Source Finder 2.0
Source Finder got a system-wide refresh — informed by user feedback, focused on the parts that actually move the needle for buyers of metals and materials. Here's what's new, and what changed.
Brand new
Net-new features built from scratch for 2.0.
The new /sources workbench pulls everything into one searchable, filterable view: the suppliers you upload yourself, the SF Database rows you save from a search, and the SCOUT AI discoveries you keep. Star them, drop them into folders, tag them, override contact info per source, and share them across your team. It's the layer that used to live in three separate places.
Every RFQ you send lands on /rfqs as its own row you can expand. Log a status per supplier (waiting, quoted, declined, won, no response), inline-edit the quoted amount, lead time, and notes, drop a PO number when you pick a winner. Filter by status, sender, or a date range that goes back to when your account started. Every RFQ you've ever sent stays in your history — pull one up from a year ago and it's all still there.
Every RFQ header has a Recontact button that loads all its recipients back into your cart in one click — origins preserved, emails preserved. Add or drop a few suppliers, tweak the criteria, hit Create Email, and you've fired a new outreach without retyping anyone. Great for recurring materials needs that come around every quarter.
Add someone to an RFQ you already sent — a supplier you emailed off-platform, a phone lead you want to track alongside the rest. Tick a box and the same contact also lands in your My Sources for next time, deduped by email so you don't create doubles.
End a thread manually when you've picked a winner externally, the requirement went away, or you're just done chasing. Reversible — reopen and the derived status comes back. Manually-closed RFQs get a small lock icon on the status pill so you can see at a glance why they read Closed.
Star any source to add it to your built-in All Favorites folder — favorites pin to the top of every search where they match. Or create custom folders for project-specific shortlists and RFQ batches, then bulk-email the whole folder in one click. Each entry tracks when you last emailed that supplier, so you never ping the same vendor twice.
Buy 10 search credits for $25 with no subscription required. Credits never expire. Useful for occasional sourcing or as a safety net when you brush up against your monthly limit.
Customize your outreach email subject and body once — every RFQ you generate uses your version. Merge tags ({{material}}, {{shape}}, {{grade}}, etc.) auto-fill from the search.
A browsable catalog of every material in the database — see at a glance what we cover and how many suppliers offer each. Great for discovery and for confirming we carry a specific alloy before you search.
Team owners get a dashboard view of seat activity — top materials searched, RFQs sent per seat, SCOUT pool usage. Helps procurement leads see what their team is buying and spot coverage gaps.
Sales-led plan for procurement orgs above 3 seats: custom seat counts, volume pricing, dedicated account management. Reach out to our team to set it up.
Toggle between light and dark themes from the header. The whole app respects your choice — searches, results, account pages, admin views.
An extensive database of vetted suppliers for every kind of fastener — bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, anchors, and specialty hardware — searchable the same way you search materials today. Available in both Database search (canonical fastener-type dropdown) and SCOUT (AI fastener-supplier discovery).
A curated directory of service-side suppliers — heat treating, water-jet and laser cutting, grinding, machining, finishing, plating, and more — searchable in Database search by service, by material, or by both at once (e.g. heat-treating for tool steel). Use it to round out a project after you've found the metal supplier.
What we changed
Existing capabilities we either expanded, opened up to more plans, or rebuilt to actually solve the underlying problem.
Previously, SCOUT (AI-powered discovery beyond the vetted database) was locked to the Unlimited tier. Now every paid plan ships with SCOUT — Starter, Pro, and Team — with monthly + daily allotments tuned to each tier.
The Material Expert Helpdesk used to be a one-shot contact form — you submitted, the reply came back as a separate email, and follow-ups had no home. Now it's a threaded conversation that lives inside Source Finder, with a notification badge for new replies.
You could already filter results by state. We added radius-from-ZIP on top — narrow to 50 miles of your shop, sort by distance, and combine with state filtering when you want both.
Our supplier catalog now refreshes from our source of truth multiple times a day automatically. When we add a new supplier or update an existing one, you can find them in your next search — not next week's. Search results render the moment you click, no slow load.
Coming soon
On the near-term roadmap — not yet live in Source Finder, but already in motion.
See your search results plotted on a map — narrow by region at a glance, then jump straight from a pin to outreach.
If you're moving over from the previous version
Questions about your account? Email support@sourcefinder.us — a real person reads them.
Your account is already set up. Nothing to install, nothing to import.
