What’s New on Automa.Net?

To start selling on our Marketplace, you need to complete the onboarding process, which includes a few key steps:

1. Update Your Profile – Make sure your profile includes all required information.
2. Update Inventory – Add detailed product information, including prices, warranties, descriptions, images, weight, and other essential data. The more details, the better.
3. Complete Trading Information – Update your policies regarding warranties, returns, and other sales terms to ensure your listings are complete and compliant.

Once these steps are completed, your products will be visible on the Marketplace, and you’ll be ready to start selling!

Start selling on the Marketplace today!

We’ve introduced new Product Conditions Simplified:

• New Factory Sealed – Brand-new, unopened, and factory-sealed product.
• Refurbished – Inspected, cleaned, and repaired product in excellent working condition.
• New Surplus – New, unused product without original packaging or with replacement packaging.
• Used Tested – Used product, tested and fully operational.
• Used – Used product with cosmetic wear but fully functional.
• Exchange – Product exchanged for a damaged or defective item.
• Defective – Product not functioning as intended or missing essential components.
• Repair – Product or service for repair.

We’re thrilled to announce significant performance enhancements across Automa.Net! 🚀

Thanks to extensive optimizations, the platform now loads faster than ever, ensuring smooth navigation and a more responsive experience. Whether you’re searching for parts, managing RFQs, or exploring new features, everything works seamlessly, saving you valuable time.

These improvements make Automa.Net not only faster but also more reliable, so you can focus on what matters most—growing your business!

Start exploring the improved Automa.Net today!

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Request Board! Now you can easily submit inquiries by uploading lists of sought-after parts in Excel or PDF format, as well as request quotes using these file types. We’ve also added a Watchlist where you can track the requests that interest you. Additionally, advanced filtering options by brand, country, and requests with no offers yet make finding what you need easier than ever. Our new search tool ensures that locating relevant requests is quick and straightforward. 

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Easily connect to our global stock database of 600+ suppliers using just MPN and Brand with the new Automa.Net API - save hours on every integration!

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We’re excited to announce new improvements to the Surplus Auction module! You can now:

• Search auctions more easily by entering the Title, Part Number or Brand.
• Filter auctions by reserved price, helping you quickly find offers within your price range.
• View a summary of the parts list, including key details such as unique brands, unique product conditions, total quantity and total price.
  
  

These new features make managing auctions easier and help you find what you need faster!

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We’re excited to introduce new features in the Surplus Auction module! Now you can preview the Excel list of parts you're uploading and set both a reserved price and an opening bid for your auctions. These enhancements will help streamline your auction process and maximize your profits.

Explore the new options today and take your surplus sales to the next level!

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We’re excited to introduce the new Deals Sales Stats feature! This tool provides detailed insights into your sales performance. Track all your transactions, including unanswered RFQs, ongoing quotations, and completed orders. Custom date range filters will be available soon. Enhance your sales strategy with these valuable insights! 

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We’ve just improved the Surplus Auction module with new functionalities:

• Sold Tab: In this section, you can find a comprehensive list of all completed auctions. You can view the number of bids and identify the winning bid. This makes it easier to track past sales and auction results across the platform.
• Watch List: Keep track of auctions that interest you by adding them to your Watch List. Receive email notifications for updates and approaching end dates.

Take advantage of these new features to manage your surplus more effectively and stay informed!

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Enhance your B2B AutomaShop search results. Customize product conditions, warranties, and inventory updates under "Settings" to improve relevance and boost sales. Explore E-Commerce Settings in AutomaShop today! 

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Enhance your customer experience both on and off Automa.Net by offering flexible Net 30, 60, and 90 payment terms. With AutomaPAY, you can provide your customers with the convenience of extended payment options, starting from just 2.5%! 

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Introducing dashboard blocks for streamlined access to essential tools and info. Manage profiles, recent requests, and deals easily. Optimize your workflow today! 

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Introducing our Surplus Auction module for quick and easy surplus inventory management. Access it via the "Surplus Auction" in the side menu to view all auctions or manage your own. Sell efficiently with clear auction listings, bid submissions, and easy setup steps. Start selling your surplus today! 

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Explore our detailed product pages for comprehensive part information. Easily access by searching and clicking on the part you're interested in. Sellers, ensure complete info by updating profiles and inventory files. Enhance buyer trust with clear product details.

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Discover our new Notification Settings and manage your email alerts effortlessly! Choose important notifications and disable unnecessary ones for complete control over your email inbox. Access the settings by clicking your avatar drop-down or navigating to "Settings" -> "Notifications" -> "User Notifications". Customize your preferences to save time, avoid inbox overload, and personalize your experience. Configure your notification settings today!

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Hi there! We are elevating your business to the next level! Give us your prices and update your Stock at least every 48 hours, and we will show your Customers BUY NOW option, which leads them directly to the Check Out Page. You must try it!

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In Automa.Net you can offer different payment methods e.g. to enable Online Payments (watch the video), and different Billing Terms (watch the video). In Trade Relations you can customize what Billing Terms you want to give to each Customer, and … those will be visible for them on the Offers in Search Results!

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Almost every time you make a quote there are more costs you want to include before sending it to the Customer, like shipping or packaging. We know you are using the same values multiple times, so we want to give you a hand – start typing in “Additional Charges” input and we will show you a list of suggestions of your previously used costs.

We are developing our product day by day to improve your trade relations in the automation world. We know you have a long-lasting partnership with many buyers. Now there is a possibility to shorten the DEAL flow by switching on the option of accepting the orders that come from a chosen client automatically. Go to Companies, choose the clients, and enable this feature!

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We know you have been waiting for it! Now you can see the quote preview before it is sent to the buyer. The last improvements and double-checking of your offer now is easier and more comfortable. Go to your DEALS and Quote subtab, where you can get familiar with how the offer looks like in the eyes of your clients!

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Now you can interact with your customers through a highly personalized experience; showing the prices of your products, applying discounts and specific billing terms for each company you sell to. This way we expect your business to speed up and get your conversion rates through the roof!

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Offer your customers a B2B shopping experience, personalized pricing, trade terms, dedicated external emails with quotations and external check out page! Go to the Platform to check Manual Deal creation from today! If you want to connect with your current webshop or launch the whole suite with us, contact us at [email protected]

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Now we make visible the “Ships In:” option, which indicates the time it takes for the Supplier to hand over the package to the courier company. If the Buyer purchases a part before the cut-off time the “Shipping Today” information is displayed; if the cut-off time is already over “Shipping Tomorrow” information is displayed. For items with longer handling/lead time, we display “Ships In: [days]“ information.

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We enhanced the Average Time Response feature algorithm so that National Holidays for every Country in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the USA are excluded from the Supplier’s final result.

This new feature shows you the average time in which the Supplier answers your RFQ and makes a quotation. Isn’t it amazing that you can see how quickly you will send or get the info? For both Suppliers and Buyers is a good opportunity to stand out from others by answering/getting quotes ASAP. See details in our article below!

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Awesome news! Now, in the blink of an eye 👁 you can check how many times and where (e-mail or the platform) your quote has been opened by a Buyer. In your DEALS >>Sales Tab where all your deals are listed you can find an eye and see it clearly!

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Have you already seen it? Now on our platform, you can use fresh, user-friendly search results with product photos, Shipping Today / Shipping Tomorrow options, and many more. How does it look like?

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We are preparing for you a new, special Product: B2B Store Front for your Company. This is the perfect solution if you want to give your final customers the possibility to receive an e-mail with the Quotation, see Check Out with payment possibility, gain visibility of the part purchase workflow, and MANY MORE!

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Let’s try Inventory Visibility! We know your Business. Now you can manage your Stock visibility, choosing countries and companies your offers are visible to. You can edit, add or delete countries/companies at any time in Settings >> Sales.

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That’s how you rise above the rest! Now you can offer online payments (credit/debit cards, Klarna, PayPal, Sofort and +100 others) to your Buyers. Make a DEAL and take the cash. As a Buyer, you can easily and fast purchase your parts and pay right away. Check it out!

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We added a new section on the directory profile – Trade Terms, where you can find highlights on company payment methods available, online payment activation, refund / return / warranty / shipping policies, delivery options and billing terms. This information is visible only if filled by a company in platform settings. Don’t forget to provide that info to the world!

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Now we offer you a new API and clear instructions on how to implement and use it. Read an article about how to receive RFQs from our platform, how to create and send a quote, receive orders events and interact with it, receive payment events, and change bank transfer payment status. Everything is visualized in the graph – take a look now!

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Welcome to the AutomaQUOTE feature – your reliable partner in automating quote responses for RFQs (Request for Quotation) on our platform. Click “Learn more” to see the guide provides an overview of how to use AutomaQUOTE, its rules, and the benefits it offers.

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You can now add a bank account as a payment method on Automa.Net! Additionally, you can also activate the “Payments on invoice” option, which will allow your team to choose the settlement terms when creating a quote. It only takes 2 minutes to set up!

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Use Automa.Net on the Go! We keep improving your mobile experience. Check it out and give us your feedback so we can adjust better and better to your needs. If you have insights, let us know via e-mail [email protected] or raise a ticket on help.automa.net.

Now on Automa.Net there is a full package – from RFQ (Request for Quotation) through Quote to the Order, that’s right! The whole process gives you and your buyers full transparency, updates, taking actions (accept, decline) and e-mail notifications at every stage of the sales workflow. Get familiar with the details and read the article below.

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Don’t miss the deal. We introduced ring notifications you can activate on your phone to let you know about updates with your deals. Go to the Automa.net portal on your phone and accept the terms.

Brand New Business Directory where you can find all our clients and thousands of automation companies across the world, various filters for searching available. Find useful info like top 5 brands, products and services.

Business Directory

Are you unable to make the quote for RFQ you have received for various reasons? That’s all right. You can now inform your buyer that it is not possible. Send Sorry No Quote answer.

Now you can start chatting on DEALS you have on Automa.Net. An easy and quick way to communicate between buyers and sellers to speed up the process of parts trade. You can upload and share photos, documents etc. to get all needed information.

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Send us documents and certificates to prove you are an authorized brand supplier and we will mark this on the search results page next to your company. Do you buy only authorized parts? Search for our new icon.

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A dedicated page on the Automa.Net portal where you can find a comprehensive list of all the requests for quotations (RFQs) you receive for parts or the requests you send out.

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Every two weeks we will give a 20-minute workshop to other departments in your company so that you can make the most of the platform for the growth of your business.

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Our Famous Request Board has become even more helpful. Save time and make good deals quicker by replying straight away from our portal and spreading the word with the SHARE option.

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Mark your calendars for June 17-19, 2024 and book your spot now to ensure you don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity! #1 Conference for Industrial Automation Trade Companies.

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Do you need CAD models to check with your project requirements? We have a partnership with TraceParts which means that now you can download CAD models of over 160K products.

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Do you have great prices on certain product lines and want to promote them? Planning to do a flash sale/clearance? Or simply have these last 60 components from a certain brand you want to get rid of in a bulk sale?! Great deals on machines and parts can be difficult, so we’ve created a dedicated page where you can easily access all the special offers available on Automa.Net.

How to add a special offer?

Are you always on the go? No problem – you can now easily use Automa.Net on your mobile phone to search for parts. 🤳

Automa.Net on your phone

Get ready for the ANEXPO 2023 in Rome! Start booking your meetings and networking with other participants! More details about the event here.

How to use the app?

Get your products listed in Google, Bing and showcase them on our public search engine and our partners’ search engines!

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Let the WatchList do the work for you – get notified instantly when the part you need is available in stock.

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Looking for parts or companies from the specific market? Use our filters to make it more effective! You can find them on our REQUEST BOARD tab and the COMPANIES tab ( More Filters button).

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Thanks to our API now you can not only receive RFQs but also send them in your own ERP system.

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Would you like to receive a Report on your Online Store performance? E-mail us and every first Tuesday of the month you can expect a report with the top 3 companies that sent RFQs to you and clicked on your “Online Store” and the TOP 3 of your offers that displayed most frequently in search results.

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17-19 May 2023 we invite you to ANEXPO Rome, Italy! Over 92 delegates from 42 companies from 19 different countries have now confirmed their participation at our business networking event!

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Rich content and digital aspects for automation products so you can use it in your ERP system and/or webshop. This includes complete features and specifications, multiple, hi-res photos and videos, 360-degree product views, a multitude of supplemental documents, facets, categories, and marketing descriptions.

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Do you need Mechanical Components, Industrial Controls, Industrial Electronics, and Renewable Energy components? Now you can search for it on Automa.Net!

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You can now insert your search phrases into double quotation marks “YOUR SEARCH” to get results where this exact phrase is being found. The exact search with double quotation marks works on the “MPN”, “description” and “brand” fields!

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We have improved the way our platform works on mobile devices.

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More data in our Products Catalog: Specification and Related products. All details to help you search and buy the right products 💪

Products Catalog

Our landing page is even faster. We introduced a new version of our landing page. Check it to find out more about Automa.Net. 

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Leave your review on the company profile about stock availability, lead time, response time, and price. After sending 10 RFQ’s to a company you can review and comment on your cooperation. 

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Translating our landing page is in progress. Next languages to come. 

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Prüfen Sie unsere Landing Page auf Deutsch! Italian page in progress 🇮🇹 

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Send us your feedback via the FEEDBACK BUTTON on the portal, helping us to become a better platform for our users. 

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Hours of searching will now take…. minutes! Instead of typing in every part from your long list, you can search for all the needed parts at once, send inquiries, and contact distributors! ✨ We call it a little revolution 😁 

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Have you seen our new pricing page? We have a lot of new features introduced recently, therefore we’ve created plans corresponding with your different business needs! 

Price Page

Inform your clients how and when they can get their delivery: order cut-off time, blind dropshipping, pickup-delivery? Now you can set it up on your account to make the purchasing decision easier. 

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Follow our page to see where we can schedule our next in-person meeting. We are participating in many events and organizing our own conferences. 

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Set up your trade information to make purchasing decisions easier for buyers. 

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Get stock availability, product conditions and more from more than 200 warehouses across the world – INSIDE YOUR SYSTEMS. 

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Set the time required to ship in-stock parts after receiving an order. We will use this data to estimate the delivery time of your products. 

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Translating into other languages is in progress. Next languages to come 🇮🇹 🇩🇪

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Translating into other languages is in progress. Next languages to come 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 

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You can find our Automa.Net public search engine on the andugo.io website.

It’s faster and very secure. 👍 If you have any further questions please contact [email protected] 

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The QUOTES page is a place where you can see the history of your sent and received requests for quotations. 

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You can now send a request for many different parts to many different distributors from a single place. 

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Top 5 brands: your company will now be a suggested option for companies looking for parts or services regarding these brands.

If you go to the “TEAM” tab, you will see all the users of that company and their contact details. Don’t forget to complete the page of your company. This will also help with networking.

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You can now assign your team members to take care of customers in different countries. Their email, phone number, and avatar will be visible for companies from specific countries. 

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Request Board page is a place where you can advertise special part or machine needs: looking for a very hard-to-find part or replacement? Looking for a solution or a machine? This is where you can build your request and share it publicly among Automa.Net members and beyond.
On the other hand, it’s a place where you can find new leads and send quotations to requests that you can help with. 

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You can now add all your team members from the sales, purchasing, and marketing departments. Assign roles, upload profile pictures and add personalized, direct contact details and social links. Soon you will be able to direct RFQs from certain regions to specific people and manage more business processes with “sales rules”. 

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Because of the holiday season, we have also introduced a new feature called Time Away. Please do set up when your company will be temporarily closed during these holidays. You could also indicate there is any other time when your business is not operating as normal (stock-take time, other holidays etc). 

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Highlighter Easily see product replacements for the parts you are looking for, see other configurations of parts and get help with confirming that the part you are looking at is indeed the one you searched for!

Did you mean? We will now show you up to the 10 best matches in the database for any search if the exact match is not available. You will need to click on one of the suggestions to get the results with full details.

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We welcomed all of our 10 Premium Members. 

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3 500 000 million automation parts in total that you can search from! Inventory has been uploaded by… 65 distributors worldwide! 

We have introduced a newsletter for non-registered users. Download our free e-book and discover 5 ways Automa.Net can help your Industrial Automation business. Haven’t decided if Automa.Net is for your business? Do you still have some questions? Do you need to convince some of your peers? Fresh, colourful, full of ideas e-book you should not miss. 

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Instead of manually saving data in your CRM about RFQs or other data, you can use Automa.Net webhooks to get information about new RFQs directly to your system. 

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Public search is available for every visitor who lands on the Automa.Net landing page. Test it yourself: 

Automa.Net Public Search

We have launched a meeting website for Automa.Net Meeting&Expo. It is a networking event where you can meet your current and new business partners and showcase your products. 

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Search for parts anywhere and anytime. Automa.Net can be used on mobile devices.

While making your searches on our platform, now you can compare warranty time offered by suppliers.

Members page – Now you can browse and see all of the companies using Automa.Net – search by a company name, country or type of the company (e.g. component suppliers or system integrator). Invite your business partner: in the member’s tab, you can enter an email address to your business partner and invite them to share stock on Automa.Net. 

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Companies are now sending us their stock automatically, at least once a day. This is a crucial part of our system – we promote FTP stock upload – a database of hundreds of companies updating their stock for their clients daily – this is where we are going. 

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Suggester – providing you with real-time feedback while you type in a product number, showing you different results available in the database.

Columns are now sortable – quickly see all the product conditions, countries or update dates in order.

Available on order – we will be showing you products that are available on order, below the ones that are available from stock.

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Business Directory is a catalogue of over 10,000 companies from 100+ countries that operate in the industrial automation space. 

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My Inventory: you can see when your inventory was last updated and how many parts you are listing on Automa.Net. You can also read detailed instructions on how to prepare your inventory file.

Company profile here you can add a logo of your company and other details like social media links or your webshop link

How exciting! Our first million! It’s been over a week since we’ve launched Automa.Net and we already have over 1 000 000 million lines of stock in our database!!! Over 80 companies are selling their inventory and looking for parts every day.

Over 60 companies and 400,000 parts are available in the database. 

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You can sign up for the beta site at www.automa.net. In the meantime… We would love to meet with you, learn more about your company, and industry and show you our tool.