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You create your profile and begin building your container from one of the manufacturers on the marketplace.
The future of online selling in the tile industry
Purchase Containerized Tile Products From Abroad at a Fraction of the Traditional Cost
Why Buy on Marteu?
Middlemen are Obsolete
They charge you 2x, to 3x, what they’re paying the manufacturer for the same products!
There is no reason why you can’t reap the savings from buying directly from the best manufacturers the globe has to offer.
Other Marketplaces Just Don’t Cut it
These marketplaces only connect buyers and sellers without providing the features that make business more fluid and trustworthy.
It’s hard to find the right manufacturer on these platforms. On marteu, we only work with the best manufacturers in the business and reserve the right to remove manufacturers from our platform that do not perform at a very high level.
Ensure The Safety of Your Investment
We protect all payments on Marteu with escrow to ensure that you only pay for the products and quality that you were promised.
To further ensure that your investment is in good hands, we personally mediate any disputes that come up and help guide any negotiations that happen through our platform. All communication between you and the manufacturer is done through our platform, and is either done through forms or through our team. This means you don’t have to deal with language barriers or manufacturers that simply don’t want to play ball.
Gain Visibility Into The Manufacturing Process
All our manufacturers are expected to keep order statuses updated throughout the production process and provide images whenever applicable.
Furthermore, we provide shipment status and estimated delivery time after your container has left the factory. This gives you the ability to accurately track where your order is at all times.
The Future Of Online Buying In The Tile Industry
Here’s why you should consider Buying through Marteu
We are not another B2B Marketplace
We do not simply connect buyers to sellers and leave you to figure out the rest. Marteu acts as the single point of contact between you and sellers in order to:
Mitigate any language barriers
Mediate any disputes
Ensure all transactions proceed as smoothly as possible
We are continuously releasing new features that aim to:
Increase trust between you and your buyers
Make the selling/buying experience easy
Give all parties involved the peace of mind you deserve.
How We Make It Possible
All Payments are held in Escrow until completion of the delivery and final inspection. This brings an element of trust to your buyers that was previously only delivered by middlemen.
Any negotiation or dispute management is done through the platform or through our customer support team. We act as a fair intermediary keeping both your best interests, and those of your buyers, top of mind.
We charge a fraction of what you would be paying traditionally for our services.After our fee, shipment, and escrow fees are considered, this additional cost ranges between 8-10% of the total order cost. As we grow, our goal is to continuously decrease these costs and make sourcing directly from manufacturers abroad as free as possible.
How it Works
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After building the container with products you want, you submit a purchase order to the manufacturer.
At this point, if the manufacturer can no longer fulfill your order within the previously promised timeframe, then the manufacturer has the opportunity to propose a new time - which you can accept or deny
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After the Purchase Order is Approved, you will be prompted to submit payment via Escrow.
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After Payment hits Escrow, work will begin on producing the products for your container.
During this stage you will be able to track the order as it moves along various stages of the production cycle.
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Once the order is delivered to the port of embarkation, we handle the changes of shipping statuses from there until it reaches the address you specified.
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After successful delivery of the container to you, you will have 3 days to inspect the shipment.
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After the inspection period ends, or you approves the shipment, the funds are released to you from Escrow.
If the shipment arrives damaged, of bad quality or is otherwise not acceptable, you can deny it. After a quick successful review by our team you will receive a refund from the Escrow account
