Pricing

There is no charge for steel buyers to use Steel Spider. Registration is free.

We send invoices monthly or quarterly at the beginning of the month due at the end of the month. We do not accept credit cards. Payment is made in US dollars to Mountain Hawk Corporation that owns and operates the Steel Spider Website.

Mountain Hawk Corporation
106 Berwick Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15215

We charge a seller a fixed fee to provide the following services.

Automatic Data Entry and Border Ads

Sellers using the Automatic Data Entry process can manage their steel by providing an updated file. The steel from the previous file is deleted and the steel in the new file is added to the Multi-Supplier Inventory. Sellers can also use Change/Remove Your Steel to edit and delete their steel in the Inventory. We charge $100 US per month to use the Automatic Data Entry process and this also includes the ability of the seller to display his company's logo randomly on each page. Let us know if you are interested in a free trial for the Automatic Data Entry.

Sellers and others can have their company logo appear randomly on each page of Steel Spider. The logo links to the seller's website or we can set up a Company Profile page that the logo can link to is the seller provides the content for the page.

Receive Inquiries

We charge a seller $100 US per quarter (or $40 per month) to receive Inquiries. If multiple people in the same office all wish to receive Inquiries, we charge $200 per quarter. Sellers can receive Inquiries without charge for a period of time sufficient to evaluate the potential value of these Inquiries to the seller. A seller can receive inquiries without charge until we contact him. A seller will not be invoiced for receiving Inquiries until after he authorizes us to invoice. Spider Bites are messages sent through Steel Spider where a buyer is responding to a specific item in the Inventory. Spider Bites are not considered Inquiries and there is no charge to send or receive a Spider Bite.

If a Seller using the Automatic Data Entry process to post their steel in our searchable Inventory has one or more people in his company at his location receiving inquiries we only charge for one person. Additional people in his company and at the same office can receive Inquiries at no additional charge. This works out to $400 per quarter regardless of the number of people at the subscriber's location receiving Inquiries.

Association of Steel Distributors (ASD) New Member Discount

To encourage companies to join and become members of the Association of Steel Distributors (ASD), Steel Spider will provide the 3 months of use of Steel Spider at no charge to any new members of ASD. This includes the placing of a Border Ad randomly on each page, use of the Automatic Date Entry process to transfer steel descriptions in a file into the searchable Inventory and receiving Inquiries. The Association of Steel Distributors provides high-quality information, education and networking to steel distribution professionals. When you apply for membership in ASD, let Steel Spider be your Sponsor.