The Supplier Database is a new way to find a supplier. We have indexed all the US customs import records and made them easily searchable. You can now find a supplier specific to your product or even your competitor's suppliers.
There are four ways you can do a search from the Database. ASIN, Product, Company and Supplier.
1. First, choose which type of search you want to perform
2. Enter your search term and click 'search'.
The search terms correspond with the type of search you selected. i.e. If you select 'Product', enter a product name like 'Backpack'. Learn about each of the search types below.
Search by ASIN
This is our newest way to search! Find the supplier of any item by entering the Amazon.com ASIN.
How to search - To search by ASIN enter the Amazon.com ASIN for the product.
Find a product's ASIN in the Product Information section near the bottom of the listing here:
***ASIN search is using the Amazon.com ASINs, but we have found that other marketplaces often have the same ASINs for products as the .com marketplace***
Expand the supplier record to see each shipment.
Search the supplier's name using a Supplier search to see their entire record.
Search the supplier's name using a Supplier search to see their entire record.
Keyword match only - When the toggle is on you will only see suppliers for this ASIN. When the toggle is off you will see all suppliers for this company.
Search by Product
How to search - To do a Product search, type in the name of a product like 'marshmallow sticks'.
Filters - You can filter by the Country of Origin by clicking the dropdown menu and choosing the countries to include or uncheck countries to exclude.
The results will show a list of the suppliers that source that type of product. They will be sorted by the highest percentage match score based on your search term, which means you will normally see the suppliers that match 100% the product search at the very top. (If you want to know more about how the Match score is calculated, you can read this article.)
On top of the match score, you will have the manufacturer name and below that, you can see their physical address. If you like what you see so far, you can click Save Supplier button and choose an existing group or create a new one to save the supplier record to.
We recommend creating Supplier Tracker groups by product for easy organization and reference.
You can also use the Search for Contact Info button which will open a Google search in a new tab to look for the company's online contact information.
The other details available in this view are:
Total Shipments - Total shipments of any goods the company has made into the United States.
Total Customers - Total customers they have shipped to inside the United States.
Top Customers - These are the most frequent customers of this supplier or the customers who use this supplier the most.
Manufactured Products - This graph will show you what type of items they export and the percentage breakdown.
Use the > View More option to expand into the shipment history graph and shipment information section.
Shipment History - This displays the shipment history for the supplier by month. You can hover over the graph to see the number of shipments.
Shipment Information - This section lists all the shipments along with their corresponding information like Date, Customer, Shipment Description, HS Code, Weight (kg), and Quantity.
Results in the Shipment Information section will be displayed 10 records at a time. Go to the next page of results by using the arrows on the top right of the section. Sort the data by clicking on column headers.
Keyword match only - When this is toggled off you will see all results for this supplier. When it is toggled on you will only see results that include the search term you are looking for.
Search by Company
This is a great way to stay on top of your competition! You can dig in and find the suppliers that your competitors use to get to know more about them.
How to search - To search by Company, enter the full legal name of the company. If you are unsure, get as close as you can and we will recommend a legal name if we can find one. You can also do some investigating to find the legal name if necessary. Check out this article to find out how. How to find a competitors company name to use in a Supplier Database search.
If we do find a close match we will display it in orange below the search box like this:
If you are still having problems to get a result, you can read more about other ways to find a Company's legal name HERE.
The other details available in this view are:
Total Imports - This is the number of shipments the company has imported since 2014.
Top Suppliers - This list includes the top 10 suppliers this company has imported from.
Imported Products - This is a breakdown of the types of products they have imported.
Shipment History - This displays the shipment history for the supplier by month. You can hover over the graph to see the number of shipments.
Shipment Information - This section lists all the shipments along with their corresponding information like Date, Buyer Name, Description, HS Code, Weight (kg), and Quantity.
Search by Supplier
If you have a supplier you are interested in contacting, search by name to view their records.
How to search - To search by supplier, enter the supplier's name. Again, try and get as close as you can, but we will show you anything that comes close to matching. Sometimes you will even see multiple results for the same supplier. This is because each time they imported to the US they either spelled their name differently or left off a piece of the name.
Filters - You can filter by the Country of Origin by clicking the dropdown menu and choosing the countries to include or uncheck countries to exclude.
The other details available in this view are:
Total Shipments - Total shipments of any goods the supplier has exported to the United States.
Total Customers - Total companies the supplier has exported to in the United States.
Manufactured Products - This graph will show you what type of items the supplier has exported and the percentage breakdown.
Click Save Supplier and choose an existing group or create a new one to save the supplier record.
We recommend creating Supplier Tracker groups by product for easy organization and reference.
You can also use the Search for Contact Info button which will open a Google search in a new tab to look for the company's online contact information.
Use the > View More option to expand into the shipment history graph and shipment information section.
Shipment History - This displays the shipment history for the supplier by month. You can hover over the graph to see the number of shipments.
Shipment Information - This section lists all the shipments along with their corresponding information like Date, Customer, Shipment Description, HS Code, Weight (kg), and Quantity.
For more information about how to use all of this data to find the best supplier check out this article: How to use the data in the Supplier Database to find the best supplier