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Submit a commercial offer

Price items, add a smart alternative and submit before the deadline.

When a buyer invites you, you'll receive a secure link to a private offer form. This guide walks through pricing each item, adding a smart alternative, and submitting before the deadline.

Open the invitation

Find the invite in your Inbox or from the email link. Review the items, quantities, specifications and the RFx deadline at the top before you start pricing.

1

Review the request

Read the specification and any attachments. If something is unclear, use the Q&A thread to ask the buyer before pricing.

Invitation · request detail
2

Price each item

Enter your unit price per line. The form totals your offer live and flags any item you've left unpriced.

Offer form · item pricing
3

Add an alternative (optional)

Propose a different make, pack size or lead time as an Alternative. Buyers can compare it alongside your primary offer.

Offer form · add alternative
4

Attach documents

Add datasheets, certificates or a formal quotation PDF so the buyer has everything in one place.

Offer form · attachments
5

Review and submit

Check your totals and submit. You'll get a confirmation and can revise until the deadline closes.

Offer form · submit
Alternatives win business

A well-judged alternative — a comparable product at a better price, or a faster lead time — often wins the line even when your primary offer doesn't. Use them.

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Submitting a winning offer
Chapters · 2:46 min watch
0:00Reading the request
0:52Pricing items
1:40Adding alternatives
2:18Submitting

Frequently asked

Yes — you can revise any time before the RFx deadline. Each revision is versioned, and the buyer always sees your latest submission.
No. Offers are private to you and the buyer. In open-rank auctions you see your rank, never competitors' actual prices.
Leave it unpriced or mark it as 'no bid'. You can still win the items you can supply — buyers can award line by line.

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