Thomas Publishing Company is the pioneer among the B-to-B publishers. Thomas Publishing Company publishes 25 major buying guides and supplier guides worldwide as well as 15 trade publications in eight languages. Moreover Thomas provides websolutions and CD solutions for industrial suppliers and buyers using CAD technology. Almost all CAD systems are supported.

Thomas Web-Solutions

Online Catalog Solutions

ThomasNet's online catalog solutions takes suppliers' printed catalogs and delivers them in a searchable format right on their websites. These online catalogs can include advanced searching and e-commerce capabilities, product configuration capabilities, and downloadable CAD drawings. Buyers can easily search for products according to their specifications, compare them side-by-side, and get the information they need to make immediate buying and specifying decisions.

Create an online product catalog with extensive search capabilities that’s manageable from your desktop.

Gain a competitive advantage with our seamless Catalog Solutions, designed to deliver time-saving tools and valuable information that give prospective customers the confidence they need to contact you and buy.

From powerful publishing tools that integrate your product catalog into your website to sophisticated search capabilities, ThomasNet Catalog Solutions let potential customers find the products they want, the way they want.
And that’s what leads industrial buyers to close a sale.

Website Solutions

Make sure your website meets the demanding search and navigation needs of industrial buyers online so you can convert them into your customers.

Your website is where potential customers look first before buying from you. According to a ThomasNet-Google research study, more than 93.4% of industrial buyers use the Internet to research purchase decisions. If your website doesn't provide the information they need, 91% of them will seek a new supplier.

Essentially, your website must persuade customers to buy from you. Besides offering nuts-and-bolts information, it must clearly show potential customers that you sell need, while answering their questions and earning their trust. If your website does all of these things, it will serve as a powerful sales tool.

Are you keeping up with competition that is investing in their websites as a selling tool?
A better question is: Can you afford to lose business because your website isn't built with potential customers in mind? Probably not.

ThomasNet offers a full range of website creation and hosting services - from basic "first-time" websites to complete custom-designed website upgrades. The company has already helped thousands of clients create information-rich websites that increase sales from new and existing customers.

Web Traxs®

ThomasNet's client-side website tracking solution helps industrial suppliers evaluate how effectively their websites are converting visitors into customers. It helps suppliers collect tangible data on individual visitors to their websites. This includes which sites are referring the most qualified customers, the keywords visitors search to get to the site, and the paths they take through the site.

No matter what your business objectives are for your website - lead generation, increasing sales, customer service - ThomasNet has the right solution for you.

More information about

Thomas Publishing Company

Thomas Publishing Company publishes 25 major buying guides, 29 product a magazine on factory automation, 3 guides on selecting software, and a publication to help buyers select the most cost efficient transportation modes for their inbound freight. Many of these come in print CD-ROM and Internet formats.

Additionally, Thomas Publishing Company publishes monthly product news tabloids in four continents. These magazines keep decision makers Throughout industry up-to-date on the most important new industrial products, services and technologies.

For 100 years, Thomas Publishing Company has concentrated its full energies on filling one of industry's greatest needs: the need for up-to-date product information. No other publisher is as totally dedicated to this mission.

Decision makers throughout industry need product information to operate their companies successfully. Regardless of job function, the hunger for up-to-date product information is universal. It's given priority attention because industry's appetite for products and services of every type is enormous. It can be filled only when buying influences have comprehensive, reliable, up-to-date vendor information. It influences profitability profoundly because dozens of new products enter the marketplace daily - providing new functional and economic benefits. Not to keep up with these developments means operating without the benefit of these improvements. Ultimately that means relinquishing market position to one's competitors.

Thomas Publishing Company has become the acknowledged leader in providing industry with the product information it needs.

Marketing support services include Thomas Marketing Information Center, TMIC, the full service industrial marketing research arm of the company. In addition, Thomas Business Lists offers comprehensive list services for direct marketing.