Thomasnet.com

I somehow stumbled upon Thomasnet.com while trying to source some specialty wood. Had no idea this existed and it has already made my job of sourcing materials so much easier. We have been stuck for years with just 2 local suppliers and 1 that is two time zones away. Now, through Thomasnet.com, I have made contacts with an additional 7 just within 100miles! There were a total of 78, if I expanded my search radius! Now, we are saving on shipping costs and have multiple resources when no one is stocking the full quantity we are needing. This sure beats using an internet search engine and digging through results that typically don't match at all what we are looking for. Thomasnet.com allows you to filter and sort by so many factors, you get exactly what you are looking for each and every time. What a time saver!

We have advertised on ThomasNet for many years and have always treated it as a sort of billboard for advertising. We have found that other marketing avenues can generate more leads for the money spent, but we have been more interested in the exposure for our business on the ThomasNet directory. A Thomas rep explained a new banner ad program that was available which sounded perfect for the exposure aspect we were trying to capture. It was a larger expense for us and we decided to move forward based on the description given and examples of where it would display on the site. As it turned out, the banner was placed on much deeper pages with poor results over the course of a few months. This was a case where the sales rep did not understand what he was selling and gave us incorrect information about this "new program."

Find other alternatives. They will paint the perfect picture and tell you all you want to hear, don't fall for it. I was sold into a year contract and paid extra to show higher on searches. $3,000+ dollars later- not one customer and not even a CALL from a potential customer. Nevermind the fact that our company was struggling during the pandemic and owed 2 months of advertising expenses during this time, I tried speaking with their reps to agree on some sort of terms especially during the craziness and all I was told is they can not do anything for me and that my account would be sent to collections if I did not make a payment. (All while small business was in deep $#*! during the pandemic- they could offer no help) save your money, dont be sold by these con artist

First off I find it rather pathetic that Brendan O. Posts a review giving them 5 stars then Brendan O - (presumably the same person) responds as a Thomasnet rep two posts below. Sad day when you can't even keep your own deceptions straight. My company paid 800 a month for years to them and saw little or no return. When we put them on the spot and asked them to show what business they generated for us they sent us sales brochures. Total waste of time and money for us, annoyingly high pressure sales staff for their service, if their staff was half as annoying in trying to get us leads as get money from us we'd be a fortune 100 company!

Their website is fine. As a company they rip off their advertisers. We had to deal with a drug addicted sales rep who ripped us off, inaccurate billing, and then a lawsuit when we refused to pay for all of the rip-off. Greedy attorneys tricked the courts into getting four times what we owed them and refused to pay when they failed to deliver. The volume of leads from advertising their was miniscule, their responsiveness a joke, their refusal to provide any accounting statements criminal. Save your money and go to Global Source or Google to advertise and get more bang for your buck.

Once you sign up, you are locked in for the duration. There is no backing out of you contract. No buyer's remorse. You can fight them any way you like, but they will not let you out of their contract. And once you are in, they don't give you a lot either. Most of the tools are equivalent to Google Analytics, so nothing great. I don't believe I received a single sales lead them them. Once they started "hating me" for trying to get out, they also stopped the monthly phone calls and emails. They basically ignored me for nine months because they knew they had me. I added a partial screenshot of my account just so you know I'm real.

This sight has been around for a long time offing engineering service, promoting your engineering service or product. It was a great tool for me as an Engineer about 5 years ago. I find that they had let the internet money making scams take that tool over. I refuse to use a place that I must dig forever to find the info I am looking for. I think they need to get back to what was working for them... That is my opinion... Frontrunner

ThomasNet is full of promises and delivers on none of them. They are a smoke and mirrors marketing company. They request time to prove themselves however, only give 20 days to cancel a contract. ThomasNet's goal is to get past the cancelation period then there is a change in demeanor.

I even had a team member ask me to provide a fake invoice for upgrade on my account so that he can get a bonus.

I would recommend staying clear from ThomasNet!

"ThomasNet has helped me find many suppliers. All you have to do is type in what you are looking for and within seconds you are connected to a wide variety of suppliers. And with such a large base of suppliers you are able to find one that is best suited for your needs and who has the best price and is most reliable. This will save you time, money and a lot of stress."