The new online shop is now up and running, but work doesn’t
end there. Our next big improvement coming your way will be especially
interesting for computational chemists. We are making a screening compound online sourcing tool. You can already order
screening compounds via MolPort the old
way, but wouldn’t it be nice to be able to have a shopping cart big enough
for purchases like long lists of screening compounds where you can easilly
overesee what’s in it!?
Let me give you a first look into what’s coming. Before you
continue, however, let me tell that we are also looking for volunteers
that would like to test it and help us make the user interface intuitive and
easy to use. You can register here to participate by marking the I want to use the screening compound
sourcing tool box in the registration page.
Step 1: Let MolPort
know what you are looking for
To use this service, you need to be a registered MolPort
user. When you log in to your first page you will be able to see all requests
you have made. To start a new request you will have to upload an SDF file or Text,
CSV or Excel tables with SMILES strings or database IDs (MolPort, ZINC,
PubChem, etc.) and specify order details (required quantity, lead time,
stereochemistry, format, etc.).
If your order is large, it may take few minutes for our
sourcing engine to do its magic and to fill your shopping cart. There will be
no need to wait around. While we process the file you can review other requests
or simply close your session and return
later to see the calculated results (we will send you an email notification
when it is done).
Step 2: Check out
your order summary and play with delivery options
This is the really interesting part. Once the sourcing
engine will finish it’s job, you will see right there on your screen how many
compounds are availabe and how many are not. The screening automaton, as we
call it, will also calculat the final price for you. And not just one final
price. In addition to the one that’s optimized MolPort style – the MolPort
recommended, you can also see how the prices
and delivery times look sorted by
lowest price or smallest number of suppliers. As time goes on there will be
more and more options for customizing your final offer, but more on that you
will be able to read in another post.
Step 3: Confirm order
and pay
As usual, once you have decided on which calculated option
to choose, a simple check out process will set things into motion to deliver
your compounds to you.
And that is really all about. No more need to email
suppliers or MolPort. In one short session you will be able to go from your
original compound list to a finished order.
