Our users tell us that the best results come from using both Active and Passive search strategies together.
Active: Your most effective method!
Enter a keyword phrase that describes product lines or customers' business (who you sell to). To narrow the search, use the filters at the top of left side of the page, or click on the Advanced Search button.
View the brief summary of each of the candidates matching your search.
To view the complete profile of each Principal, click in that candidate.
Identify the best sales opportunities.
Contact a Principal. Contact to create the communication.
Passive:
Your industry expertise profile is posted so Principals can search and find you. Your results will depend on:
How compelling is your profile?
How many markets did you post it in?
How often you login to RepHunter to be moved to the top of searches.
Our most powerful search method because it allows you to focus on your industry, your customers, your products, and to filter on territories and other criteria of interest to you.
These powerful features are only available to you after you create a profile.
Search Agents
Search Agents are available once you have created a profile.
Our system will send you an email when new sales opportunities meeting your criteria come in to our database.
For more on Search Agents, view the related topics below.
By ID
Look up a Principal directly by their ID number.
By Hot Sales Oppoortunities
Use the Hot Sales Opportunities search to view hot sales opportunities from Principals.
An Advanced Search is one where you are using "filters" at the top or left of the page to restrict your search.
For example, to search by territories, or whether the sales opportunities meets other requirements. If you do not see the Advanced Search filters, click on the Advanced Search button.
A Saved Search allows you to save your often used search criteria. Its purpose is to make it easy for you to repeatedly use the same criteria without having to re-enter all the criteria every time.
Use the keywords and filters to set up the search you want.
Observe the search results. If necessary, refine your search by changing the criteria until you get the desired results.
My Saved Searches. If you don't see that button, click "Advanced Search".
Enter a description under Saved Search Description and click the button in the Save column for that name. The name is to help you remember the purpose of that saved search. Examples of names you might use for the Saved Search Description: Search #1, Bob’s Search, New York Contacts.
Tips for Saving Searches:
To save the current criteria under an existing name, click the button in the Save column for that name.
To change one of your saved searches: adjust the search criteria and optionally change the name; click the button in the Save column for that name.
Here are some tips on how to avoid issues with Saved Searches and Search Agents:
Enter keywords in the search box at the top of the page. The Saved Search Description is not used for the search but only to give a name to the search.
Best tip: enter a keyword phrase of one to three words or more that describes your product lines or customers' business (who you sell to).
Start with broader terms. For example, "apparel" is better than "apparel retail stores".
Use customer names too.
Separate unrelated keywords by commas. Otherwise, all keywords must be present in the profile for it to match.
To delete one of your saved searches: click Delete. Since a maximum of five saved searches are alllowed, you may need to delete one to make room for another.
If any new profiles have entered the system that match the criteria of one of your Saved Searches, you will receive an email. All such matches are combined into a single email. If you do not receive such an email, no new profiles have matched any of your criteria.
To find out more about Saved Searches and Search Agents, read through all the items in the Frequently Asked Questions About Advanced Search, that you are now reading. In addition, there is more information on our Help page.
In addition to keywords that describe the products and services you are selling, you want to use keywords that describe the industry the principal is selling to. For example: boutique, restaurant, contractor, etc.
You have several options for working with territories:
Please note: the territory a Principal is located in may not be the same as the states they need covered.
Include the state/territory name in your keyword search. (for example: "Restaurant MN" will find Principals that sell to restaurants in Minnesota).
Use the "Territories Principal Needs" selector at the left of the page. If you do not see that selector, you must log in to your profile first. Click on the Advanced Search button if necessary.
Select multiple territores: hold the Control key on Windows to select multiple; hold the Command key on the Mac.
You can also use the Sort controls to change the sort order. Sorting can help you group Principals together.
The territory where the Principal is located may not be the same as the territory they want covered. View the principal's desired coverage area by clicking on the principal to see the full profile. Scroll down to the bottom of the profile to see a list of all territories where the principal is seeking representation.
As an example, if you search on “auto”, you will get Principals that are targeting auto dealerships, auto service, auto body, auto parts, auto manufacturing. Such results might be too broad. We understand that such results can be frustrating. Try to narrow down your search.
In this example, If you are looking for Principals that are targeting on Auto OEMs, search on “auto OEM” (without the quotes). Such a search will look for Principals that have both “auto” and “OEM” in their profile. Adapt the same method to your particular search needs.
Our system eliminates from search results any member for whom a Contact Request has already been issued. Since you have already contacted them, there is no reason to include them. To see all members you have contacted, and easily manage them, use the Contacts page.
If you put commas between the keywords, yes. Without commas, no!
Entering additional keywords restricts the search. With no keywords entered, you are searching for "all". By entering more keywords, you are searching for results that match all the keywords. So the more keywords you add, the more restrictive your search will be.
The exception to this restriction is a search with keywords separated by commas. With commas, you are searching for the first keyword or the second keyword, and so on. When you are searching with commas between keywords, you are expanding rather than restricting the search. Without commas, the search must match all the keywords and thus is more restricted.
Use the product name in the keyword search. For example if you are looking for a “widget", enter that. If we have a widget opportunity, it will appear in the search results
