Waikato Business News Article
April 15th 2006 | Print This Page
Don't quote me on this, but have you heard...
This is a new outfit about town with a great new twist for business. Firstly, have you ever heard of QuoteIt? Well, rest assured you're going to hear about them loud and clear and I'd guarantee you will be using their services too. Here's why; and we've all been in similar situations to the one immediately below.
The other day I heard our business owner ask one of our advertising people "Can you please get me a quote on 50,000 A4 process colour fliers?"
"No problem," said the ad rep, picking up the phone and proceeding to ring around four or five Hamilton printers to solicit quotes for the job. At least an hour was used up just getting the information to the various printers for them to then work on it and get the numbers back. The quotes straggled in over the next few days and a couple were called back to see if they could sharpen their pencils a bit. What a time consuming effort. But according to David White, director and the brains behind QuoteIt, that's all a thing of the past.
"Our QuoteIT system is a business directory on steroids," he said. "It takes business listings to the next level."
Using the Print Industry as just one example from the 600 categories that could be listed on QuoteIt, David explains "If you're looking for a print job like the one mentioned previously, you jump on www.QuoteIt.co.nz find the print section and go through the simple instructions for getting a quote.
"These instructions go to all the printers on the site and you remain anonymous," he said. "Give them a deadline for the quote reply then log in and sort out the quotes that have come back.
"You may then wish to contact a couple of the printers to see how competitive they can be with your job. The best thing is requesting quotes is totally free"
From what we could see it's simple, it's quick and it saves time and that saves you money. David said the main focus of QuoteIt was service industries rather than commodities, at this stage anyway.
David believes there are great benefits for businesses joining up with QuoteIT. "This is the cheapest lead generator and marketing tool your company will ever pay for" he said. "Don't forget, as a business you can be a seller and a buyer. "Start using QuoteIT for all you own business requirements, save time and money let the site work away on your behalf."