Re: Joel Ray

Posted by BigKev On 2008/12/15 17:08:30

I dont have a problem coding it up as long as we can get a few vendors who would like to participate. I would hate to spend the time working up all the code, and then none of the vendors want to play along.

I figured we could build it in a way that a person can request a part either by number, group or description, and then it sends an email to all the vendors who want to participate. Then they can respond back through a website link provided in the email.

Then the requester would get back the quotes from the vendors on the part. Then vendors could also select if the part is a regularly stocked item, and and as such it would build automatically build a store list for that vendor that people could look through.

I could also allow vendors to to manage their own product lists. This way some of the smaller vendors who dont have their own online catalogs can use it for that. Also any of the PI or PAC chapters can list their repro project parts.

The website would not deal with any of the actual transactions, but just as a free service to link folks needing a part with the vendors who can supply them.

As with everything here on the website, no costs or fees for any of this. All of it will be free.

Comments, Questions, Ideas?