Getting Started
Everything you need to know about buying and selling specialty coffee on V-Hub.
What is V-Hub?
V-Hub makes sourcing new, unique, and specific coffees simple. Hub is the place for green coffee sellers to post coffees and connect with buyers.
SFor Sellers
V-Hub streamlines how you market and present your coffees. Offer your coffees and share their complete story to better inform buyers. It's easy to create and maintain a fully searchable and real-time offer list. Outdated spreadsheets and complex listings will no longer slow down your sales. All your offerings are in one location where buyers can access them at any time. Post sales follow up is reduced thanks to complete product information up front.
- ✓Leverage an extensive network of coffee buyers
- ✓Promote your coffees via online search optimised offer lists
- ✓Customize your own shop
- ✓Get coffees to your customers faster
BFor Buyers
Struggling to find great coffees across outdated offering lists and emails? V-Hub is a single place featuring coffees from suppliers across the world. It saves you time searching for great coffees. Browse coffees by flavor profiles, tasting notes, score ranges, varietals, origins and certifications. After selecting coffees, Hub makes sample requesting and coffee purchasing easy. Complete information reduces post purchase followup - you already have all the information you need to present your final product.
- ✓Browse coffees by origin, variety, processing, and flavors
- ✓Request samples and contact sellers directly
- ✓Search coffee on your own schedule
- ✓Save on unnecessary communication loops
- ✓Get all relevant coffee information delivered with a click
Why sell on V-Hub?
List your coffees
We encourage you to share your coffees on V-Hub. Standard offer lists are rarely up-to-date and time consuming to update. Upload all your information privately and then publish what you want, when you are ready. V-hub instantly connects your coffee offer list to a centralized market where thousands of coffee roasters are actively looking for coffees.
Description and amenities
Publish your coffees with complete, easy-to-read stories. Use maps, pictures, data tables, and detailed text to showcase coffee flavor, variety, processing, quality, origin, and warehouse location, all in real-time.
Respond to requests
Great presentations increase sales. Hub saves roasters and sellers time and effort. Hub helps roasters make faster more informed buying decisions. On V-Hub, potential buyers will send you an online request when they are ready to buy. When you respond you can add additional costs (e.g. transportation) or give a discount. Once the final price is agreed, Hub passes on this information to the buyer.
Throughout the process you can communicate with your potential buyers via Hub messages. Replying quickly to incoming questions will help to keep your customers happy and up-to-date.
Ship your coffees
Once you have confirmed the sale, it's time to ship your coffees. Send the customer an invoice and coordinate transport. You can easily attach a final invoice to an order on V-Hub to keep all information in one place.
How to sell on V-Hub
Setting up a shop
A shop showcases your offering list with company information, policies, and logos. Create at least 1 shop for your company. All information stays private until you publish.
Add origins
Create origins with photos, stories, and information about farms, cooperatives, or washing stations. Reference them when listing your coffees.
List coffees
Showcase each lot with detailed information about flavor, origin, and availability. Use single creation or bulk spreadsheet-style form.
Manage requests
Get real-time notifications when buyers request samples or orders. Review, confirm, decline, or negotiate through the Sales dashboard.
Public API Integration
Integrate your coffee listings on your own website with our smart Public API.
Why buy on V-Hub?
Discover
Many filters to find the right one! V-Hub provides a framework for exploring and learning about new coffees. Processing, quality, and variety filters guide you through a list of coffees from all over the world. Learn more about interesting, new coffees Standard coffee lot information. Check availability and warehousing.
Contacting sellers
Contact sellers with questions you have about lots. Request samples and lots directly from sellers directly through the platform. If you have a question about a specific listing, click on 'Contact seller' to message them via Hub's messaging system.
Order
Add samples and lots for a particular coffee to your V-Hub shopping cart. Send your requests to the seller once you are ready. The seller will send you a notification letting you know if they will proceed with the shipment. Nothing happens until you both agree.
How to buy on V-Hub
Create a free account
Your V-Hub buyer account is free. Register and you're ready to go!
Discover coffee
Search for sellers or use filters to find coffees by flavor, origin, processing, and more.
Get complete coffee info
Each lot has comprehensive information detailing quality, processing, origin, and availability.
Order samples and coffees
Click Buy coffee or Order sample. Select volume, add to cart, and checkout with your company and shipping details.
Review offers
Suppliers send final offers including shipping costs. Accept or decline at this stage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are answers to some of our most common questions. If you don't see what you're looking for, contact us.