Inventory does not sell itself from the back shelf. A buyer can be looking for the exact breaker or panel you have, but the request is easy to miss while your team works the counter and answers email by hand. A late reply can mean a quiet shelf and a lost order. RapidQuote gives that inventory another chance to be seen without turning your prices into public information.
Answer Demand While You Work the Counter
Counter work usually comes first. While your team handles customers and checks orders, quote requests wait in the inbox. That delay is where stocked breakers and panels miss a buyer. Rapid Quoting keeps matching inventory available to answer with the price and terms you set, even when nobody has time to work the request by hand. Your team can still review requests and handle the exceptions. Routine matches do not have to compete with the customer standing at the counter. For setup details, see How It Works.
Your Price Stays Private
Electrical parts sellers have good reason to protect pricing. A number given to one buyer should not become a number the whole trade can see. On RapidQuote, only the buyer who sent the request sees your price. Other vendors do not. Your inventory and pricing are not shared with them either. You can quote the order in front of you without exposing what you charge on the next one. Your price stays attached to your quote, for that buyer, under your terms.
Give Alternates a Fair Shot
The exact part is not always the only part that can solve the buyer's problem. If the requested item is out and you have an alternate in stock, Rapid Quoting can include it with your response. The alternate is clearly marked and carries the price you set. That gives shelf inventory a chance to move without passing it off as an exact match. The buyer sees the difference and decides whether the alternate works for the job.
Quote Requests Are Free to Receive
Receiving quote requests costs nothing. You do not pay for requests you cannot fill. You can answer the ones you can fill and leave the rest alone. If you also need to source a part, sending requests costs $24.95 per month after 30 days free. That monthly fee is waived while your inventory is on file and quoting for you. When you win a quote, RapidQuote charges a small percentage of the won quote, up to a maximum.
Straight Answers
- What do I need to start receiving electrical parts quote requests?
- Create one RapidQuote account. You can receive quote requests without uploading inventory. Requests arrive by email and in the app, and receiving them is free. Upload inventory only if you want Rapid Quoting to match incoming requests and answer matching ones automatically with your own price and terms.
- Will other vendors see my prices or inventory?
- No. Only the buyer who sent the request sees the price in your quote. Other vendors do not see it. Your uploaded inventory and pricing are not shared with other vendors either. RapidQuote keeps each vendor's commercial information separate while the buyer decides which quote works for the order.
- Do I have to answer every quote request?
- No. You choose which requests you can fill. Receiving requests does not require you to quote every one. If your inventory is on file, Rapid Quoting can answer matching requests automatically, but only with the price and terms you supplied for that inventory.
- How does Rapid Quoting use my inventory?
- Rapid Quoting matches incoming requests against the inventory and pricing you have on file. When it finds an exact match, it can answer automatically with your price and terms. You can load inventory by CSV import or through the inventory update screen and keep it current on your schedule.
- What if the exact part is out but I stock an alternate?
- If an exact requested part is out and your inventory includes an alternate, Rapid Quoting can send that alternate with your response. It is clearly marked as an alternate and uses the price you put on file. The buyer can then decide whether it fits the job.
- What does RapidQuote cost for vendors?
- Receiving quote requests is free. Sending your own requests costs $24.95 per month after 30 days free, and that monthly fee is waived while your inventory is on file and quoting for you. When you win a quote, RapidQuote charges a small percentage of the won quote, up to a maximum.
Receive quote requests free and let Rapid Quoting answer matching requests with your price.