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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Provide a reason for your purchase

You must provide a reason for making your purchase. This is mandatory and allows you to complete your checkout.

Before you begin

To provide a purchase reason, you should have first selected your desired payment method.

Role required: sn_shop.shopper

Procedure

  1. On the Checkout page, select Continue to purchase reason.

    You can also select Reason for purchase from the stepper pages to directly go to the page.

  2. In the Reason for purchase field, enter your purchase reason.

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Adding a reason for making a purchase.
**Note:** For purchases that have credits applied to them, the reason for purchase is defaulted with “Used employee credit”. You can update this reason if desired. Also, the shipping and tax estimates are recalculated as per your quantity and delivery location updates, and reflected in the Summary section on this page.

What to do next

When you are done providing your purchase reason, you can provide any additional information in the next screen, if applicable, or proceed to complete your checkout.

  • Add users to the watchlist of the purchase
    You can add one or more users to the watchlist of the purchase request. The users on the Watchlist receive email notifications when specific conditions are fulfilled and the purchase request status is updated.

Parent Topic:Complete your checkout