{"id":663,"date":"2019-07-14T18:20:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T18:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.unicommerce.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2020-05-12T04:48:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T04:48:12","slug":"q-what-is-a-custom-channel-and-why-do-we-need-it","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.unicommerce.com\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/q-what-is-a-custom-channel-and-why-do-we-need-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: What is a Custom channel and why do we need it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A custom channel is a B2B manual channel configured in our system. This channel does not require order or inventory sync.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If you have any offline store and wants to create or punch orders manually or bulk import those via CSV files, then you can select your sales channel as &#8220;CUSTOM&#8221; with rename as per your channel sales.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2997\" src=\"http:\/\/support.unicommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/custom14172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Channel as &#8220;CUSTOM&#8221; can be renamed as per your channel sales.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2999\" src=\"http:\/\/support.unicommerce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/custom14171.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1301\" height=\"475\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For this channel all Invoice, Label and Manifest format will be from unwiare.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/support.unicommerce.com\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/q-how-to-add-a-custom-channel\/\">Learn how to create a custom channel.<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A: A custom channel is a B2B manual channel configured in our system. 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