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Find the Opportunity.
Take Action.
Category signal
Data is the start of the sourcing conversation.
>500
commodities on the platform
The live site positions coverage across more than 500 commodities and multiple regions.
2 years
historical daily or weekly prices
Historical spot and contract series are described as available for up to two years.
10+
data points per product per day
The methodology page states SourceSage reporters collect at least 10 data points per product per day.
15,000+
business professionals across 105 countries
Published price information and reports are described as being read globally across 105 countries.
01 / Market Intelligence
See the market before it becomes a sourcing problem.
Market signal 01
Analysis reports & news
Weekly analysis reports, with optional monthly or quarterly customizations, summarizing price direction, market hearsay, relevant news flow, forecasts, and expert views.
Market signal 02
Consultancy & experts' opinions
One-to-one access to selected domain experts for questions ranging from downstream product selection to market interpretation in specific regions such as China.
Market signal 03
Buyers' & suppliers' information on demand
SourceSage Verification Service supports buyer and supplier discovery with verified counterpart data linked to the products companies need to buy or sell.
02 / Price Intelligence
Benchmark the decision, not just the number.
Price layer 01
Spot prices
Daily price checks and price-move alerts for subscribed products, using bid and offer information collected through the SourceSage commodity platform and verified by the in-house market research team.
Price layer 02
Contract prices
Weekly contract references designed for long-term commercial negotiations, with benchmark prices that larger market participants use to anchor deals.
Price layer 03
Historical prices
Up to two years of daily or weekly historical spot and contract pricing so teams can study trend direction, benchmark past decisions, and frame forward negotiations.
How the price signal is formed
Collected, checked, normalized, published.
03 / Supplier Intelligence
Understand the landscape around every category.
Existing verification service
Counterparty detail that supports a better shortlist.
SourceSage Verification Service supports buyer and supplier discovery with verified counterpart data linked to the products companies need to buy or sell.
Who contributes to the view
The reporting network is part of the intelligence.
Producers, manufacturers, and distributors
The methodology section directly references these participant groups both as data contributors and as part of the readership and subscriber ecosystem.
Traders, brokers, and end customers
SourceSage explicitly places traders, brokers, and end customers inside the daily reporting network that informs price verification and market commentary.
Platforms and data teams
The site offers API delivery for integration into online stores, digital marketplaces, procurement platforms, distribution platforms, and other dashboards.
04 / Category Opportunities
The point is not more data. It is a better next move.
05 / AI Category Intelligence
Ask Your Category.
Use natural questions to frame the market, pressure-test a supplier view, and decide where sourcing attention should go next. These are example prompts for the Category Intelligence workflow, not a claim of a public production chat product.
Category prompt set
Questions your team can take into a guided intelligence workflow.
Data products / market resources
The original data service remains available underneath the new story.
Existing service 01
Spot prices
Daily price checks and price-move alerts for subscribed products, using bid and offer information collected through the SourceSage commodity platform and verified by the in-house market research team.
Existing service 02
Contract prices
Weekly contract references designed for long-term commercial negotiations, with benchmark prices that larger market participants use to anchor deals.
Existing service 03
Historical prices
Up to two years of daily or weekly historical spot and contract pricing so teams can study trend direction, benchmark past decisions, and frame forward negotiations.
Existing service 04
Analysis reports & news
Weekly analysis reports, with optional monthly or quarterly customizations, summarizing price direction, market hearsay, relevant news flow, forecasts, and expert views.
Existing service 05
Consultancy & experts' opinions
One-to-one access to selected domain experts for questions ranging from downstream product selection to market interpretation in specific regions such as China.
Existing service 06
Buyers' & suppliers' information on demand
SourceSage Verification Service supports buyer and supplier discovery with verified counterpart data linked to the products companies need to buy or sell.
Commodity coverage
Categories grounded in the live SourceSage catalogue.
The live site names six broad coverage families, while the downloadable product list drills into actual commodity lines such as Acetic Acid, Methanol, Urea, Benzene, HDPE, CPO, PKO, Lauric Acid, and C1214 Fatty Alcohol.
Coverage block
Oleochemicals
The site explicitly highlights Fatty Alcohols, Fatty Acids, Glycerine, and Biodiesel across multiple grades, applications, and regions.
Coverage block
Edible oils & fats
Coverage called out on the live site includes Palm Oil, PKO, Soybean Oil, Sunflower Oil, and Tallow Oil.
Coverage block
Surfactants
The live page lists Surfactants such as SLES70, SLS, LABSA, and CDEA, again positioned across grades and applications.
Coverage block
Basic chemicals & fertilisers
The downloadable product list and site copy point to broad coverage in basic chemicals and fertilisers.
Coverage block
Energy & petrochemicals
The site groups petroleum, energy, petrochemicals, polymers, aromatics, and plastics into a dedicated pricing and market-information coverage set.
Coverage block
Other commodities
SourceSage also positions coverage beyond chemicals into soft commodities such as food and agriculture, and hard commodities such as steel and mining.
Reporting and methodology
Reporting discipline that supports real commercial decisions.
Price collection, verification, range formation, methodology documentation, and formal compliance or consultation material remain part of the route.
Aggregate information
SourceSage states that market reporters collect at least 10 data points per product per day from bid and offer prices, drawing on producers, manufacturers, distributors, traders, brokers, end customers, and other market stringers. Customer details are anonymized.
Verify and normalize
The research team then verifies price and market information with key producers, traders, brokers, and end customers on a daily basis, producing a price range for each product.
Apply methodology and controls
The compliance center publishes methodology and policy material, and the site specifically references IOSCO-compliant methodologies, consultation activity, and an external diagnostic review for C1214 Fatty Alcohol.
Publish for commercial use
After verification, price information and market reports are published on SourceSage web and mobile properties for benchmarking, negotiation support, reference pricing, and management decision-making.
Who it is for
Subscribers span market participants, operating teams, and platform integrators.
The live site ties readership and usage to price reference, analysis, decision support, contract benchmarking, and integration use cases.
Subscriber type
Commercial and procurement teams
Teams using spot price reference, contract benchmarking, and market analysis to set prices, assess purchase timing, and support negotiations.
Subscriber type
Producers, manufacturers, and distributors
The methodology section directly references these participant groups both as data contributors and as part of the readership and subscriber ecosystem.
Subscriber type
Traders, brokers, and end customers
SourceSage explicitly places traders, brokers, and end customers inside the daily reporting network that informs price verification and market commentary.
Subscriber type
Platforms and data teams
The site offers API delivery for integration into online stores, digital marketplaces, procurement platforms, distribution platforms, and other dashboards.
Access and delivery
Subscription access, API delivery, and credit-risk data remain linked from here.
Delivery path
Subscription access
The live site routes users to a data-interest form where companies specify the products they care about and the data types they need, then access the service through the SourceSage dashboard.
Start data enquiryDelivery path
Data API
SourceSage also exposes data via API for external platforms. The site explicitly names online stores, digital marketplaces, data dashboards, procurement platforms, and distribution platforms as integration targets.
Request data accessCredit-risk data
Company and counterparty intelligence sits beside the commodity layer.
The live site includes a separate credit-ratings section with sample access and product blocks around profiles, certifications, financial data, AML checks, and API delivery.
See sample credit reportAlso see
Want the broader systems story around buyers, suppliers, and enterprise workflows? The procurement connectivity page covers the surrounding operating layer.
Talk to SourceSage
Intelligence is only valuable when you can act on it.
SourceSage combines Category Intelligence with sourcing and procurement execution to turn insight into outcomes.
Direct contacts from the live site
Best fit
Category Managers, Strategic Sourcing Managers, Procurement Leaders, commercial teams, producers, distributors, traders, brokers, data teams, and platforms that need market context, benchmark pricing, counterparty insight, or API-delivered datasets.
Fidelity note
The Category Intelligence framing reorganizes the existing SourceSage Data service. It does not add a public chat product, a live universal pricing widget, or supplier data feeds that are not already represented on this route.