For buyers: verified suppliers from Europe
The only place where European origin is verified, the language barrier disappears – and you can actually buy instead of filling in a contact form.
You have to be able to prove where your supplies come from, in ever less time, from ever more countries. A directory does not help with that – it only shows you who exists.
01 Origin is verified, not claimed
On the large platforms, everyone enters for themselves where their goods come from. Classic supplier directories show what the company has written about itself. None of it is checked.
Anyone listed here has passed a check: proof of trade, complete legal details, a valid seal. Those who cannot produce the evidence never appear in the catalogue – and those who fall behind after the deadline disappear again.
Between supply chain legislation, CBAM and an unclear customs situation, this is not a feel-good argument but a matter of proof. You have to be able to document origin. We supply the documentation with it.
02 The language barrier falls – in both directions
Twenty-six languages, Chinese and Arabic with correct reading direction included. It is not only the interface that is translated, but product data, company profiles and your messages in the mailbox as well.
In practice: a buyer in Riyadh can order from a twelve-person workshop in Portugal that does not speak a word of English. That business simply does not happen today – not for lack of demand, but because nobody can write the first sentence.
03 Search for your requirement, not for a part number
“Housing in recycled aluminium, small batch” is a requirement, not a category. Our search understands it anyway, because it works on meaning rather than on industry codes.
For everyone who knows what they need but not what the industry calls it, that is the difference between finding it and giving up. A directory built on industry codes cannot do this, however hard it tries.
04 Buy instead of enquire
Other platforms end at “get in touch”. Only then does the actual process begin: email, query, quotation, follow-up, approval – over weeks.
Here you add to the basket and pay. Even if your order contains goods from several manufacturers: you pay once, every seller receives their order. Invoice, delivery note and shipping label are created along the way.
Or take a look at who sells here.