Receive Inventory Alerts by Email and Email Offerings for Coil.

Describe characteristics of the coil you are looking for in a manner similar to that used to search for Coil. Fill in applicable fields to further define what coil is included in the Inventory Alert. Not all fields need to be filled in. Periodically our software agent, Boris, checks the site and compares the attributes of your criteria with those of coil that has been added for sale for the first time. When you receive an Inventory Alert by email you can click on the company name for an item of interest in the email. This will bring you to the page on Steel Spider that shows additional information about the item including the contact information for the supplier. If no criteria is selected other than the type of Coil you will receive Inventory Alerts about all new Coil added to the Inventory and all Email Offerings for the selected type of Coil.

There are two kinds of Offerings on this site. The first kind is an offering that is added to the searchable multi-supplier inventory. Each Coil Offering is described with specific characteristics such as type, dimensions, quantity, and location. The second kind is a Coil Offering where only the type of coil in the offering is required. The supplier is free to provide the description of the offering however he wishes to describe it. The second kind intended for offerings of package deals or unique offerings that can not be described using the Inventory.

Both kinds of offerings can be emailed to buyers if they choose to receive them. Buyers use the following form to identify the types of Coil Offerings that they are interested in receiving and email about. A buyer can elect to receive all offerings for any type of Coil or he can be more specific and only receive emails concerning offerings with specific characteristics such as type, dimensions, quantity and location.

For Offerings added to the Inventory (the first kind), Inventory Alert emails are sent. Because specific characteristics such as type, dimensions, quantity and location are contained in the Offering, buyers can be selective on what Offerings they get emails regarding. Every hour of so the Inventory is checked to determine whether any new items added match a buyer's criteria. If any match, an email is sent to the buyer describing the offering. When you receive an Inventory Alert by email, you can click on the company name to open a page on Steel Spider that shows additional information about the item and whom to contact if you are interested. Offerings added to the Inventory are viewable on the site in the searchable Inventory until they are removed.

For Email Offerings (the second kind) only the type of Coil is available. They are converted into emails and sent to those buyers who wish to see all offerings of that certain type. Email Offerings are only available by email and are not viewable on the site unless you have signed up to receive them by email. They are not sent to any buyers who have identified any conditions on what offerings they can receive by email such as dimensions, quantity and location.

Suppliers, when they have a choice of whether to add their offering to the inventory or sending an email offering, will have the greatest distribution of their offering by email by adding their offering to the Inventory. Email offerings are only sent to those buyers who want to see emails about all offerings of a certain type. If a buyer has elected to receive only Offerings that match specific criteria, he will not receive the Email offerings even if the Email offering happened to contain an Offering he would have been interested in. Inventory Alerts about your offering will be sent to those buyers who want to see emails about all offerings and also those who want to receive offerings based on specific criteria if the offering matches their criteria. Whenever possible, for the greatest distribution by email of your Offerings to the right buyers, adding them to the Inventory is recommended.