As a specialist of your field you will know what your clients needs. You can then register their needs to the platform and find the right solutions for them.
To do that, you can follow the following simple process.
1. Register the need of your client
Registering a need is similar to register an offer as described here . The only difference is to select "NEED" from the dropdown menu instead of service. Keep the need as "Private" first.
2. Find the potential supplier
Click on "related patent" and follow the process. More details here . It will help you to identify company having the technology solution answering the need of your client, by looking in global patent database.
3. Invite the supplier and secure your comissions
Once you have identify the supplier you can find the email of the responsible, and invite them from "Invite Partner". Pre-fill the solution you want from them, write down your commission (Marketing), and the commission of the company which will do the sale. The sale should have at least 15% commission and the total shouldn't be above 45%.
If you don't want to do the sale
4. Display to the all community the need and the solutions, so they can help you to do the selling.
Go to your offers management and place the need as public.
Then go to "landscape viewer" and open the "problems VS solutions" map. The map is updated every month.
5. Anyone can then help you
From the map, they can find your need. There is a link to the marketing card describing it. From there they can choose to register their interest. You will then receive an email with their details. You can then disclose the contact information to them if there is no confict of interest and they can sale the offers registered.