The New Demand wizard walks you through describing what you need so you can collect offers from suppliers. Each step focuses on a single topic, and the Continue button at the bottom stays disabled until that step's mandatory fields are filled in. Back takes you to the previous step at any time.
Where to open the wizard
There are two ways:
- The + New Demand button that sits in the top bar on every screen once you are signed in.
- The New Demand shortcut in the What you can do section of the My Dashboard screen (this shortcut appears on buyer accounts).
Step 1 — Demand
The first question is: How do you want to collect the demand?
- General request — the supplier prepares their own offer based on your need. This is the simplest path.
- Itemised product list — you list every product one by one, and the supplier prices each line item separately.
If you are unsure, General request is fine; instead of product line items, your description text will guide suppliers later on.
This choice also determines how many steps the wizard has: when you pick General request, the Products step never appears and you go straight to the remaining steps.
On the same step you fill in the following fields:
- Title — mandatory, at least 3 characters.
- Description — mandatory, at least 10 characters. The clearer you are about quality, dimensions, finish and quantity, the more accurate the offers you receive.
- Category — mandatory. You select the lowest-level category from the tree; suppliers find your demand through this category.
Pro-only: AI assistance
On the Pro plan a helper strip appears beneath the Title and Description fields. It reads Suggest with AI when the field is empty and Improve with AI when it already has content. Once a suggestion arrives, Undo returns you to your previous text. On the Free plan an information box appears in place of these controls, stating that the feature belongs to Pro.
Step 2 — Delivery
Both fields are mandatory:
- Delivery country — pre-filled from the country in your company profile; you can change it as you wish.
- Delivery point (city / port) — free text. The country alone is not enough for freight pricing; delivery to Izmir does not cost the same as delivery to another city.
Step 3 — Budget
- Pricing currency — mandatory. Offers are compared in this currency; offers quoted in a different currency are shown converted into it at the current rate.
- Offer closing date — mandatory. It defaults to one month ahead. On the Free plan you can pick a date at most 1 month ahead; on the Pro plan the range is longer. If you go beyond the limit, a warning appears under the field and you cannot move past the step.
This step has two more Pro-only fields:
- Target delivery date — you state when you want the goods delivered, and suppliers plan their lead time around it.
- Payment terms request — you choose one of Prepaid, Net 30, Net 60, Net 90, Letter of credit or Custom, and optionally enter an advance percentage, a net term in days and an extra note. This is a request; it does not bind the supplier, who responds to it in their offer. Remove payment request cancels it.
On the Free plan these two fields appear locked.
Step — Options
The whole step is optional; you can pass through it without touching anything.
- Acceptable currencies (Pro) — which currencies suppliers may quote in.
- Acceptable supplier countries (Pro) — leave it empty and you will receive offers from all countries.
- Accepted Incoterms (Pro) — you select which delivery terms you accept. It hints suppliers; it does not bind the offer.
- Notes for suppliers — free-form notes such as certifications, packaging or lead-time expectations.
Final step — Review
Everything you entered is listed section by section. Tap the Edit link next to the section you want to change, go back to the relevant step, make your correction and return to the review.
You then have two options:
- Publish demand — the demand goes live and opens up to suppliers.
- Save draft — the demand is saved but not published.
There are two kinds of "draft"
It is important not to mix them up:
- A demand saved with Save draft is a real record. It is listed on the My Demands screen with the Draft status; from there you can open it with Edit and publish it later.
- If you leave the wizard half-finished and navigate away, your entries are kept in the browser you were using. The next time you open New Demand, a "You have an unfinished demand" prompt appears; Continue picks up where you left off, while Start over deletes that record. This record lives only in that browser and does not appear in the My Demands list.