Sunhub for business
Follow the process from searching listings and making an offer to agreeing terms, receiving a contract and making payment.
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Step 1.Hover on 'Solar Trader Deals'. Step 2.Or type name of product in the search bar to get a match. Step 3.Click on the deal you want to search for. Step 4.Refine search by more filters if needed. Step 5.Select the deal listing of interest.
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When you place a bid on a deal, the window will automatically redirect to the chat screen, where you can continue to communicate further, see terms, and Accept or Decline the offer.
You can make an inquiry and discuss terms before making an offer. Or you can submit an offer with the quantity you desire, meaning make an offer on partial quantity as long it above the minimum order quantity that the seller listed with the existing terms listed.
When you place an inquiry or a bid on a deal, the window will automatically redirect to the chat screen, where you can continue to communicate further by negotiating price and terms and conclude with both parties accepting deal.
Step 1.Login to Buyer Account. Step 2.Search and Select the deal listing of interest. Step 3.Click on Chat Now button. Step 4.Send your Inquiry or Offer on the deal. Step 5.Chat window displays the offers, terms and details.
You can ask a question or get more information on deal listing, without entering a bid. You can use the Send inquiry tab on the Inquire and Make Offer popup to interact with Sunhub Assistant, who moderates communication between Sellers.
When making a bid, you have three things to consider, price, quantity you like to purchase, and the sales contract terms. You can view the default terms the seller provided on the listing, and may choose to discuss with seller any changes.
All your bids can be viewed via My Account. You can check messages and counter offers. Each Buyer’s bid is uniquely identified, and your communication is specific to it.
Bid on the amount you need. When making an offer, you can select the quantity the bid is for, you can request partial quantity listed if you desire, long as it's higher than the minimum order quantity, which is stated on the listing.
If you come to an agreement with seller on price, quantity, and the terms, you can from the chat window request a quote. Seller will issue a quote that will lock the agreed price for a period of time. The seller commits to sell you the product at the price negotiated till the quote expiry date. This is useful to some buyers that may need to lock in a price to arrange for financing or to get a commitment from their customer before executing on a transaction.
A sales quote document is generated listing the product, price, quantity, terms and expiry date. Everytime a new quote is requested from Seller, it cancels and overrides the previous quote issued by Seller to Buyer. Most recent quote is valid till expiry date.
Your chat communication or negotiation with Buyer is moderated by Sunhub Assistant. Sunhub manages the contract terms centrally for both parties. Terms are updated if both parties are in agreement.
Price is listed and negotiated per Watt, as commonly done in the Solar industry for panels by installers, EPCs, distributors and manufacturers.
You can always view terms, the latest or updated price/terms are always displayed on the top bar of the chat window for the listing. Any updates to the terms are reflected there, as well there is a system message sent to both parties when terms change during chat negotiations. Binding contract is generated with respect to price, purchase quantity and agreed terms.
You can accept the bid on the top of the chat window or click on the Offer message on the chat message to accept. Alternatively, you can negotiate price and sales contract terms on the listing. If the terms are acceptable by both parties, Sunhub assistant updates the terms for each, and a system notification is sent to both parties, and you can bid accordingly against the current terms in place.
The Sunhub Trading Platform allows you to negotiate price and contract terms live. Once accepted by both parties, the contract is binding.
Step 1.Select the "Offers and Bids" from your account or Bid/Offer icon on top of the Navigation bar. Step 2.Chat window displays the bid, terms and details. Step 3.Fill out the account information, required to generate contract. Step 4.And/Or Discuss terms for update in chat window Step 5.And/Or Accept or Decline the bid using the button in chat window
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Sunhub provided a chat interface, where you communicate with Sunhub Assistant to update or modify contract terms and/or accept or decline bids.
This is required to be filled before the contract is generated, as it captures Legal entity name and address for generating a sales contract. If you are exempt from paying sales tax, you can attach your sales tax exemption certificate.
Your chat communication or negotiation with Buyer is moderated by Sunhub Assistant. Sunhub manages the contract terms centrally for both parties. The contract terms are updated by Sunhub Assistant after validating with both parties. A system message is sent to both parties every time terms are updated, and they can be viewed in real time.
During listing and negotiations Sunhub maintains the buyer and seller privacy. Sunhub Assistant serves as the moderator between the two parties.
Sunhub as a moderator can also fill the gap in negotiations. For instance, if a seller can not provide delivery, and the buyer is looking for delivery, Sunhub can leverage its inhouse logistic management capabilities to offer pickup and delivery. In this case Seller and Buyer both get what they want, and Sunhub Assistant creates an independent contract with each to bridge the deal.
You can make an offer, if not accepted, you can send update bids based on the terms being discussed. You can also accept the counter offer from Seller anytime.
You may choose to accept the price that suits you the best with discussed terms. For instance, you may want delivery included as part of the terms or arrange for NET30 payment terms. Ultimately, the purchase price on a deal will be decided by you in consideration with the terms and the quantity discussed.
Once both parties accept the price with agreed terms, the listing will go into contract status automatically, and will be removed from the search listing, and no longer able to make new bids. The system will send a message to both parties with price, quantity and terms accepted, and a downloadable binding contract.
The contracts for Buyer and Seller are with Sunhub. Sunhub generates contracts with agreed terms by each party with Sunhub. The sales contract agreement is downloadable from the platform via the chat window for both parties. This is the binding contract.
Note, the price and terms on the contract between Seller and Sunhub, and Buyer and Sunhub may be different. For instance, if a seller can not provide delivery, and the buyer is looking for delivery, Sunhub can leverage its inhouse logistic management capabilities to offer pickup and delivery, where this cost is added to price for the Buyer. In this case Seller and Buyer both get what they want, and Sunhub creates an independent contract with each to bridge the deal.
Buyer will need to make payments as per the Sales Contract Agreement. Sunhub can accept payment via ACH, and Stripe. Sunhub will make payment to Seller after collection from Buyer as per the terms outlined in contract.
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