6 Ways To Find The Right IBPI Vendor For You
February 3rd, 2023 by admin
One of the most frequent questions we get at IBPI is this: Hey Mark, I am looking for a product or service. What IBPI Vendors sell that product or service?
Well, if you have that question, you have come to the right place. We developed the Vendor Search Tool on the IBPI website to answer your question. Using this tool, you can find out every product or service that an IBPI Vendor provides. Let's check it out.
First, since this is an IBPI Members'-only tool, you need to sign into our website. Not sure how to get signed in? Check out our article How to access the Members only section of the IBPI website.
Once you are logged in, click on the menu item, Vendor Search at the top of any page on the IBPI website and scroll down. You will be presented with 3 search boxes labeled IBPI Vendor, OEM and Product Category. Let's explore what each of these searches can do and then learn how to combine search fields for an even more specific result.
The 6 Different Search Possibilities
1. IBPI Vendor
Want to know what products and services a specific IBPI vendor provides?
On the Vendor Search Tool, click the drop down box labeled IBPI Vendor and select a company. Leave the OEM and Product Category drop down boxes with their default selection of “any”. The search result will tell you the name of the company you selected, the person to contact along with their email address and phone number. Then, the result will list every product category for every OEM (if applicable) that they provide. For example, select ACM Technologies. You will see their company name and contact information. Then, the search result lists the 43 OEM product categories that ACM provides. Looking to see if ACM provides Canon compatible printer cartridges? Good news, they do! It is listed right there in the search result. Not sure what Digitech Systems offers IBPI Members? Select their company in the IBPI Vendor drop down and the result will tell you what product categories they provide along with their contact information.
2. OEM
Looking to find out which vendor(s) sell products for a specific OEM?
On the Vendor Search Tool, click the drop down box labeled OEM and select the manufacturer you are looking for. Leave the IBPI Vendor and Product Category drop down boxes with their default selection of “any”. The search result will tell you the name of the company(s) that meet your search criteria along with the person to contact, their email address and phone number. Then, the result will list every product category for every OEM that they provide. For example, select Xerox from the list of OEMs. The search result is 44 records long with 10 different vendors providing items in 13 different product categories. There are a total of 20 different OEMs available to search.
3. Product Category
Want to know which vendor(s) provide a specific product category like accounts receivable collections, compatible toner, delivery carts or refurbished printers?
On the Vendor Search Tool, click the drop down box labeled Product Category and select the product or service you are looking for.. Leave the IBPI Vendor and OEM drop down boxes with their default selection of “any”. The search result will tell you the name of the company(s) that meet your search criteria along with the person to contact, their email address and phone number. For example, searching for the product category of accounts receivable collections, results in the IBPI Vendor C2C Resources along with their main contact Rick Scinta and how to reach him. Since accounts receivable collections don't have an OEM associated with that service, that result is just not applicable (N/A). Let's look at another product category that results in multiple vendors and where the OEM is applicable. Searching for the product category of refurbished printers, results in 3 different IBPI Vendors and 4 different OEMs. Arlington sells Canon refurbished printers, Clover sells HP, Lexmark and Xerox refurbished printers and finally, Katun sells HP refurbished printers.
4. IBPI Vendor and OEM
Curious if a specific vendor sells anything for your OEM?
Does CET Group sell Ricoh products? Does Polek & Polek have anything for the Kyocera line? On the Vendor Search Tool, click the drop down box labeled IBPI Vendor and select the company you are looking for. Then click the drop down box labeled OEM and select your manufacturer. Leave the Product Category drop down box with the default selection of “any”. The search result will tell you the name of the company that meets your search criteria along with the person to contact, their email address and phone number. Then, the result will list every product category for that OEM that the IBPI vendor provides. For example, does CET Group sell Ricoh products? Select CET Group as the IBPI Vendor and also select Ricoh Savin Lanier as the OEM, leaving Product Category as any. The result tells us that yes, CET Group sells products in 9 different categories for the Ricoh family group. How about our other question, does Polek & Polek have anything for the Kyocera line? Select Polek & Polek as the IBPI Vendor and also select Kyocera Copystar as the OEM, leaving the Product Category as any. The result tells us that yes, Polek & Polek sells compatible printer cartridges, compatible toner, drums, parts and staples for Kyocera and Copystar.
5. IBPI Vendor and Product Category
Does a specific vendor sell a product or provide a specific service?
Does Arlington sell compatible toner? Does NA Trading sell drums? The answer to these questions can be found by combining two search fields. On the Vendor Search Tool, click the drop down box labeled IBPI Vendor and select the company you are looking for. Then click the drop down box labeled Product Category and select the product or service you are looking for. Leave the OEM drop down box with the default selection of “any”. The search result will tell you the name of the company that meets your search criteria along with the person to contact, their email address and phone number. Then, the result will list every OEM for that product category that the IBPI vendor provides. For example, does Arlington sell compatible toner? Select Arlington as the IBPI Vendor and also select compatible toner as the product category, leaving the OEM as any. The result tells us that yes, Arlington sells compatible toner for 16 different OEMs. How about our other question, does NA Trading sell drums? Select NA Trading as the IBPI Vendor and also select drums as the product category, leaving the OEM as any. The result tells us that yes, NA Trading sells drums for 7 different OEMs.6. OEM and Product Category
We have saved the best for last. We know which OEM we are looking for and we know what product category we need to buy, but we don't know which IBPI Vendor sells it. You have come to the right place and the initial reason why we created the Vendor Search Tool. One of the questions we get asked most frequently is this: Which vendor sells this product for this OEM? We hear it all the time. So, let's find out how to answer the question.
Which IBPI Vendor sells Sharp compatible toner? Does anyone have Konica Minolta drums? The answer to these questions can be found by combining two search fields. On the Vendor Search Tool, click the drop down box labeled OEM and select the manufacturer you are looking for. Then click the drop down box labeled Product Category and select the product or service you are looking for. Leave the IBPI Vendor drop down box with the default selection of “any”. The search result will tell you the name of the company(s) that meet your search criteria along with the person to contact, their email address and phone number. For example, which IBPI Vendor sells Sharp compatible toner? Select Sharp as the OEM and also select compatible toner as the product category, leaving the IBPI Vendor as any. The result tells us that yes, 8 different IBPI Vendors sell Sharp compatible toner. How about our other question, does anyone have Konica Minolta drums? Select Konica Minolta as the OEM and also select drums as the product category, leaving IBPI Vendor as ”any”. The result tells us that yes, 8 different IBPI Vendors sell Konica Minolta drums.
So there you have it. Six ways to find the right IBPI Vendor for you!
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