The process
Requirement in. One quotation out.
Four steps, and a person at every one of them. Nothing here is an automated queue.
- 01
We read your requirement
A person, not a rule. If the specification is ambiguous in a way that would produce offers you cannot compare, we come back to you before approaching anybody.
- 02
We approach suppliers
Assessed suppliers in the right category and region get the same sanitised specification and the same response deadline. Your identity is not part of it.
- 03
We compare the offers
Units normalised, currency converted at a recorded rate, freight and duty treated explicitly, and anything unknown flagged rather than quietly entered as zero.
- 04
You get one quotation
In your currency, with the delivery term, the validity date, what the price includes, and what acceptance commits you to.
What we will not do
- Pass your name to a supplier
An enquiry goes out as a specification. If you want to be named — sometimes it helps — you tell us so.
- Zero out a cost we do not know
An unknown freight cost entered as nothing makes one offer look best and the comparison worthless. Unknowns are marked as unknown.
- Promise a date we have not been given
Lead times on a quotation come from the supplier who will have to meet them, and we say which ones are indicative.
- Quote a category we are not in yet
Precious metals is a direction we are building toward, and the site says so rather than taking the enquiry.
How we make our money
We sit between a buyer and several suppliers, and our margin is in the quotation we issue — not in a fee you pay on top and not in a commission taken quietly from the supplier side. If you want the basis explained before you commit to anything, ask; it is a reasonable question and the answer is the same every time.
Start with a requirement
Ready to start?
One requirement, as many lines as it takes. No obligation at any point before you accept a quotation.