Click on the product you're interested in or want to buy. You have 2 options: direct purchase (only with incoterms: EXW and FCA) or you can start a negotiation (negotiate the price, receive a transport quote for the incoterms selected, etc). For the sake of this example we will focus on direct purchase.
Please fill up the form > click "Purchase".
![Purchase](/static/images/guides/guide3_1.jpg)
Once you confirm your interest in the product, this will take you to the order view. You have now a transaction with status "In progress". Also, an email has been sent to the seller of the product notifying them about your interest.
![Order view](/static/images/guides/guide3_2.jpg)
Here is an explanation of what you see in the order view:
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Light grey box:
- Product name, price and order number.
- Status: status of the transaction.
- Offer time: the time of the offer is limited to 24h, the seller of the product has the ability to extend this time if needed.
- Seller: seller’s company name with link to their public profile.
- Office hours: active hours of this particular seller in your time zone, very useful in overseas transactions.
- Next, information below in black and white boxes contains information about the order and product.
- Negotiation's box: the negotiation you have with the seller will appear here. As this is a direct purchase (no conditions are changed), this will appear empty.
- Document's box: here you can upload any file related to the order (packing list, certificates, more pictures, PDF with technical info, you name it).
- Chat: you can talk to the seller by clicking on the chat icon at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
You will be notified when the buyer responds to your order.
Once the seller has accepted the order, a "Sign" button will appear next to the generated pro-forma, click on it > tap "Confirm" if you want to proceed.
![Sign document](/static/images/guides/guide3_3.jpg)
Once the proforma is signed, an agreement has been reached. The transaction is now in "Agreement" status.
![Transactions status](/static/images/guides/guide3_4.jpg)
You can check all your agreements by clicking on "Your transactions" > Agreement. You can continue uploading documents to an agreed order and chat with the seller if necessary.