An introduction to SecondWatt

Someone in our network introduced you to SecondWatt. We help buyers define power equipment requirements and evaluate opportunities through equipment owners and sourcing partners. You do not need an account or prior experience with our platform to begin.

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Your first conversation

We will clarify what you are buying, who will make the decision, your timing and the next useful step. An early discussion can stay at the project and requirement level while we establish the appropriate confidentiality arrangements.

Equipment type, capacity and rating basis, quantity, and the delivery or commissioning target.
The organization expected to purchase, and whether you are part of that organization or representing it.
The current project stage, budget basis, funding route and any material dependencies.
Any existing discussions about the same specific opportunity.

The relationship that brought you here

We record the introduction and apply the protections in the relevant agreement. We agree the introducer's ongoing role and information access. An introduction does not give every participant access to your confidential project information.

Before a source is identified

For a standard seller-paid introduction, the buyer or buyer-side lead signs our Buyer Confidentiality and Non-Circumvention Agreement and registers the buyer and project. If your organization is purchasing for itself, it signs as the buyer. An agent or introducer discloses its actual relationship and authority.

A separate procurement engagement is used only when you appoint SecondWatt to perform that work. The applicable terms are explained before proceeding.

What you receive next

You receive:

a defined next step;
the relevant opportunity information we are permitted to share; and
a summary of the completed checks and open items before a sensitive introduction.

SecondWatt attends the introduction meeting. Your procurement and technical teams can join when their input is needed.

ALSO APPLIES TO YOU

The rules for every relationship

HOW WE ARE PAID

How we are paid

We explain the applicable fee arrangement before an introduction.

Standard seller-paid process. SecondWatt is compensated under a separate source-side agreement. The buyer pays no fee to SecondWatt under the buyer confidentiality agreement.
Separate engagement. A buyer may engage SecondWatt for procurement services under written scope and fee terms. On that route, any compensation SecondWatt receives from the seller side is credited against the buyer's fee, as the engagement terms provide.
Both sides. Compensation from both a source and the buyer on the same transaction requires the buyer's written agreement.
Referrals. Any referral compensation requires its own signed arrangement.
There is no SecondWatt fee for an introductory conversation.
SecondWatt is paid when an acquisition completes, under the signed agreements.
We do not hold deposits or purchase funds.
Payments follow the transaction documents, and independent escrow with written disbursement instructions is our default.

Money and wire controls

Wire instructions are confirmed by a call-back on contact details already on file, never from an email alone.
A late change to account details stops the payment until it is confirmed.
Payments go to the account the transaction documents name, not to an intermediary.
Nothing is released on emailed instructions, side wires or “send it now and we’ll sort the paperwork later.”

WHAT PAUSES AN OPPORTUNITY

What pauses an opportunity

Urgency is never a reason to skip a step. A step is waived only in writing, with the reason recorded. If it can’t be cleared, the opportunity holds until it can.

Authority that can’t be confirmed isn’t established. Authority counts when it is confirmed directly with the named owner or signatory.
A confirmed company is not yet a funded buyer. Inspections, document pulls and taking equipment off the market wait for funding evidence in proportion to the commitment.

We pause when:

An owner or authorized source still isn’t identified once confidentiality is in place.
Several parties offer the same unit at different prices or locations.
Identifiers, nameplate photos or location are withheld indefinitely.
Documents are stale, inconsistent or recycled from another opportunity.
Someone presses for a buyer’s identity, funding evidence or an LOI before showing their own authority.
A deposit is requested outside the agreed escrow, or payment details change late.

We explain what is needed to reconsider it.

YOUR INFORMATION AND RELATIONSHIPS

Your information and relationships

We use confidential submissions to evaluate and progress the relevant requirement or opportunity under the applicable agreements. We do not publish confidential buyer identities, source identities, unit records or commercial terms without permission. Public model research is separate from the private records used for a specific opportunity.

We ask recipients to respect the same limits: no unauthorized forwarding, advertising, use for another buyer or reuse for another project. We document introduced relationships and respect the protections in the applicable agreements.

If your organization has procurement, legal or supplier-onboarding requirements, share them early. We will identify the information and review needed from each side.

Disclosure record. Each release of a serial number, nameplate photo or exact location is recorded with the recipient, the date and the purpose.

Opportunity record. Built as the work happens, before the money moves: who each party is, who represented whom and with what authority, what was reviewed, what was agreed, and where funds were directed.

See the full process on How SecondWatt works

BEFORE WE MEET

Before we meet

Reply to your SecondWatt contact with brief answers to these five questions. If confidentiality limits an answer, describe the restriction so we can agree how to proceed.

Use the five questions. If you already provided the information through your introducer, we will confirm what is current and ask only for what is missing.

1What is your company or professional practice, and what is your role in this opportunity?
2Are you buying for your own organization, representing a buyer, supplying equipment, introducing a relationship or evaluating technical fit?
3What requirement or equipment opportunity would you like to discuss, and what decision or timing matters next?
4Who else is involved, and what are you currently authorized to do?
5What can you share now, and what needs confidentiality protection or another party's permission first?

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Please do not send bank statements, identity documents, confidential client names or restricted equipment records in an initial inquiry. We will arrange the appropriate next step.

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