When a vendor adds a new product (or service) to their profile they must associate that product with a category – subcategory combination.
Why categorize a product? Well, it is a great way to group all products of the same category together and to see how they stack up against each other.
How to access
Are you signed out? From the top navigation click Research > Explore Vendors on StackCharts
Are you signed in? From the side navigation click StackCharts.
Product Categories
The product categories page will be broken down into four sections:
- Most Popular Categories. Click the name of a category or subcategory to be presented with the StackCharts. To see more, click View All Products for the selected subcategory.
- Top Trending Products. Click on the company logo to see the company profile. Or click view details to see the product details, such as description, reviews, features, and pricing.
- Top Trending Companies. Click the company logo or name to see the company profile. Or click the subcategory to see the StackCharts.
- All Categories. Click the down-arrow to expand a category to show all related subcategories. Click the name of a category or subcategory to be presented with the StackCharts.
StackCharts
Channel Program’s StackCharts are a great way to see how vendors’ products stack up against other vendors in the same product category. Or even their own products in the same category.
Not all categories or subcategories have StackCharts available, but you can still see products in the selected category or subcategory. For the categories or subcategories that do have StackCharts available, you’ll see a discreet icon (
) next to the label.
With StackCharts you’ll see a chart that shows where the vendor products are stacked against each other. The chart is split into 4 quadrants – High Potential, Chart Toppers, Challengers, and Niche
Below the chart, you’ll see more details about the products, for those that appeared in the chart and those that haven’t been ranked yet.
For more information about using StackCharts, refer to Channel Program StackCharts.