Vendor-neutrality is not a marketing claim. It is a code-architecture decision, a contract clause, and a public commitment on this page. Here is exactly how the business model works — for customers, for manufacturers, for anyone watching.
Every UV manufacturer we can identify is listed on /manufacturers — whether they pay us or not, whether they know we exist or not. We curate, geocode, and verify entries ourselves. Listing is not a commercial product.
When you filter and sort manufacturers, the order is determined by data quality (verified specs, completeness, profile depth) — never by payment. The code-path for directory-sorting has explicit "never reference payment data" enforcement.
In our Simulex engineering tool, manufacturer-listed lamps are a curated selection. The engineer can always enter custom lamp specs manually — paid visibility never blocks alternatives.
LUVEX expert review of submitted lamps (datasheet, measurement report, permission) uses the same quality bar for free-tier and paid-tier manufacturers. Subscription buys visibility, never faster or laxer review.
The reachability layer. Every UV manufacturer worldwide, listed by LUVEX without permission required. Sorted by data quality.
Revenue: €0. By design.
The active platform layer. Manufacturers who want to actively sell, receive structured inquiries, and edit their own data subscribe here.
Revenue: €99/month (T1 UV + measurement-device manufacturers) — €990/year with -17% yearly discount. T3 (service / integrator) free.
Activation of one specific lamp / substrate / measurement device for visibility in the engineering tools (Simulex, T2C, T3). Reviewed by LUVEX expert per application family.
Revenue: €49/item/month — first slot is included free in Basic Partner subscription.
Commission requires perfect attribution. In B2B-high-priced UV equipment markets that attribution is permanently contested. Alibaba — the largest B2B marketplace on earth — went subscription-first (Gold Supplier). We follow the same logic. We earn from tools you measurably use, not from deals we cannot reliably track.
Because the engineering-tool integration value differs. A UV lamp in Simulex is a primary engineer-decision item (T1 = €99/month). A service provider in our project-group search is supportive (T3 = free). Substrate manufacturers sit in between, and we deliberately defer that pricing until our app-integration for substrates is clear. Honest tiering beats one-size-fits-all.
Because manufacturer-portfolio size varies massively. A boutique UV builder with 1 lamp should not pay the same engineering-tool fee as Heraeus with 50 lamps. Per-item slots (€49/month each) scale fairly with what each manufacturer actually publishes. First slot is included free — so the entry cost is just the basic membership.
Because that would re-introduce the politics we are trying to avoid. A large manufacturer pays the basic membership plus the same per-slot rate for each extra lamp — still cheap versus their lead-value, fair versus smaller manufacturers paying for a single slot. Same per-item math for everyone — no back-room deals.
By separating layers. The directory (/manufacturers) lists every UV manufacturer worldwide, paid or unpaid, sorted by data quality only — never by payment. Marketplace + engineering-tool visibility are explicitly Partner-tier features. So payment buys nothing on the trust-layer, only on the commerce-layer. We make this physical: the code-paths for directory-sorting and partner-subscriptions never touch each other.
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