SnapCount, retrofit software from StreamLinx, has announced partnerships with MaxLite and EiKO to feature their respective lighting products in a solution repository within SnapCount, called SnapSource. As a manufacturer partners within the SnapSource Product Hub, MaxLite and EiKO will receive enhanced product visibility within the SnapCount platform during the user’s solution selection process and receive insights into trends and usage of their products within SnapCount.
The SnapSource Product Hub enables lighting manufacturers to populate a central catalog of their products and solutions so that they are available within SnapCount project quotations, a market representing thousands of lighting retrofit professionals who collectively quoted more than $3 Billion in lighting retrofit projects in 2018 and are projected to top $7 Billion this year. Once a quotation is set, SnapCount users can obtain direct pricing from a market partner (manufacturer, distributor or agent) and then order the products through SnapSource from their supplier to fulfill their project requirements.
“Manufacturers whose products are digitally available to me get 90 percent of my business,” says Tim Donovan, founder and president of Donovan Energy, a SnapCount user. “SnapSource is a game changer for my business and a boon to participating manufacturers.”
Of the partnership, StreamLinx COO Jeff Seifert states, “MaxLite and EiKO are innovative and well-respected lighting manufacturers with large followings in the ESCO and retrofit community. We look forward to providing our customers more seamless and instantaneous access to their expansive product lines.”
Stephen Mitchell, MaxLite vice president of ESCO and National Accounts, says of the partnership, “Partnering with SnapCount as a manufacturer in SnapSource will provide unparalleled advantages for us in the retrofit industry. Not only does this partnership provide prominence of our products within the SnapCount platform, but it also delivers a dashboard loaded with data and trends that are invaluable as we can see exactly what is being specified in the field by SnapCount users and forecast accordingly. We look forward to seeing increased use of our lighting products as a SnapSource partner.”
“Eiko has made a commitment to offering innovative lighting solutions though our network of channel partners,” states David Schenk, vice president of sales at EiKo. “We view SnapSource as a game-changer in the retrofit space as contractors and ESCO’s will now have instant access to our solutions directly at the point of specification. The rich market analytics will also provide invaluable insider visibility into the trends and product demand cycles critical to planning for our product production”.