LOCATING BUSINESSES, SUPPLIERS & SHIPPING

*Grainger www.grainger.com Supplier of maintenance repair and operating supplies for contractors and manufactures. Company works with over 1300 suppliers to provide customers with access to more than 800,000 products. Some of the products included on the site include electrical products,fasteners,filters,lighting,material handling,pumps,pneumatics and hydraulics

* ThomasNet www.thomasnet.com Site contains a database of companies that can be searched by company name, product/service or brand name. Company entry includes the address, toll-free number (if available), phone, fax, product description and a line to e-mail the manufacturer directly if available.

* CorpTech www.corptech.com Fee based resource on over 95,000 technical companies including information by geographic area,ownership,products and subsidaries

*Kompass www.kompass.com Fee base site containing information on companies in over 70 countries producting over 54000 products worldwide Provides the name and address, phone/fax, the year established, the number of employees onsite, and the contact officers

*Iprint.com www.101.iprint.com Source for business stationery products such as address labels,brochures,business checks,flyers,business cards,address stamps,letter heads and magnetic signs

*Paper Direct www.paperdirect.com Site offers a large selection of brochure paper, letterhead & stationery paper, business cards, postcards and newsletters. Also available are professional presentation folders and covers as well as Trade Show displays, and table top acrylic displays.

*FedEx Kino’s www.fedex.com A source for local pickup/delivery and printing of your print jobs

*Staples www.staples.com An online office supply store offering all types of business supplies ranging from computer to pencils,pens and copy support

*Office Depot www.officedepot.com An online office supply store offering all types of business supplies ranging from computer to pencils,pens and copy support

A*OfficeMax www.officemax.com An online office supply store offering all types of business supplies

*IShip www.iship.com Track shipments, Compare rates between DHL/Airborne, FedEx, UPS, and USPS for letters or packages weighing from a pound to 150lbs. excellent site to estimate shipping cost for auction site items

* FedEx-Small Business www.mysmallbizcenter.com Site provides the ability to choose the best shipping service, schedule pickup of shipment, drop-off location for shipment, shipment status, packing tips, and supplies. FedEx-Ship Manger Direct www.fedex.com is free software you can add to your current website that integrates FedEx shipping, tracking and rate estimation into your existing online platforms. FedEx Ship Manager Direct can be used with your own software or you can use FedEx Ship Manager API. Also of interest at this same link is a course in Online Shipping and how to avoid the pitfalls of Online Shipping Security.

*UPS-United Parcel Service www.ups.com Site provides rate calculation, package locating drop-off location, package scheduling pickups, online package tracking and supplies.

* United Parcel Service (UPS) www.ups.com .Find drop off locations,order supplies,calculate time and shipping cost. Use Quantum View Manage to get up-to-date information about packages you are receiving. Use United Parcel Service (UPS)-Small Business to directly access the small business page at the UPS site

*DHL www.dhl-usa.com Company provides door to door delivery in the USA and international shipping. Site offers package tracking, listing of location drop offs and rate calculator. DHL EasyShip® Connect www.dhl-usa.com/techtools is a compact software shipping software that can be installed on your PC that relies on Internet communication with DHL servers to perform all shipping functions. Designed for low-volume shippers, it automates your entire shipping process and includes screen customization and integration features not available in Web-based solutions

*US Post Office www.USPS.com Buy stamps, check rates, track priority mail lookup zip codes

* Endicia www.endicia.com Source to print postage from home or office and integrate postage cost with your order database.

*Stamps/com www.stamps.com Print US postage stamps using your PC