The Vendor Profile
Products and services
Listing what you actually supply, grouping it into categories, and why this is the part tribes read.
Last updated September 2, 2026
The products and services list is the part of a vendor profile that answers the question a tribe actually has: do you sell the thing I need?
Listing them well
- Name things the way a customer would ask for them, not by your internal product code.
- Group them into product categories so a long list stays browsable.
- Say what it is for. A name alone tells a tribe in another trade nothing.
- Include the services, not only the goods — installation, training, maintenance are often what decides the purchase.
Keep it to what you supply to this network
A catalogue of four hundred lines is not more persuasive than thirty well-chosen ones. List what these tribes actually buy, and let the website carry the full range.
Keeping it current
A DISCONTINUED PRODUCT IS WORSE THAN A MISSING ONE
A tribe who enquires about something you stopped supplying two years ago gets a bad first experience of you. Review the list when your range changes — it is the vendor's job, not head office's.