For Business Buyers
Most of what a purchasing department needs from Supply Tie is already in place. It has not been easy to find. This page is the plain version.
Where the prices on this site come from
Catalogue pricing here is fed from supplier data, and supplier data moves. We would rather say that plainly than have you find out on an invoice.
So treat the catalogue as what it is — a fast way to scope, compare and build a list. Before an order is placed, anything volume-sensitive or freight-sensitive is confirmed on a quote, and the quote is the number we stand behind. Minimum order quantities and lead times come back with it, confirmed with the supplier rather than estimated.
If what we can actually deliver differs from what the catalogue showed, you hear it before the order goes in, not after. We are not going to claim every line is always right. We are telling you where the check happens.
Your pricing, not list pricing
What an anonymous visitor sees is list pricing. Once your business account is approved and you are signed in, the site shows the rates set for your account — on product pages, in search results and in the cart. There is no code to enter and nothing to remember.
Send us what you buy today
Send a spreadsheet, a PDF or a pasted list — part numbers and the quantities you actually buy — from Uline, Grainger, McMaster-Carr or anyone else. You get back a line-by-line comparison: what we match, what we cannot, and where a difference is a real difference rather than a pack-size difference.
Turnaround is normally one business day. No cost, no obligation, and where you are already buying a line well, we will say so.
Net 30, PO checkout and tax exempt
A company card is fine for a one-off prototype or a sample. It is not how a purchasing department buys, and we do not expect it to be.
Apply once. Once terms are approved you order against a PO number on Net 30 instead of a card. Your exemption certificate goes in the same application — submit it once and it applies to every order after that, with no per-order paperwork and no chasing a credit for tax you should not have been charged.
Apply for a business account · Tax exempt purchasing · Submit a purchase order
We set your account up
Send us your list and we build it into your account as favourites, with your quantities, before you ever log in. So the first time you sign in, the things you actually buy are already there and a repeat order takes a minute rather than a re-search. Case pack and bulk quantities are set up the same way.
We set your account up · Bulk and case pack ordering
A free VMI tool
Print Kanban cards with QR codes and put them on the shelf, so a count gets scanned where the stock actually sits rather than written on a clipboard and typed up later.
Behind that: set minimum and maximum levels by location, have someone enter counts on a schedule, and the reorder list emails itself to you. You approve it, or you don’t. Nothing orders itself.
VMI program · Set it up · Enter a count · Print Kanban cards
Local delivery
Some orders don’t need a carrier. If you are close enough, we bring it ourselves — ask and we will tell you straight whether your address is in range.
Where to start
- Apply for a business account — this is the one that unlocks account pricing, Net 30, PO checkout and tax exemption.
- Send us a list — part numbers and monthly or annual volumes are enough to get a comparison back.
- Talk to a person — if it is easier to just ask, ask.