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An introduction starts when a seller accepts one of your requests, or when you win a lot. Both companies are revealed to each other. The seller contacts you, and the two companies contract and pay each other directly. An introduction is the same record either way: the same reference, the same page, the same terms. See Bidding. GPU Outlet is not a party to your contract and holds no money. Buyers pay GPU Outlet nothing.

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When a seller accepts

Your company’s owners and authorized signatories get the notification “A seller accepted your request”, in the dashboard and by email. See Notifications. The introduction appears at /app/introductions, under Introductions on the Buy menu. It also appears in the Introductions section of the request it came from. Each row shows the reference (for example GO-YYYYMMDD-XXXXXX), the seller’s legal name, the demand, the seller’s country, the reveal date and the status.

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The introduction page

Open a row to reach /app/introductions/:id. The page has these parts.

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The seller

The seller’s registered legal name and country, with the note “The seller has your contact and will reach out. Contracting and payment happen directly between the two companies.”
You do not receive the seller’s contact details. The seller receives the email addresses and roles of your company’s owners and authorized signatories, and reaches out to you. Make sure those people watch their inbox.

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Introduction

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The demand, as frozen at reveal

Your request exactly as it stood when the seller accepted. This is the demand the introduction is about.

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Ready to proceed?

Once you and the seller have spoken and agreed to go ahead, each side confirms here. See Confirm you are ready.

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Invoices from the seller

The seller’s invoices to you, with what you can do on each. See Pay the seller’s invoice.

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Timeline

The timeline lists everything that happened on the introduction, newest first. Both companies see the same timeline, including the seller’s success fee invoice events. Each entry shows the time and who acted: Seller, Buyer, GPU Outlet or Automatic. Press Earlier to see more.

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After the reveal

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The seller contacts you

The seller reaches out to your owners or authorized signatories directly.
2

You agree terms

The contract is between the two companies. GPU Outlet takes no part in it.
3

Both sides confirm readiness

Each side presses We are ready on the introduction page.
4

The seller sends an invoice

It arrives on the introduction page. You pay the seller directly and mark it paid.
5

The seller confirms receipt

The invoice shows Received. Nothing more is needed from you on it.

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Confirm you are ready

The Ready to proceed? section shows You and The seller, each as Not yet or Ready since a date. When both have confirmed, it shows Both sides ready. Press We are ready once your company has agreed to go ahead.
  • Each side confirms once. Confirming cannot be undone.
  • “Confirming is a fact, not a contract.” It does not commit either company to terms.
  • The seller is notified. When the seller confirms first, you get “The other side is ready to proceed”.
  • The seller can send an invoice only after both sides have confirmed.
Only an owner, authorized signatory or trader can confirm readiness.

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Pay the seller’s invoice

When the seller sends an invoice, you get the notification “An invoice is ready to pay”. Until then the section reads “No invoice yet. The seller sends it here once you are both ready.” Each invoice shows the seller’s invoice number, the amount and currency, when it was sent and, if set, its due date.
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Open the PDF

Press Open the PDF to view the invoice the seller issued. The link works for a short time; press the button again if it expires.
2

Pay the seller directly

Pay using the details on the seller’s invoice. The payment goes from your company to the seller, never through GPU Outlet.
3

Mark it paid

Optionally enter a Payment reference, up to 128 characters, so the seller can match the payment. Then press Mark as paid.
The seller is notified that you marked it paid. When the money reaches the seller, the seller presses Money received. The invoice then shows Received, and you get “The seller confirmed your payment”.
Press Mark as paid only after you have sent the payment. The seller relies on it to look for the money.

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Invoice statuses

A seller cannot edit a sent invoice. To correct one, the seller sends a new invoice, which replaces an unpaid one.

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The seller’s success fee

The seller pays GPU Outlet a success fee on amounts it receives from you. That is between the seller and GPU Outlet. It does not change what you pay the seller, and you never pay it. Your timeline shows the seller’s success fee invoice events, because both companies see the same timeline.

Requests

How the demand behind an introduction is stated.

Seller introductions

The same introduction, from the seller’s side.

Notifications

Which notices you get and how.

Statuses

Every status in one place.