Oracle iStore – What is B2C , B2B and Guest User ?

Guest user – When the user is not logged in iStore, then you are treated as Guest user to browse the iStore sites.
The corresponding Guest user name is IBEGUEST. You can query the user in the Sysadmin-->User-->Define.

So to make iStore to work properly without logging in, you should have proper set up for the guest user otherwise you may hit an application error when you access the login page or Minisite lists page.

B2C : B2C is Business to Consumer user.
It is a user who is not tied to any organization and register themselves in iStore as “Register as an individual”
They are provided with Username and password to login iStore.

B2B: B2B is Business to Business User.
B2B users are always tied to some organization. They could be distributors or users of the organization. They register with the registry id of their organization.
Also a new organization can be registered using appropriate user types while registering.

What is registry id for B2B?
Registry id is nothing but the partner number of the organization.
Select partner_number as “Registry Id” from hz_parties where party_name like ‘’