About ITscope

Transparency and independence for the ITC channel

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… that’s the motto we live by every day at ITscope. We believe that information should always be available everywhere for all participants in the ITC industry. And with ITscope, we have created a platform that enables exactly this and simplifies the workflows of system houses, suppliers and manufacturers a little bit every day.

Powerful

Over 7,800 active users and more than 400 distributors form all across Europe, including 70 distributors supporting fully electronic ordering (EDI)

Transparent

Full market transparency thanks to over 7 million products, enhanced with product data from Icecat and 1WorldSync

Innovative

Everything in one place – with seamless procurement and sales processes on one central, digital platform

ITscope enables system houses to connect customers and suppliers on a single trading platform and greatly simplifies sales and procurement. For more business. Europe-wide.

With ITscope, it immediately becomes easier for system houses to:

  • compare the entire IT market with hundreds of distributors from all over Europe, so you can find the exact product you’re looking for

  • split procurement volume across multiple sources of supply and find new suppliers with ease

  • offer customers individual shopping carts and to reliably automate procurement and sales processes

Our history

2003

The founding

While meeting in an outdoor swimming pool, three friends from Karlsdorf-Neuthard in Baden (Germany) forged a business plan for a company that would have a lasting impact on the ITC industry.

2004

Next steps

It took roughly one year to develop software that transparently displayed product data including prices, delivery costs and stock levels for initially around 200,000 products from 119 suppliers on one platform. ITscope’s first product, the MarketViewer, was born.

2005

First paying users

In mid-2005, the platform was first used by paying specialist resellers.

2005

Growing company visibility

The Karlsruhe-based startup attracted the attention of trade press: “Distris spied on” – this was the (translated) headline of a major industry journal and not only caused a lot of commotion among distributors, but also drew the attention of numerous ITC industry resellers to the ITscope platform. In a short amount of time, the number of paying customers doubled; within a few weeks, another 250 companies registered for a test account.

2006

CNET content on board

Extensive product content including product images, specifications and marketing texts from CNET (now 1WorldSync) were incorporated into the platform, and later on also became available for exporting to other systems.

2007

Comprehensive export function

As of 2007, an extensive export function became available allowing ITscope customers to fill their own ERP system or shop.

2008

The first interfaces

Interfaces to Mention and c-entron were introduced.

2012

Ordering directly via ITscope

Orders can now be placed directly via ITscope with all listed distributors. Gradually, EDI connections to now more than 40 distributors, including ALSO, api, Ingram Micro, KOMSA and Tech Data, were implemented.

2015

Icecat content on board

In 2015, the scope of content was enhanced to include data from Icecat.

2018

Selling via ITscope

2018 is the birth year of ITscope’s e-commerce solution: system houses can now create B2B shops for their end customers directly via the trading platform and benefit from the extensive ITscope catalogue with more than ICT articles from suppliers and 7,400 active specialist dealers. ITscope is accessible at any time and on any device, making it one of the most important marketplaces for the ICT trade.

2021

Moving to a new office

In January 2021, we started our relocation to a spacious, modern office in the heart of Karlsruhe’s city centre. In view of ITscope’s growth over the past years, moving to new premises was the next step to offer the growing number of employees an optimal workplace.

2021

Merger with weclapp

Following several years of cooperation, ITscope became a subsidiary of weclapp SE in 2021 and is now continuing its growth trajectory at an accelerated pace. The two companies complement each other and will offer mutual customers further potential benefits in the future.

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