Billing and Vendor Reports

Billing and reports for vendors

Learn how Patterson bills vendors for advertising and its programs and how to receive a data and reporting package that monitors the effectiveness of your products.

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Billing

Patterson’s Marketing Department will bill for advertising, Advantage®, Auto Free Goods and other miscellaneous programs.

Advertising billing categories

OnTarget and other publications listed in the media guide

Package stuffers

Distribution lists for direct mail

Digital media

Seismic and spiffs

Automatic Free Goods

For these promotional programs, Patterson fulfills the free good (no mix and match) and then bills the vendor for those that were distributed in that particular month. Vendors can expect to receive an invoice at the beginning of the month following the month in which they participated and are expected to pay upon receipt, within 30 days.

Advantage and miscellaneous programs

Depending on participation, invoices will be sent out accordingly. Vendors are expected to pay upon receipt, within 30 days.

Vendor reports

Patterson has built a data and reporting package that monitors the effectiveness of your products. Vendors who subscribe to Infosource receive a monthly set of standardized reports.

How to get set up

Reach out to your Vendor Account Manager and supply the email address of the inbox you would like the reports to be sent to. We encourage a group inbox to be set up to ensure accessibility for the appropriate individuals.

How to see reports

Reports will be sent to your selected email address at the end of each Patterson fiscal month.

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