Buyer members can use the 'Send Inquiry' button to contact a company that has products or services of interest. Just click the 'Send Inquiry' button next to the company's listing and complete the inquiry form. Enter a message and your company contact information into the form and click 'Send Inquiries' to contact the company about their services.

You can also send an identical inquiry to multiple companies by adding them to your Inquiry Cart. To do this you simply click the 'Add to Inquiry Cart' button next to any featured or gold member listing. After you've located several companies whose services you are interested in, click the 'Inquiry Cart' button at the top of the Web page to display the companies you've added. Then select the companies in your Inquiry Cart that you wish to contact, fill out the inquiry form, and click 'Submit' to send an identical inquiry to all the companies.

Viewing & Responding to Inquiries

The Inquiry Box works much like a web based email program in that it allows buyers and suppliers send and respond to inquiries, such as requests for quotes and proposals. Click the 'Inquiry Box' link in the 'Member Options' box to view your inquiry inbox. From here you are provided with tabs to sort your inquires by 'All', 'Received', and 'Sent' New inquires will appear at the top of your inbox sorted by date descending. Inquiries that appear in bold indicate they have not been read.