HubSpot Ideas

Dagvea

Need a third option in related companies - "Add third party company"

What we need:
a third option in related companies - "Add third party company" 
We need that a company can be associated with multiple companies that is not the parent company. Same behaviour as the parent relation, but as a third party option.

Problem:
A company can only have functionality of 1 PARENT in related companies.
This limits ways to associate and list companies under other companies.

Why is this a problem:
There are only two options today. Parent and Child.
When the parent relation is taken, you have no way to list several companies under the same company or a third party company.

example:
Our customers often have main offices and several branches.Hence the use of the "Add Parent/ Add Child company". 
These companies often have their own IT providers, or other related companies.
If company A is the parent company and company B-T is child companies, you have no option to add a third party company that can list other companies the same way as the functionality of a parent company.

If a company, lets say a IT company, (ASP providor) could be added as a third party option, you could eaily indentify all companies (parent and child) that would be affected by an IT issue for instance, sale related issues, the list goes on...
If the third party option behaves the same way as a parent company, we can list every company that is related to the IT company Hence the need for a third party option.

Not only practical, but hopefully easily doable by you developers, as the functionallity is allready available in hubspot, but  sadly today only as a parent company.

Best Regards
Dag