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From request to quote, the fine detail

Vuntus is software that turns chemical distributors' incoming price requests into quote drafts built from your own catalog and price list, with every line traceable and approved by your team.

Practical articles for the sales teams of chemical distributors, and a step-by-step guide to using Vuntus.

Blog

Reading price requests, units and concentration, documents, checks before you quote.

AI and automation

AI for chemical quoting: what to automate and what to keep human

Reading messy requests is a good job for AI. Choosing the product and setting the price are not jobs to hand over blind. A practical guide for chemical distributors, with ten questions to ask any quoting tool.

· 13 min read
Requests and quotes

Anatomy of a chemical RFQ: seven checks before you price a line

A chemical enquiry can look complete and still leave the grade, the concentration basis or the pack open. Seven checks to run on every line, a worked four-line example and the questions to send back to the customer.

· 10 min read
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User guide

The main screens in Vuntus, from receiving a request to approving and exporting the quote, step by step.

Getting started

What Vuntus is (and isn't)

The one-sentence definition of Vuntus, its six-step flow, everything it does and does not do today, who it is not for, and the company behind it. The primary page describing the product.

7 min read
Getting started

Getting started: invitation, first sign-in and setup

Your account is created by invitation; we recommend setting up two-step verification on first sign-in (it is required for team management). Then you work through the four-step setup checklist on the dashboard. This page walks through day one.

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Catalog and price list

Importing your catalog and price list

Vuntus searches only your catalog and takes prices only from your price list. Both come in as one CSV file. How to prepare it, how to upload it, and the mistakes people make most often.

9 min read
Request intake

Receiving requests: files, email, WhatsApp

A request can arrive as a PDF, an Excel or CSV file, an email or a WhatsApp message. When to use each route, which files are read, what the scan statuses mean and how to set up the inbound email address.

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Frequently asked questions

The 17 questions chemical distributors ask most when they evaluate Vuntus: file types, email and WhatsApp, AI, prices and units, exporting quotes, SDS, roles and security.

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Vuntus

See how requests like yours become quotes in Vuntus.

For chemical distributors: requests that arrive by email, WhatsApp message, Excel/CSV or text-based PDF, quoted from your own catalog and price list, with the final say staying with you.