SolarTradex is a One Stop Market Place where
SolarTradex acts as intermediaries in the sale
and purchase of solar photovoltaic panels and
associated products.
2. SolarTradex is a One Stop Market Place where
SolarTradex acts as intermediaries in the sale
and purchase of solar photovoltaic panels and
associated products.
SolarTradex provides the following four key services:
> Online Trading Platform
> Showroom
> Resources and information
> Consulting services
> Our partners
Clamar
Europe
Solar Energy
3. > Online Trading Platform
SolarTradex is proud to make available to the Euro- auction has started the potential buyers indicate the
pean Market the first online trading tool where maximum price they are prepared to pay for the
supply and demand for solar photovoltaic panels can panels offered by each supplier. Each supplier can
be met using the reverse auction system. Users offer for auction up to three panel models. At the
interested in purchasing photovoltaic panels can same time participating suppliers will indicate the
participate in the regularly held online auctions by prices they are prepared to sell the panels for based
registering their power requirements and destination on the possible power ranges. During the auction
countries for the panels. The sum of all the individual process the buyers and sellers can modify their offer
buyer power requirements equates to the total power prices until such a time the conditions for supply and
the suppliers will base their offers on. Once the demand are met.
Client benefits:
> There is no cost to the client to use the trading platform.
> Possibility to benefit from obtaining better prices through larger power volumes compared to what could be
achieved for your individual project.
> World class suppliers and panel models.
> Allow competition between the same panel types from different suppliers (including the same panel makes).
> All sales are direct between the supplier and the customer. The supplier will invoice and arrange delivery directly
to the customers
> Warranties provided directly from the suppliers and manufacturers.
> Extensive range of suppliers and products offered.
> Fast sales process to meet the needs of the solar industry.
In the SolarTradex auctions, the buyers never pay more than the
maximum price they are prepared to pay for each product
offered. In the majority of cases the closing price would be lower
than the maximum price indicated by the buyer.
4. > Auction Process
15 days
1. The buyers register in the auction by providing
their power requirements.
Total Power = ∑ Buyer Power 1
2. The seller registration period:
· Up to 3 products per supplier.
· Sales price according to defined power bands.
< Buyer
Registration <
· Provide extra delivery costs depending on
country destination.
2 days
· Specific payment and delivery conditions.
3. The buyers indicate their maximum purchase
prices for each product offered. During the
auction process: 2
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· The buyers are allowed to increase their maximum
purchase price for each product offered. Seller
Registration
· The sellers are allowed to reduce their product
offer prices.
· If the BUYER Price ≥ SELLER Price
then the offer matches. 24 hours
· During the matching process, the buyers and
sellers are able to see if they have a matching offer.
If not they will be invited to increase/decrease their
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prices accordingly until a match can be made. 3
4. When the offer period has finished SolarTradex will Bidding
proceed to assign the winning bidders. Process
· The criteria for awarding the winning bidders
is based on:
I. Maximum power volume for matching bids.
II. The greatest saving with respect to the price
30 minutes
offered by the customer.
· The matching price is equal to the price offered
by the supplier whose product has been
matched. 4
< Winners
Assigned <
5. > Auction Manager
Auction Summary:
Auction status, dates, time remaining before
auction closes, auction total power.
Analysis:
This section shows dynamically whether the buyer is currently
a winning bidder and that one of the buyer offer prices has been
assigned. In the case that there is no price match, the buyer will
be invited to modify the offer prices to try and secure the power
required.
Buyer Requirements: Products auctioned and purchase prices:
Power requested by the buyer, delivery This section displays all the products offered for auction by the suppliers
country, requested delivery periods, with quick links to the supplier and product information pages. In the boxes
type of panels, other buyer comments, provided the buyers must indicate the maximum purchase prices for each
etc… product offered by the suppliers. Additional product information is shown
including payment conditions, comments, delivery periods and extra delivery
costs for each product depending on the destination country. The final offer
price including any extra costs is also shown.
> Auction Close
After the auction has closed, SolarTradex will send out The supplier is required to maintain the final closing
an email to suppliers and winning buyers containing price while the total cancelled sales equate to less than
information about the auction result including, power 30% of the total supplier assigned power.
ordered, closing price, payment conditions, delivery
In the event that the cancelled sales make up for more
periods and contact details.
than 30% of the assigned power, SolarTradex and the
The winning supplier is required to make contact within supplier reserve the right to cancel the auction results.
a maximum period or 3 hours after the auction has If the results are cancelled, the suppliers are required
closed via email with a formal offer to the buyers to return any initial payments already paid to the remai-
according to the auction conditions. ning winning buyers.
The buyers have a maximum period of 24 hours from Once the supplier has received 100% of the amount
when the auction has closed to make a down payment payable for each buyer sale, SolarTradex will invoice
transfer to the supplier corresponding to 1% of the the supplier for the commission due for acting as the
individual total buyer purchase. The buyers should intermediary on the sales.
inform SolarTradex when this payment has been
made. In the event that this initial payment transfer is
not made, the sale will be cancelled.
6. > Showroom
The Showroom displays all the products available from With a single click, the content of the cart is processed
our registered suppliers. Clients can request formal and an email is sent to the suppliers requesting a
proposals for products selected. formal proposal. The suppliers are required to reply
within a maximum period of 48 hours with online
The system is designed to enable fast browsing of
proposals for the material requested.
products with easy access to technical data and
product images. Clients can use the online order manager to manage
their proposals and orders.
Clients that access SolarTradex and have a registered
online account, can select products from one or more The payment and delivery conditions are confirmed by
of the suppliers in the Showroom and add them to the the suppliers for each proposal issued.
shopping basket tool.
7. > Resources and Information
Available to all users to a new analysis tool to assist in the evaluation of
In the resources section of the SolarTradex web site, photovoltaic projects under different financial scena-
users can find links to key web sites covering the rios (standard finance, leasing or renting).
photovoltaic sector including national associations,
For our partners
other resources, official bodies and government sites,
SolarTradex partners can publish news and informa-
tools and other software applications of interest.
tion about their company such as recent announce-
Available to registered users ments, projects, photos, news articles, etc…
COMING SOON: Registered users will soon have access
> Consulting services
SolarTradex provides consulting services specializing in solar photovoltaic energy projects:
· Preparation of technical documents
· Analysis of photovoltaic production
· Feasibility and economic viability
· Management of administration requirements
· Supplier selection and bid management
· Engineering management
· Assistance in the search for finance and project insurance requirements (damages and production)