Contact Companies

Send inquiries to companies through the directory.

Contact Form

When contacting a company:

• Your name and email (auto-filled)
• Subject
• Message

Submitting an inquiry sends the message to the company/listing owner (email notification and/or in-app inbox) and stores it for history.

My Inquiries

View sent inquiries:

• Company contacted
• Date sent
• Status (sent, viewed, responded)

Features

Contact Companies

Acceptance Criteria

Frontend

• UI supports the workflows described in this feature.

Backend / API

• Backend behavior supports this feature as documented.

Permissions

• Access is restricted per the Capabilities matrix on this page (or equivalent role rules).

Business Rules

• All business rules for this feature are enforced.

Error Handling

• Error states return clear messages and appropriate HTTP status codes.

Implementation Contracts

Backend (API)

POST   /api/directory/{id}/contact           # Send inquiry
GET    /api/member/directory/inquiries       # My sent inquiries