Overview for Steel Buyers
Steel Spider is designed to help steel buyers quickly find steel they need. There
is no charge for steel buyers to use Steel Spider. Registration is free. Registration
allows Buyers to use certain features where their contact information is needed.
We provide four platforms to help steel buyers buy steel:
Inventory,
Offer,
Inquire,
and
Facility Directory.
Multi-Supplier Inventory
This is a searchable virtual inventory comprised of steel from numerous sellers.
It can serve as an inventory that supplements your own inventory. Go to
Search for Steel under Inventory. Select the type of steel you are interested
in and fill out the form by describing what you are looking for. Pressing the "Find
Steel" button will produce a listing of available steel that matches your requirements.
Click on the company name for any item of interest and you will see any additional
information about the item as well as the identity of the seller and his contact
information. Contact the seller directly for more information about an item or to
place an order. If you have registered, Steel Spider can send a Spider Bite (message)
to the supplier for you.
Inventory Alert
If you have registered, you can receive Inventory Alerts by email advising you when
steel is added to the Multi-Supplier Inventory that matches your requirements. Within
an hour after new steel is first added, we send an email describing the added steel
that matches your requirements. Go to
Receive Inventory Alerts
under Inventory to describe the steel you are interested in using a form similar
to that used to Search for Steel.
Offering
Buyers can also find the steel they need using the Offering platform. Sellers send
steel offerings directly to buyers. Offers tend to be large quantities sold as a
single lot, special deals, truck, railcar or barge quantities. Go to
View Recent Offerings under Offers for a chronological listing of some of
the offerings sent within the past week or two. Click on the company name to see
more information about an offering and the contact information of the supplier.
The listing is chronological based on when it was sent. Offerings are removed automatically
after two weeks.
Receive Offerings
To receive Offerings by email, register or login and go to
Receive Offerings under Offering. Identify the types of steel you are interested
in seeing. Sellers will then be able to send offerings that match your interests
to you.
Inquire
If you have an immediate or ongoing need for steel, you can S
end
an Inquiry describing the steel you need to multiple sellers. An Inquiry
can be a Request for Quote (RFQ) or a Request for Information (RFI). For examples
of Inquiries, go to
View Recent Inquiries under Inquire
to see some of the Inquiries sent in the past week or two.
Send an Inquiry
To send an Inquiry go to
Send an Inquiry under Inquire.
Identify the Form and Type of steel that is the subject of your inquiry and then
describe your Inquiry. Next identify the delivery point or location of use for the
steel. You are also able to include a file to provide additional information about
your Inquiry. You have two choices on whom you send your Inquiry to. You can select
from a list of suppliers using Steel Spider who deal in the product you need. You
can also send it to sellers you know and have included in your
Contact List. You can also elect to have your inquiry displayed in
View Recent Inquiries under Inquire so additional suppliers can see
it.
Facility Directory
The
Facility Directory is a searchable database to
help buyers find companies by company name, by the steel products they deal in or
by the company's processing capabilities. Additionally the database can produce
a list of company names and addresses within certain radius from the Zip or Postal
Code.
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.
Personal Contact List
Registered buyers can maintain a personal
Contact List.
This allows buyers to use Steel Spider to send Inquires to those sellers they regularly
contact including those they may have met through Steel Spider.