MaterialsHub
Marketplace

Profiles, factories, products and surplus stock

A discovery marketplace for the materials industry.

Discover connects the industry — company profiles, factories, product catalogs and a surplus marketplace where overstock finds a buyer instead of a warehouse corner.

Discover — A discovery marketplace for the materials industry.
Growth & reach
01 / What it does

Discover, in practice

Get found by buyers who are ready to purchase and turn surplus stock into cash instead of warehouse space — Discover puts you in front of the whole trade.

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Be findable by buyers who are ready

A structured profile means specifiers and buyers can actually find you, not just search engines.

A structured, findable profile for suppliers and contractors.

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Cut out unnecessary middlemen

Reach manufacturers directly, without three intermediaries taking a margin along the way.

Factory profiles cover capacity and certifications for sourcing.

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Win business without a sales call

Published catalogs let buyers shortlist and enquire before you've said a word.

Products list with technical data — shortlist without a call.

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Turn overstock into revenue

List surplus and end-of-line inventory where buyers are actually looking for a deal.

Surplus stock finds a buyer instead of sitting in the warehouse.

02 / How it works
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Publish

Get a professional profile live, with nothing built from scratch.

  • Publish your profile, product lines and technical documents once, in a structured format.
  • Formats, finishes, lead times and minimum orders are stated so enquiries arrive qualified.
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Get found

Reach buyers who are already looking to purchase, not cold leads.

  • Buyers and specifiers find you through material, technical and location search.
  • Your listings feed the wider knowledge base, which compounds visibility over time.
03

Transact

Close the enquiry without leaving the platform, from request to invoice.

  • Enquiries arrive in the inbox and CRM with the product context attached.
  • Convert to a quote, sample request or order without re-entering anything.
03 / In depth

A marketplace organised around specification

Fewer wasted calls to suppliers who cannot actually deliver is the real value of shopping by requirement rather than by brand, and Discover is where buyers and suppliers meet on technical terms: search by requirement, see real availability and lead time, and request pricing from the companies that can actually deliver.

Demand that arrives ready to quote

A supplier's time is wasted on every enquiry that arrives without enough detail to quote against.

Local supply, visible

Winning the order often comes down to who can deliver now, not who has the biggest catalog. Discover surfaces the practical option.

04 / Use cases

Where Discover earns its place

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Buyers

Find suppliers who genuinely stock the specification you need, with lead times up front.

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Suppliers

Receive qualified, structured requests from specifiers already in a project.

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Hard-to-source items

Broadcast a requirement and let the market answer.

05 / Who it's for

Discover is built for the people who specify, buy and sell materials.

A discovery marketplace for the materials industry.

Manufacturers

Importers

Distributors

06 / Questions

Frequently asked

Is listing free?+

Publishing a profile is part of your workspace; talk to us about promoted placement.

Who can list on Discover?+

Verified suppliers, importers, showrooms and manufacturers with a maintained catalog.

Is there a fee to receive requests?+

Commercial terms depend on your plan — talk to us about supplier listing.

Do requests come with project detail?+

Yes, that is the point: quantity, timeline and application arrive with the request.