Learn how to review the carts details page and purchase titles in OverDrive Marketplace.
If you are ready to purchase your cart you can begin the final review process in several ways.
You can select carts in orange
And then click purchase.
You can select the cart drop down in gray to open a pinned cart. .
If you are on a search results page, you can click the name of the cart that you wish to review and purchase.
In any of these cases you are taken to a cart details page where you are given a chance to review all the information for your cart before purchasing.
Once we are in this cart details page, information about your titles are displayed in various columns. If this appears too cluttered or contains information that you do not need to make a decision
You can use the add or remove columns
To toggle on or off any columns that you wish to hide or display.
If you would like another look at what is already owned at the consortium or Advantage level there are columns with that information here too.
Now from here you can make various choices about your content including updating the number of units.
You can edit the cart name.
Copy titles if you select one in particular.
You can move titles to another cart or delete them altogether.
You can even create a worksheet to review this offline.
To avoid duplicate titles in your cart you can even look at the pending column here to see if anybody else at your library has this title in one of their carts.
Before you purchase a cart you can estimate the cart by creating a quote. You can choose which format you would like.
Once ready go ahead and purchase that cart.
In this case I am being prompted to select a lending model. You notice that one of these rows was marked in yellow and that was letting me know that I had not yet chosen a lending model for that title.
So I can choose
And then continue on
And I can purchase the cart.
To purchase a cart you do need purchasing permissions.
On the confirm your purchase page, you are asked to read and confirm all terms and conditions for your purchase, including any special conditions that may rise such as for metered titles or titles that only appear to a specific advantage library.
There is a space on this page to input an internal purchase order ID. This number will print on your invoice and this is for your records only.
Underneath you can choose a payment method and follow the prompts to complete your order.
If you have content credit within your account that option will appear.
You can pay by bank account- This is for U.S. only. -
Credit card
Or you can have OverDrive bill your account.
Your receipt will generate automatically and it will include your purchase order number.
Non preorder titles will then appear on your OverDrive website and in your library or school apps within twenty four hours.
Knowing how to review and purchase carts is an exciting step towards getting the right titles in your users hands.