SideQuest by industry
Every distributor vertical has its own catalog quirks, customer mix, and PO formats. Pick yours for industry-specific buyer language, pricing models, and the gotchas SideQuest handles.
HVAC distributors
Compressors, refrigerant lines, condenser coils. Tonnage and BTU specs hide inside the description, not the PN. Fax-gateway PDFs, contractor POs, COD walk-ins.
Plumbing wholesalers
Brass valves, copper fittings, PEX runs. Diameter and thread specs that don't always carry a clean part number. Plumber walk-ins plus service-company net accounts.
Electrical distributors
Wire by gauge and run length, breakers, conduit. Contractor accounts, electrical-service company POs, project-based net accounts with job numbers.
Jan-San distributors
Janitorial and sanitary supplies for facilities, schools, healthcare. Case packs vs each, recurring weekly orders, route-day cutoffs.
Industrial MRO
Maintenance, repair, and ops parts for manufacturing plants. Long-tail SKUs, supplier cross-references, plant-floor urgent orders.
Medical supply distributors
Clinics, dental offices, urgent care, hospital systems. GPO contract pricing, lot/expiry tracking in QBO inventory, Excel spreadsheet attachments from Materials Management modules.
Foodservice distributors
Restaurants, schools, institutional kitchens. Case packs, broken-case math, chain-account contract pricing, route-day cutoffs, text-message-style emails from independents.
Auto parts distributors
Repair shops, fleet maintenance, dealer warranty desks. OEM vs aftermarket cross-references, supersession part numbers, same-day delivery, VIN+claim metadata on warranty POs.
SideQuest works across most B2B distributor verticals running on QuickBooks Online. Drop us a note describing your catalog model and we'll cover the specific gotchas for your industry.
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