The approval flow for a reseller or buyer registration is very similar to the approval flow for user registration. The reseller and buyer registration approval flow is the approval flow that is used when a reseller first registers. Upon registration, the WebSphere Commerce creates an organization and a reseller administrator and both are approved in conjunction (that is, once the organization approval record is approved, the reseller administration registration approval record is approved).
Subsequent reseller administrators who register at the same organization do not follow the reseller and buyer registration approval flow, but rather, follow the user registration approval flow. Note that upon registration using the user registration approval flow, the system creates a reseller administrator only, not an organization as well as the organization has already been created when the first reseller registered using the reseller and buyer registration approval flow.