DIYTrade vs Thomasnet

DIYTrade is a web-based B2B trading platform for businesses sourcing and selling products. It describes a marketplace with over 5 million products and says more than 8 million users search for suppliers through the platform each month. Its free member service is a basic online trading offering for small and medium businesses, including a company website with a free subdomain. Members can publish company, product, and service information, using English, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese; the two Chinese versions can be converted automatically. Website customization includes adjustable content layouts, dozens of templates, and 360 color choices per template. Product catalogs support custom fields, embedded PayPal payment button code, and multimedia such as Youku and YouTube. Members can customize contact forms and add QQ or Skype chat. DIYTrade says member website information is listed on its China and international sites, with SEO support and XML sitemaps. A mobile version is designed for phones and tablets. Membership requires a legally registered company, truthful and complete registration information, and one registration per company. The service is free.

Thomasnet is a web-based industrial sourcing platform for finding and contacting North American suppliers. Buyers can search profiles for more than 500,000 suppliers and narrow results by location, certifications, and other criteria. Profiles include catalogs, certifications, and capability information. The platform serves industrial buyers seeking OEMs, custom manufacturers, service companies, and distributors. Buyers can save and share supplier shortlists, send requests for information directly to suppliers, and ask multiple suppliers for quotes in one step.

Suppliers can claim a free company profile. The Free Company Profile costs nothing and includes profile-content management, team-member access, activity overview analytics, and classification and basic positioning in limited categories. Separate supplier advertising is offered through a monthly program with a budget chosen by the supplier; no advertising price is listed. Advertisers can select keywords and track campaign performance in real time. Thomasnet was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in New York, New York.