>>About Price Database
▶ 1, What’s the different between our database prices and Digikey (Arrow or else) Prices?
Digikey prices are based on factory prices, while our database prices are more based on the market.
Buyers turns to market, basically when or because can not get stock from Digikey in a short time, or because Buyers need to search a better price.
And market prices can be better than Digikey prices while: 1, better price than just what YOU can get from Digikey. 2, too much stock on the market, someones are eager to sell. 3, Excess and overstock can be sold at low. 4, strategic low prices…
There are some companies download prices from Digikey (Arrow or else), and some companies built up some not bad small qty retailing prices websites, also there are do many companies can make a Tens of thousands of price database(due to but not limited to, RFQs or quotations that can get)…All these are no much help for the open market.
And now we made and publicly this massive (30,000,000+) price database(You may know TBF and ICSource total daily RFQs is just around 2000-3000 items), it will be definitely helpfull for you in some way.
▶ 2, Why there are so many different prices for a same part number?
Prices can be different because of many reasons: different Mfg/brand, DC newer or older, different available qty, pulled refurbish or new original quality, nice or not very good appearance included packing method, lack of or sufficient stock, different terms, different suppliers with different profit demands, different period of time…all will affect the price. A same supplier may quote 2 or more different prices at a same time, even just next seconds.
Anyway, it won’t be that difficult to to estimate the price in the face of big data.
And the closer the time, the more accurate the quotation.
▶ 3, Are all prices correct? All for new original? Can I place an order directly at the list prices?
It’s hard and nonsence to falsifying so much prices. We guarantee that all prices are absolutely 100% quoted by the suppliers themselves. and we have also listed all the suppliers name, it won’t be hard to verify. (We listed suppliers’ contact details at before too, but deleted it later, as thinking about website capacity and speed and some upload issue, not because we do not want to let you know. It’s not hard to google the contact detail with a company name, and you can ask it from us when necessary.)
Some prices may indeed be incorrect due to carelessness, some prices may change rapidly due to market fluctuations, and different prices for different quality or conditions too, please send a inquiry request for us to double check it for you soon.
▶ 4, Does the prices database record all quotations for the whole China market?
There are more than 50 thousands sellers, over 2 millions part numbers on our market.
And more than 80% sellers may use a more than 50 thousands lines p/n stock list, though most of them actually has only less than 100 lines p/n of own stock(as you may realize a company with 2000 lines p/n stock should be considered a large company while normally 1 line p/n stock may worth $10000-100000 usd ).
But experienced purchasers usually know which companies truly have stock or better prices or quality, and will surely inquire with several suppliers to compare prices too. Some of them may inquire about the prices of bulk new and refurbished parts in search of low prices and high profits too.
Then thus, our prices database recorded almost all the typical and different levels prices from the market…
(Our 30,000,000 prices should have included the vast majority of p/n, as you may know TBF and ICSource total daily RFQs is just around 2000-3000 items)
Anyway, you don’t have to worry about our database may miss some good prices at all, as there is still us to help you make the final confirmation. Since we aim to earn from low well-earned service nowadays instead of earning a easily high price differentials. SO WITH NO DOUBT, WE DO CAN AND HAS THE ABILITY TO GET THE BEST PRICES FOR YOU.
▶ 5, Why many prices are with no supplier information listed together?
It’s not we don’t list it, some suppliers just told not want be listed, as to keep their initiative in pricing, though it does not affect the authenticity and referenceability of the corresponding prices.
▶ 6, Why i searched several LED, capacitors, resistors items but with no results?
Although our database tries to contain all electronic components and semiconductors prices, but indeed, more inclined towards integrated circuits / chips, diodes and transistors. And more popular more hot parts will have more prices records.
>>About quality
Please refer to the quality page. http://www.ic-price.com/quality-control/
>>About service
Please refer to the service page. http://www.ic-price.com/service/
We aim to support and gain from a low well-earned, Value-added Escrow service, instead of still trying to earn a easily high price differentials like others.
Being truely helpful to maximize your cost savings and win customer trust.
We are one of the few companies that can provide and publicly the massive prices database.
WE DO CAN AND HAS THE ABILITY TO GET THE BEST PRICES FOR YOU.
We move fast, answer quickly, and with surely top level QC ability…