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Bulk-buying pools

On your own you're a small buyer.
Together you're a large one.

Companies that need the same product merge into a single pool. As the pool grows, the price tier the supplier opens improves — you don't negotiate separately; the discount comes on its own.

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Consolidated volumeDaily closingRefund if the target is missed
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Bulk-buying pools● closes today at 17:00
Open pools in your categories
A4 copy paper 80gsmJoined
Approaching the target03:42
Industrial bleach 5LOpen
Tier rising03:42
Premium filter coffee 1kgOpen
Tier rising03:42
Why it works

Suppliers discount for volume, not out of generosity

Same production line, same shipment, same paperwork. As the order grows the supplier's unit cost falls and it can open a better price. A company ordering alone never reaches that threshold.

On your own
Scattered small ordersEvery company opens its own order, negotiates separately and pays for its own shipment. None of them reaches the supplier's discount threshold.
  • Unit price close to list
  • Blocked by minimum order quantities
  • Separate logistics cost per company
In the pool
One consolidated orderRequests merge and reach the supplier as a single large order. Because the volume threshold is crossed, the price tier improves.
  • Tiered discounted unit price
  • Minimum order problem disappears
  • One shipping plan, shared cost
How it works

The life of a pool

Every pool runs to the same rhythm: it opens, it fills, it closes, it gets supplied.

1A request opensA company writes what it needs. AI groups similar product requests semantically and routes them into the same pool.
2The pool fillsAs other companies join, the total quantity grows. Every new participant raises the chance of dropping the price one tier.
3Closing time arrivesThe pool closes at 17:00 every day. The quantity is fixed, suppliers quote against it, and the best quote is selected.
4It gets suppliedThe price is locked and everyone pays their share as a held payment. It ships on one plan, and invoices are issued separately.
A4 copy paper 80gsmPool open
The higher the tier, the lower the unit pricetoday 17:00
Buying aloneList price
First tierDiscounted
Second tierBetternow
Whatever tier it closes at, everyone in the pool pays the same final price.
Tiered pricing

Early and late joiners pay the same price

Whatever tier the pool reaches at closing applies to every participant. You aren't punished for joining early, and joining at the last minute gains nothing.

  • The final price is set at closing and applied equally to everyone
  • Order of joining doesn't affect the price
  • You can leave the pool before it closes
  • If the target is missed the order is cancelled and the payment refunded
Semantic grouping

"A4 paper" and "copy paper 80gsm" land in the same pool

Companies write the same product by different names. AI reads the meaning rather than the label and gathers equivalent requests into one pool. That way the pool doesn't fragment and volume genuinely accumulates.

  • Different spellings and synonyms are merged
  • Size, weight and specification matches are checked
  • Incompatible requests are routed to a separate pool
A4 papercopy paper 80gsmA4 80 gram whiteprinter paper A4
One poolA4 copy paper 80gsm
Categories

Headings pools open in

Regularly consumed, standard, comparable products suit the pool logic best.

Office suppliesPaper, stationery, filing
Cleaning and hygieneChemicals, paper products, equipment
PackagingBoxes, tape, stretch film, filling
Food and refreshmentsCoffee, tea, water, kitchen supplies
Workplace safetyPPE, gloves, helmets, goggles
Industrial consumablesHardware, fasteners

Today's pools close this evening

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