Steel Spider
Building Relationships in Excess and Secondary Steel
Steel Spider
Steel Spider is designed to help steel buyers quickly find steel and contact the
seller to buy the prime, excess and secondary steel they need. Steel Spider helps
North American steel suppliers promote their companies, expand sales and generate
sales leads. Steel Spider is an affordable central trading platform on the internet
where multiple suppliers advertise their steel in stock and available for sale.
Steel Spider provides sellers with additional sales channels to reach current and
new customers. Steel Spider helps steel buyers and sellers make one to one connections
so they can easily and inexpensively communicate, trade, and build relationships
with one another.
We have five platforms to support steel buyers and sellers:
Inventory
Our searchable Multi-Supplier
Inventory is the cornerstone of Steel Spider. The inventory functions like
a search engine for steel. The Multi-Supplier Inventory is a searchable inventory
of steel available for sale by multiple sellers. Buyers search the Inventory by
specifying the attributes of the steel they need. Steel Spider produces a summary
listing of steel that matches these attributes. By clicking on the company name
for any item, the buyer can contact the seller directly. The steel in the inventory
is current and updated regularly. Steel in the inventory over 30 days is removed
unless the supplier confirms that it is still available.
A Spider Bite is an email message sent for you to the supplier of an item in the
Inventory. You can send a Spider Bite to the supplier to obtain more information
about an item in the Inventory that may be of interest to you. We send
Inventory Alerts to buyers who request them to let them know when steel
is added to the Inventory that matches criteria they provide. The criteria is the
same as they use when they search the Inventory for steel. The Inventory Alert email
contains a description of the steel that was added that matches the buyer's criteria.
If any of the steel in the Inventory Alert email is of interest, you can click on
the Company Name in the email and the contact information for the seller will appear
in your browser. You can contact the seller directly or send a Spider Bite.
Sellers can manually add steel to the Multi-Supplier Inventory by using the forms
in Add Steel to Inventory under Inventory. Items are
added immediately. An easier method of adding steel to the Multi-Supplier Inventory
is to use our Automatic Data Entry process. This is especially
useful when a seller has a large quantity of steel to advertise. The seller provides
us with a file containing descriptions of their steel. Sellers using the Automatic
Data Entry process can update their steel by providing an new file. The steel from
the previous file is removed and replaced with the steel in the new file.
For additional information about the Inventory Platform, click on
Searchable Multi-Supplier Steel Inventory Overview.
Auctions
The Steel Spider Auction Platform lets steel sellers run sealed bid auctions. Our
Auction Platform automates the process where a seller sends a bid list of his steel
to multiple buyers and requests that they send back their bids by a certain date
and time. Our Sealed Bid Auction Platform automates the setup, announcement, bidding,
award, and notification processes making it easy for a seller to run an auction
and for a buyer to bid. An Auction is easy to setup once the seller has an Excel
file that contains a description of the steel items he is offering for sale. Our
Offering Platform, described below, can be used to announce the auction. After the
bids are received, the seller decides who, if anyone, is awarded which items. We
can send an email to each of the bidders to let them know what they were awarded.
We also provide the seller with an Excel file that summarizes the results of the
auction.
We have included a Practice Auction functionality to demonstrate all of the features
of the auction in preparation for a seller running an actual auction. A practice
auction is the same as a "real" auction except that we simulate bidding
by having a number of fake bidders bid and let the bidding period be ended prematurely
so the seller can see the complete auction process.
For those items were not awarded the seller can elect to have these items added
to the searchable Inventory using our Automatic Data Entry
System. In this manner buyers on Steel Spider receiving Inventory
Alerts that correspond to these items will be notified by email that they
are available.
For additional information about the Auction Platform, click on
Auction Platform Overview.
Offering
A supplier can also advertise his available steel by Sending an
Offering by email to multiple steel buyers who have indicated an interest
in receiving their Offerings. Offerings describe a Suppliers available steel in
the body of the email. Sellers can attach a file to their Offering email to provide
additional information about their available steel. Buyers sign-up to
Receive Offerings by identifying the form and type of steel they deal in.
In addition to sending Offerings to those on Steel Spider who have requested them,
Offerings can also be sent by email to buyers the seller knows. Each Registered
user has a Contact List where a seller can identify
the email addresses of those buyers he knows.
For additional information about the Offering Platform, click on
Steel Offering Overview.
Inquiry
Buyers can send Inquiries or Requests for Quotes by email
to multiple suppliers. A Buyer identifies the steel form and type that he is looking
for and describes the steel he needs and where he needs it. Steel Spider creates
emails from this information and sends an email to each supplier who deals in the
steel form and type that is desired by the buyer. The supplier can then contact
the buyer directly using the buyer's contact information contained in the email.
Suppliers wishing to Receive Inquiries need to sign-up
to receive them by identifying the products they deal in. Using his
Contact List where a buyer can identify the email addresses of sellers he
knows, a buyer can also send his Inquiry to those in his contact list.
For additional information about the Inquiry Platform, click on
Steel Inquiry Overview.
Facility Directory
The Facility Directory
is a searchable directory of steel facilities containing the location, capabilities
and materials used or processed by a seller's facility. Buyers can search the
Facility Directory by company name, material handled and processing capabilities.
Additionally the database can produce a list of company names and addresses within
certain radius from the Zip or Postal Code. Sellers add their companies by going
to Add Your company to the Facility Directory.
For additional information about the Facility Directory Platform, click on
Facility Directory Overview.
Registration
Registration is free. Registration allows you to use
certain features where your contact information is needed. Buyers can find and buy
steel using our Multi-Supplier Inventory and Offerings without registering. Registration
allows Buyers to receive email Inventory Alerts and is required to send an Inquiry.
Sellers need to register to advertise their steel in the inventory, to run auctions,
to send Offerings, and to receive Inquiries.
Personal Contact List
Registered users can maintain a list of their personal contacts on Steel Spider.
This list of contacts is used by sellers to send Offerings and auction announcements.
Buyers can use the Contact List to send inquiries to some or all of the people in
their Contact List.
Events Calendar
The Events Calendar contains a listing of upcoming events
in North America of interest to the users of Steel Spider focusing on networking
with those who buy and sell surplus, excess and secondary steel.
Border Ads
Sellers can advertise their companies through company logos that appear randomly
on each page (Border Ads). Border ads are 135px square jpg or gif images that link
to your website. If you don't have a website they can link to your entry in the
Facility Directory or we can preare a Profile Page for your company on Steel Spider.
We charge $100 US per month to display a Border Ads of his company's logo randomly
on each page and this also includes the ability to use the Automatic Data Entry
process.
General
Steel Spider does not take possession of an item being sold or the buyer's payment
for the item. The buyer and the seller independently arrange for the payment and
shipping as well as any additional processing or services provided by the seller.
We do not own, sell, trade or broker steel.
All negotiations and transactions between the buyer and the seller occur off-site
and without Steel Spider participation. Confidentiality of the relationship between
a buyer and a seller is maintained and the buyer and seller can build relationships
with one another. Buyers and sellers each determine whether and on what terms they
should deal with each other.
We generate revenue only from sellers through listing fees, lead referral fees and
advertising fees. We do not own, sell, trade or broker steel. All of the activities
on Steel Spider that relate to buying steel are without charge to the buyer. No
commissions are paid to Steel Spider on transactions that result from the use of
Steel Spider. The prices for the various services we provide sellers is described
in Pricing
Mountain Hawk Corp. and steelspider.com make no warranties as to the reliability
of any users contacted through this website. Users of this website are solely responsible
for determining the fitness of each user they contact. Mountain Hawk Corp. and steelspider.com
cannot be held liable for any damages, claims, losses, and/or expenses whatsoever
resulting from the use of this website.
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Beacon Metals, LLC
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Dell Steel
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Goldin Metals, Inc.
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Grand Steel Products, Inc.
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Greenpoint Metals, Inc.
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Horizon Steel Company
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Industrial Steel & Fastener
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JKT Enterprises, LLC.
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Kahn Steel Co. Inc.
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Kane Steel & Iron, LLC
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Ken Greco Co.
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Lalani Steel Inc.
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Matenaer Corporation
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Metalco Incorporated
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Mico Industries
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Midland Steel Whse. Corp.
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Millennium Metal Corporation
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Monarch Steel Company
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Montco Metals
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National Metals, Inc.
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Oilfield Pipe & Supply
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R.J.Steel Service Inc
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Royal Metal Industries
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St. Joe Steel Co. Inc.
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Stateline Steel, LLC
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Steelmax Corporation
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Sun States Steel Corp
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Target Steel
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Tomson Steel Company
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Triad Metals International
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Universal Metals
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Zeeco Metals, Inc.
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Allied Steel Industries
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Anchor Bay Steel L.L.C.
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Anchor Steel, LLC
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Associated Steel Trading LLC
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Bean Steel Company
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Beaver Steel Services
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Brazos Valley Steel Corp.
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Breen Steel Inc
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Colorado Metals, LLC
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Darter Steel
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Harvard Steel Sales
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Impact Steel
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J. M. Steel Services, Inc.
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J.M. Steel Services, Inc.
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JA Steel LLC
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Joel Davis
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Kenwal Steel Corporation
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M and M Steel, LLC
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M-Cor Steel Inc.
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Metro Metal Corporation
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Montco Metals
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N. K. STEEL
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National Metals, Inc.
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Northern Steel Industries
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O'Donnell Steel
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Oilfield Pipe & Supply
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Omni Metals
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Premier Steel LLC
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Stateline Steel, LLC
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Steel Traders
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Steel Warehouse
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Target Steel, Inc.
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Tian Metals, Inc.
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Triamerica Steel Resources
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Universal Metals
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Venture Steel Inc.
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Worthington Steel
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Zeeco Metals, Inc.
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