What others can and cannot see
A precise map of what is public on VEXORS and what is private. Your email and contact details are never shown to counterparts, identity on the network is always your company name.
What you'll learn
- Know exactly which parts of your account are public
- Know which parts are private and never shown to counterparts
- Understand what a supplier sees on a Request before and after award
Before you put your business on a network and start trading with strangers, you deserve a straight answer to one question: who can see what? Trust runs both directions. You need counterparts to see enough to take you seriously, and you need to know that the things that should stay private actually do. This article is the clear, complete map. No surprises.
The single most important rule comes first, because everything else follows from it: on VEXORS, your identity to a counterpart is always your company name, never an email address or a personal phone number. Your contact details are never shown to the other side. Not on a Request, not on a bid, not in Discover, not in a review, not anywhere. When you need to reach a counterpart, you do it through VEXORS, not by handing over an inbox.
Why this matters
Exposed contact details are how spam, leakage, and end-runs around the platform begin. By keeping identity at the company level and routing communication through VEXORS, the network stays a level playing field: counterparts evaluate each other on company, Trust Score, verification, and track record, not on whoever scraped an email first. You get the reach of an open network without the exposure of publishing your address book.
The full map: public versus private
Here is the complete picture of what a counterpart can and cannot see about you.
| Information | Visible to counterparts? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Company name and logo | Public | Your identity on every surface. Links to your public profile in Discover. |
| Location, founding year, company size | Public | Shown on your public profile to help counterparts size you up. |
| Trust Score | Public | Your buyer and supplier scores travel with you across the network. |
| Verified badge | Public | Shows when VEXORS has confirmed your legal documents. |
| Business categories | Public | What you buy and supply, used to match you to the right Requests. |
| Catalog items | Public | Your published catalog is visible to buyers browsing Discover. |
| Legal & compliance documents | Public | Registration and tax documents are counterparty-visible, that is the point of verification. |
| Ratings and written reviews | Public | Completed-transaction reviews appear on your profile, attributed by company name. |
| Your email and contact details | Private | Never shown to any counterpart, anywhere. Identity is always the company name. |
| Your private notes on other companies | Private | Internal to your team only. Never shown to the company you wrote them about. |
| Your team and internal data | Private | Your members, roles, approvals, and internal settings stay inside your company. |
| Estimated prices on your Requests | Private | Your budget guide on a Request is yours alone, suppliers never see it. |
Your private notes stay yours
VEXORS lets your team keep internal notes on other companies, context, concerns, outcomes, right on a company's profile in Discover. These are a private workspace for your team.
The notes area carries a clear banner stating they are internal to your team and never shown to the company they are about. Write candidly. The company you are noting will never see a word of it.
What a supplier sees on a Request, before and after award
One of the most common privacy questions is about Requests: when you publish one, what does a supplier actually see? The answer changes at exactly one moment, the award, and it is worth being precise.
A supplier sees your company name, the Request title, category, currency, deadline, your written scope and commercial terms, and the line items to price. They never see your estimated prices, that budget guide is yours alone. They never see your email or contact details. If they have a question, they ask it through the Request, and your answer is shared with every invited supplier so no one is bidding on different information.
Even once you award a contract, identity stays at the company level. You and the awarded supplier coordinate through VEXORS, and the relationship is recorded as a transaction you can later rate. There is no point at which the platform hands either side the other's private contact details, communication continues to flow through the network.
If a counterpart ever asks you to take the conversation off-platform by sharing a personal email or number "to save time," treat it as a flag. Keeping communication on VEXORS is what preserves the record, the privacy, and the accountability that a Trust Score depends on.
What good looks like
Used well, this model lets you be open about your business while keeping your workspace and your people private:
- Fill your public profile generously, company description, logo, categories, catalog, verification. Everything here is meant to be seen and builds trust.
- Keep your contact details where they belong, in your account, never pasted into a public field. There is no surface where a counterpart needs them.
- Use private notes freely. They are a genuine team-only workspace; nothing you write is ever exposed to the company you wrote it about.
- Set estimated prices on your Requests as your own budget guide, knowing suppliers will never see them.
Worried a competitor will see your strategy
You are about to publish a Request and you are nervous that a competing buyer could read your budget or your supplier list. They cannot. Your estimated prices are private to you, your invited-supplier choices are not broadcast, and your contact details are never exposed. Counterparts see only what they need to give you a strong, comparable bid, your scope, your line items, and your company identity.
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