Archelaus

Buying better

Same job. Smaller invoice.

We compare what your business buys with replacements that are better, cheaper or both, and find who sells them. If we don't find a better option, you don't pay us.

Tell us what you buy
Illustration: a coil of black power cable, held large under studio light, beside its replacement, a coil of graphite-grey cable Illustration: a stack of brown shipping boxes beside its replacement, a stack in white board Illustration: a stack of grey work gloves with black palms beside its replacement, gloves with blue palms Illustration: a brass ball valve with a red handle beside its replacement, a stainless steel valve
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The comparison, in sample figures

Bought now

Delivered
$4.18 /m
Match
Your spec
Minimum order
2 drums

Replacement

Delivered
$3.62 /m
Match
98 % match
Minimum order
6 drums
A larger first order, for you to weigh

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It starts with what you already pay.

Send us your supplier invoices. We pull out every line, group it by product and rank it by what it costs you. The biggest lines are where we look first.

Every line, ranked by what it costs youFrom 9 suppliers' invoices

  1. 01Copper cable, 3-core$41,800 a yearFirst
  2. 02Shipping cartons$20,160
  3. 03Work gloves$7,020
  4. 04Ball valves$4,232
  5. 05Stretch wrap$3,110
  6. 06Cable ties$1,180

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Then we shop around. Thoroughly.

  1. 01

    Matching the spec

    Your current product's spec goes in; replacements come back scored by how closely they match, with any gaps marked.

  2. 02

    Finding the maker

    We search across supplier sites and marketplaces, Chinese-language ones included, tell the factories from the middlemen, and draft the enquiries in Chinese where needed, for your sign-off.

  3. 03

    Comparing the replies

    Answers are compared as they arrive. Anything suspiciously cheap is flagged: too cheap is a warning too.

  4. 04

    Checking the supplier

    Licences, trading history, reviews, and anything they say that contradicts itself, summed up before you deal with them.

  5. 05

    Watching the price

    What you pay now against an estimate of what it would cost delivered, checked every week.

A report in your own money.

Product by product: what you pay now, the matched replacement, what it would cost delivered, the minimum order and the cash you'd need to switch, and what you'd save in a year. Every price shows where it came from.

Buying better: what you'd savePrepared for you · 4 products

ProductYou pay nowReplacement, deliveredMinimum orderCash to switchSaved in a yearSource
Cable, 3-coreCash to switch $10,860Supplier quote$4.18 /m$3.62 /m6 drums was 2 drums$10,860$5,600Supplier quote
Shipping cartonsCash to switch $3,760Marketplace$1.12 /box$0.94 /box4 pallets$3,760$3,240Marketplace
Work glovesCash to switch $756Supplier site$3.90 /pair$3.15 /pair20 cartons$756$1,350Supplier site
Ball valvesCash to switch $385Supplier quote$46.00$38.5010 units$385$690Supplier quote
Saved in a year, at what you buy now$10,880
Saved in a year, at what you buy now$10,880
Saved in a year, at what you buy now$10,880

Cable: a larger first order · for you to weigh

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The fee

We don't charge for looking. Only for delivering.

You pay us only if we find a better product. If we don't, the search costs you nothing.

What you pay when we do find one is quoted for your situation.

Tell us what you buy

The name for it

We call this supply and industrial optimisation.

What do you buy most of?

Tell us, roughly. If there's nothing better out there, finding out cost you nothing.

Tell us what you buy