ATLANTA, GA – FishList.com, the premier online community and marketplace for buyers and suppliers of wholesale seafood, has recently launched. This free service allows restaurants and retailers to form new business relationships with suppliers, maximize operating efficiency and boost profits.
The quest for wholesale seafood can be tedious, expensive and inefficient. Most buyers in the seafood industry only do business with a handful of suppliers with whom they have existing relationships, thus limiting their seafood options and offering very little price leverage. When their current suppliers do not have what they are looking for, buyers are forced to pay a premium to get the product they want or to settle for one that’s less than ideal. To make matters worse, buyers have to spend hours on the phone searching for products and comparing prices before finally choosing a supplier and product that may or may not meet their needs. The limiting and time-consuming search for seafood often leaves buyers frustrated and dissatisfied.
FishList makes finding and purchasing seafood easy by placing an expansive product inventory and supplier database all at buyers’ fingertips. Never again do buyers have to compromise their product needs or pay premiums for special orders. The comprehensive and meticulous standardization of the FishList marketplace allows users to quickly locate products based on their unique criteria. Intricate search options allow for products to be filtered based on 20 different variables, including origin, cut, quality and location. Buyers searching for a great deal can take advantage of the Overstocks and Specials section. Also provided are in-depth supplier profiles that include company bios, distribution areas, location and contact details so that a buyer can learn more about the people with whom he or she is considering doing business. More importantly, customer feedback ratings can ensure that a buyer will receive quality products and service from that supplier. FishList gives buyers free and instant access to an array of product options and all the information they need to make informed purchasing decisions.
Buyers now have the ability not only to find the products they want, but to save substantial amounts of time and money as well. In addition to the website features mentioned above, a buyer can add suppliers of interest to his or her “Favorites” list for one-click access to their detailed profiles and current inventories. Products of interest can be added to a buyer’s “Watch List,” a tool used to compare and keep track of options side-by side. When searching for a specific product, a user can save time by creating a “Wanted Ad,” which not only automatically generates potential product options, but also gives FishList suppliers the opportunity to compete for that buyer’s business. Furthermore, if a product is needed on short notice, a buyer can mark a “Wanted Ad” as urgent, which immediately notifies suppliers of what is needed and when.
Because trust and personal interaction are vital to seafood trading, FishList does not process any transactions. Instead, FishList allows buyers and suppliers to network with each other on the site before completing the purchase privately. “FishList functions as a neutral middleman up to the point of the sale, providing each party with all of the information they need so that all they have to do is pick up the phone and finalize the deal,” said Eric Spett, co-founder of FishList.com. “The goal is to minimize the back-and-forth exchange and the need to ask questions, making the business process easier for everyone involved.”
As a final note, FishList is and will continue to be highly innovative to reflect and cater to the needs of businesses involved in the wholesale seafood trade. “We aren’t going to tell the seafood industry what it needs; our users are going to tell us,” said Dave Goldstein, co-founder of FishList.com. “FishList is their platform for their industry, and we plan to continually develop it to make it as valuable as possible for our users.”
About FishList.com
FishList.com is the premier online community and marketplace for buyers and suppliers of wholesale seafood in the United States and Canada. Launched in spring 2011, FishList is designed to help save substantial amounts of time, money and resources, while increasing efficiency and profitability. For more information, please visitwww.fishlist.com.
Source: FishList.com
