sells.
Technical catalogue
Product families, models, variants, specification tables, comparison and application or industry filters. Reports show which products, customers and areas of Auki drive revenue.
Document library
Datasheets, manuals, CAD drawings, certificates and price lists with public, registered or partner-only access. Storefront language, imagery and navigation are set up for Auki shoppers and available in English and Solomon Islands Pijin.
Enquiries and RFQs
Project enquiries, quotation requests, lead routing to the right region and status tracking. Bulk import and sync tools mean the Auki team never re-keys stock, prices or descriptions by hand.
Partner portal
Dealer and distributor sign-in, territory-based catalogues, protected pricing, schemes and targets. Checkout is configured for Visa and Mastercard, bank transfer and mobile money.
Spares and service
Spare-part lookup by model or serial number, accessories, warranty registration and service requests. Couriers such as Solomon Post, DHL and local delivery plug in alongside your own fleet for Auki orders.
Channel insight
Dashboards for partner orders, secondary sales, product interest and regional demand. Stock can be held in Auki or anywhere in Solomon Islands, with pickup and local-delivery options where they make sense.
Payments customers in Auki expect
A store that serves Auki should let customers pay the way they do offline: Visa and Mastercard, bank transfer, mobile money and cash on delivery.
Provider approval, settlement time and fees differ by business type, so we shortlist gateways with you, then wire up status updates, refunds and reconciliation in SBD — card details stay with the provider.
- Cash on delivery
- Bank transfer
- Visa and Mastercard
- Mobile money
Shipping, couriers and local delivery in Auki
Your manufacturer and dealer portal can book shipments and share tracking with Solomon Post, DHL and local delivery, or route orders to your own riders and stores across Auki.
We set up shipping zones, cut-off times, free-shipping thresholds, cash-collection rules and returns so the promise on the product page matches what your team can deliver.
Tax, invoicing and compliance in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is moving from goods tax and sales tax to a VAT regime; confirm current rates with the IRD at implementation.
Customer data is handled with general constitutional protections; no dedicated data-protection act yet in mind, and the storefront follows the Consumer Protection Act and price-control regulations.
Controls we implement include compliant invoices, consent capture, policy pages, restricted staff access and audit trails. Please confirm the final legal and tax position with a local adviser in Auki.
Owning your channel in the Solomon Islands
Many Auki sellers already list on Facebook Marketplace and local stores. Those channels bring traffic, but they also take commission, control the customer relationship and change rules without notice.
With your own manufacturer and dealer portal you keep the customer data, set the offers and the packaging, and still push stock to marketplaces from a single admin.
Industries in Auki we work with
Popular online categories in the Solomon Islands include groceries, phones, hardware, fashion, home and fishing equipment. Malaita provincial capital — which shapes what local businesses need online. In Auki, we most often build manufacturer and distributor portals for:
Machinery and equipment manufacturers
We map how machinery and equipment manufacturers sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Engineering component makers
For engineering component makers, we usually start with enquiries and RFQs, then add CRM and lead routing once orders are flowing.
Electrical and automation brands
Catalogue, pricing and fulfilment rules designed for electrical and automation brands in Auki, connected to the systems you already use.
Building-material manufacturers
Building-material manufacturers get partner portal plus channel insight workflows tailored to their operations.
Auto-parts companies
We map how auto-parts companies sell today and digitise it end to end — from enquiry and order to payment, dispatch and repeat purchase.
Importers and master distributors
For importers and master distributors, we usually start with technical catalogue, then add logistics partners once orders are flowing.
Add a mobile app for Auki customers
Dealer, field-sales and service-technician apps can scan QR codes on products, look up spares, register warranties and place orders from the shop floor or the customer site.
One backend serves the website and the apps, and the apps ship under your own Google Play and App Store accounts — so what you change once appears everywhere.
Push notifications can be timed to UTC+11 so offers reach Auki customers when they are awake, and the interface can run in English and Solomon Islands Pijin.
- Logistics partners
- E-invoicing and tax systems
- Warranty and service software
- Dealer management systems
- ERP and production planning
- WhatsApp Business API
- CRM and lead routing
- PIM and DAM for product data
Integrations above are examples; we connect any system that offers a suitable API, database access or approved import and export process.
From first demo to growth in Auki
Value first, depth later. For a manufacturer and dealer portal serving Auki, the usual sequence looks like this:
| Phase | What goes live |
|---|---|
| Catalogue and enquiries | Technical catalogue, documents and RFQ capture with CRM routing. Configured for SBD, Visa and Mastercard and Solomon Post from the start. |
| Partner portal | Dealer sign-in, protected pricing, ordering and ERP sync. |
| Service and apps | Spares, warranty, service requests and field apps. Reviewed against how Auki customers actually buy. |
Success is measured on qualified enquiries per month, quote-to-order conversion, dealer portal adoption, secondary-sales visibility, spare-part order accuracy and time to answer technical queries — tracked on a dashboard you can see from launch day.
Time zones, language and support
Auki runs on UTC+11, which is 5h 30m ahead of India (IST). With three 8-hour shifts we are available 24×7, so meetings, demos and urgent fixes happen in your working hours.
We work in English and can deliver storefront content in English. NDAs are signed on request, and you get a named project lead plus direct access to the engineers building your manufacturer and dealer portal.
Our head office is in Chhapi, Gujarat, with an office in Hyderabad and representation in Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Zambia; Auki clients are served remotely with on-site workshops when the project needs them.
