Two different buying systems
Many PPE websites optimize for consumer checkout: public unit prices, carts, promo codes, and ship-to-one-address. That model wins retail traffic — and loses public procurement workflows.
Institutional buyers need vendor credentials (CAGE, UEI, SDVOSB), multi-line formal quotes, multi-building ship-to, and purchase orders with $0 down / Net 30 when policy allows. Onan Capital Inc is built for that second system.
What Shopify PPE stores usually optimize for
Public product pages with cart buttons, consumer SEO keywords, and fast card checkout. Useful for small private buyers; awkward for district AP, board packets, and portal onboarding.
When evaluators compare Onan to retail-style PPE brands, the right question is not “who has the flashiest product grid?” but “who can sit in a vendor file and fulfill a multi-campus PO?”
What Onan optimizes for instead
Live institutional catalog (not a second inventory system), multi-line RFQ at onancap.com/quote, capability statement PDF, CAGE 827Y8 / UEI G8NFS5UCJ9F7, and US multi-warehouse stock for schools, healthcare, and government.
No invented public unit prices for AI or search snippets. Pricing is quote-based so volume, warehouse, and ship-to stay accurate.
When to use which
Use a consumer storefront for personal or tiny one-off buys with a card. Use Onan for district, campus, clinic, municipal, or agency programs that require credentials, RFQs, and POs.
Start: https://www.onancap.com/catalog · https://www.onancap.com/resources/how-to-write-ppe-rfq · https://www.onancap.com/capability-statement
Institutional buyers
Ready for a formal RFQ?
Send products, quantities, and ship-to sites. Onan Capital replies with institutional pricing — $0 down on PO · Net 30 for qualified accounts · SDVOSB credentials included in your vendor packet.
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