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PHD is a product sourcing concept for professional Interior Designers, Architects, Decorators and Consumers.

Designers and consumers currently spend a lot of their time sourcing products for their projects both on and off line.

Suppliers of home design products promote their products off line with catalogs and in show rooms and online using websites. With an increasing number of suppliers and supplier websites, it has become almost impossible to find the time to see all available products. We provide a one stop shop to find the best home design products from within a chosen region.

Why is PHD a different and better online sourcing service?

Numerous attempts have been made in various countries to provide online product sourcing solutions by displaying home design products from various suppliers on one single website to save buyers’ time. However there are some major problems with a lot of those sites:

  • Suppliers that display their products cannot easily update their product information which means that the information quickly becomes out of date.
  • Online sourcing services are not backed up by user support programs ( the service is sold, products are displayed and that is the end of it).
  • The service often covers too big a territory and does not take into consideration that most buyers do not only need to find a product but want to touch and feel the product once they have found it.

PHD has addressed those issues and provides:

  • The ability for suppliers to easily update their product information any time they need to using V-Com technology.
  • A user support program that maintains and nurtures the suppliers' and the designers' interest in the service.
  • Regional supplier and product listings as well as national suppliers. All PHD catalogs cover a region that is big enough to provide a large number of suppliers but also small enough to allow designers to visit suppliers.
  • A proven global service to designers worldwide that is duplicated and adapted in regional markets to suit regional needs.

PHD is an online catalog concept rather than a supplier directory or a product search engine. This makes PHD unique on the Internet and so attractive to suppliers.

CLOSE OUT - CLEARANCE SALES - ADVERTISING

After a lot of feedback from suppliers, we have added a close out or clearance section in all PHD catalogs. This allows suppliers to mark their products as close out items and effectively reduce inventory of these items. Designers like this feature because some of their projects call for finding "upscale" items on a limited budget. All close-out items are subject to the same high quality standards as the regular priced items. Everything in the catalog will please the most distinguished buyers.

Suppliers also have the opportunity to advertise in their own product category using our monthly banner ads.

"About" last updated on Thursday, 1 February 2007 at 0:10 am