Industry professionals know how time consuming product research and specification can be. From driving to and from design centers to attending trade shows, meeting with reps as often as possible, pouring through design magazines and maintaining in-house libraries - the process is not only time consuming, but can at times be overwhelming.
Today, there are many options for non-traditional product research via the Internet - including multiple Internet search engines, industry directories, linking websites, online catalogs, and more. While typical search engines can create more frustrations than they solve (having to pore through pages and pages of consumer websites), the directories and guides have proven to be a good starting point, with links and listings of manufacturers that cater to the A & D community.
To that end, TODL.com (Trade Only Design Library) is the one Internet solution that has taken online research and specification to the next level: a product research database exclusively for the trade only that delivers search results by product.
What does this mean?
This means when a professional buyer performs a search in TODL, they get search results at the product level - hundreds of products from multiple manufacturers instantly. TODL provides the search results in a standard format allowing the buyer to compare products, pricing and lead times. They can also view complete specifications for any product they desire without ever having to wait for catalogs to download or go to multiple websites. Presentation images, project folders, and the ability to email clients are all available directly on TODL.
One of the most popular services that TODL provides is regular product emails that keep TODL members inspired with beautiful images of the latest products, services and trends in the marketplace. The combination of these tools provides product and service solutions for all project types including Residential, Hospitality and Contract/Commercial.
TODL has spent 10 years entering in more than 200,000 products from over 900 manufacturers and continues to add 10-20 new manufacturers every month, one product at a time. TODL buyers have access to hundreds of hard-to-find manufacturers as well as industry leaders (including manufacturers such as American Leather, Bokara Rug Company, Boyd Lighting, Decorative Crafts, Edward Ferrell, FLOR, Inc., Hakatai, Harden Furniture, Jacuzzi Premium, Jasper Desk, McGuire, Royal Pedic, Smith & Hawkin, Thermador, ThinkGlass, THG, Viking Range Corporation and so much more).
There’s a right tool for every job and TODL is it for product research and specification. More than 75,000 product images are downloaded every day by TODL's 31,000+ professional trade members.
For more information on how to cut your research time in half,
contact memberservices@todl.com to set up your free membership today
(qualified trade professionals only, please).
For more information on how to list your products on TODL,
contact sales@todl.com.
For press information, contact Christine Cunningham at
ccunningham@todl.com or call 800.631.3111
www.todl.com
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