Yes. On Afrikoni a buyer describes the requirement once and verified suppliers reply with binding quotes in a fixed schema, so the replies are comparable by construction rather than arriving as free-text emails in different shapes. Quotes are ranked on total landed cost, lead time and corridor risk instead of unit price alone. The comparison only works if the request itself fixes five things — one Incoterm 2020 rule with a named place, the unit of measure and packaging, a single settlement currency, the quality specification, and the payment terms — because the same shipment quoted EXW rather than DDP can differ by 20 to 45 percent of goods value without either supplier being dishonest. Collect three to five quotes on a first purchase: below three there is no distribution to judge an outlier against, and above five the delay usually costs more than the extra information is worth.