INTERNATIONAL FASTENER EXPO · PHOENIX, AZ · SEPTEMBER 29 – OCTOBER 1, 2027

Two days on the floor.
Follow up on every distributor you met.

MeetDrop is a lead capture app for trade shows. After each conversation you speak one sentence into your phone, and the follow-up email is written and sent before they reach the next aisle.

The International Fastener Expo brings 550 exhibitors and 350+ international factories in front of more than 4,000 distributors, engineers and buyers — and the expo itself is two days. The distributor who asked about your line on Thursday is home in Ohio on Monday with a stack of cards.

September 29 – October 1, 2027 Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ

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Free for the Fastener Expo — limited spots. Or see the plans and start free today, no card.

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1 · You say it

Snap their card or badge, tap the mic, and say what you would have scribbled on the back. Seven seconds, in your own words.

Just met Jack from Northwind, wants the partner agreement, review Thursday.

2 · MeetDrop writes it

Name, company and what they asked for are pulled out. The email is written in your voice, with the right link already in it, and the lead is scored against the people you came for.

The partner agreement — as promised at the booth

3 · You press send

Read two lines, press Send, and it leaves from your own address. Nothing ever goes out that you did not press. Replies land in your inbox.

"So you’ll email me?" — "Already sent, Jack."

Seventy-three seconds, start to finish. The booth is a dramatization; every phone screen is the real app, recorded live.

How the Fastener Expo actually goes

Wednesday — the Summit, before the floor

The conference day. Good conversations, none of them written down properly, because the show has not started yet.

Thursday, 9:30 to 4:00 — the long day

Distributors working the aisles with a list. Every conversation is specific: the grade, the coating, the lead time. By mid-afternoon none of it is on paper.

Friday, 9:30 to 3:30 — it closes early

A short second day and then breakdown. The follow-up becomes a task for the week you are back, and the detail that made the conversation useful has gone.

With MeetDrop, the follow-up left with the conversation

After each distributor walks away, whoever spoke to them taps the mic and says the part, the volume and the next step. The email is written in your voice and sent when you press send.

MeetDrop is free for the Fastener Expo. Five spots on each side of the aisle.

Five Pro plans for distributors working the aisles, five Team plans for booths. The price is one public post saying you are going.

A woman with a badge walks a wide convention centre aisle speaking a voice note into her phone

WALKING THE FLOOR

Pro, free through October 31 $99 / mo

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For distributors, engineers and buyers attending on their own badge.

Unlimited AI follow-up emails for the show, not the 10 a month on Free
Follow-ups sent from your own email domain
Lead scoring, ideal-customer profiles and CRM sync
The show recap: who opened, who replied, who went quiet

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WORKING A BOOTH

Team, free through October 31 $199 / mo

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For the whole crew on the stand across both expo days.

Everything in Pro, for everyone on the booth
One shared lead pool with dedupe — three seats included
Assignment, so the rep who had the conversation sends the email
Team recap by rep, by day, by hall

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How to claim it

Post that you are going

On LinkedIn or X, public. Use ours or write your own — it has to name the Fastener Expo and mention MeetDrop.

We're exhibiting at the #FastenerExpo in Phoenix, October 8–9 — booth number. Come find us. Every conversation at the booth gets its follow-up the same day this year, thanks to @MeetDrop. meetdrop.ai/events/fastener-expo

Heading to the #FastenerExpo in Phoenix, October 8–9. If we talk at your booth, expect an email from me before I fly home — I'm running my follow-ups with @MeetDrop. meetdrop.ai/events/fastener-expo

Paste the link to your post

In the form on the right, with the email you will sign in with.

We switch it on

A person checks the post and turns the plan on within one business day. You get one email saying it is live. Nothing else.

Going to the Fastener Expo with MeetDrop

Updated as spots are claimed · each name links to their post

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Listed with permission, from the box on the claim form. Ask us and you come off the same day. Once the free spots are gone the wall stays open — post that you are going and you are listed, whether or not a plan came with it.

What that looks like on the floor

The part, not just the company

Say "socket cap, A2-70, needs 200k a year and a lead time" and it is on the lead — so the follow-up quotes the thing they asked about.

International buyers, spelled right

With 350+ international factories on the floor, names go through a microphone badly. Photograph the card and the spelling comes off their own printing.

One booth, one pipeline

Everyone working the stand captures into a shared pool with dedupe, so two reps who met the same distributor send one follow-up, not two.

What we checked with the organizer

7 facts about International Fastener Expo, each with where it came from.

The 2026 edition is the show's first time in Phoenix after years in Las Vegas. source
The 2026 expo is expected to feature approximately 550 exhibiting companies. source
SourceGlobal is a dedicated sourcing area where U.S. distributors and importers meet international suppliers face-to-face. source
The show is trade-only, not open to the general public, and no one under 17 is allowed on the show floor. source
IFAS caps attendance, with the organizer stating capacity for the inaugural summit is limited. source
IFAS and Golf Tournament participants receive complimentary admission. source
The 2026 exhibitor directory publishes booth numbers, e.g. Grandeur Fasteners at Booth #638 and North East Fasteners Corporation at Booth #2854. source

What you are actually setting up

Your links, your tone of voice, who you are trying to meet. Then the app writes each follow-up in your words and you press Send. Scoring, your own sending domain, CRM sync and the shared team pool come with Pro and Team — the whole walkthrough is on one page, with what each plan includes.

The capture screen: add a photo or a business card, then tap the microphone — Snap the card, tap the mic

A drafted follow-up email opening with the document the lead asked for at the booth — The email, in your words

Who is worth chasing

The events screen with a trade show set as the current event — One show, one lead list

The Today screen: counts for sent, opened and replied, and a lead who wrote back — Sent, opened, replied

The per-event recap: leads captured, follow-ups sent and who replied — The recap you fly home with

What it costs after the Fastener Expo

You can start free today with no card. If the Fastener Expo is the only show you work this year, the Event Pass covers it. The ten free spots above are Pro and Team at no charge through October 31.

Free

Every lead you meet, kept

Unlimited leads, forever

10 AI follow-up emails a month written and sent for you
Unlimited captures: voice note, card scan, AI extract
Every lead saved, searchable, exportable to CSV
Basic counts
Emails carry a “Sent with MeetDrop” footer

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Unlimited leads. No credit card.

Event Pass

One show, everything captured and followed up

$49/ show

Unlimited leads, forever

200 AI follow-up emails written and sent for you for one show. 30 days from the first one.
No “Sent with MeetDrop” footer
Replies come back to your address
CSV export
Event recap analytics
Email support

Buy an event pass

One payment, no subscription

Pro

FREE FOR THE FASTENER EXPO

For people who work events all year

$99/ month

or $79 a month billed annually

Unlimited AI follow-up emails written and sent for you
Send from your own domain
CRM sync
Always-on adaptive follow-up
Drop a list
Lead scoring
Advanced analytics, priority support

Claim it free

Ten spots, one public post.

Team

FREE FOR THE FASTENER EXPO

For booths worked by more than one person

$199/ month

3 seats included, then $49 each

Everything in Pro for the whole team
Shared lead pool with dedupe
Drop a list for the whole team
Assignment and routing
User management
Team and per-rep analytics
Priority support and onboarding

Claim it free

Ten spots, one public post.

Enterprise

Ten seats and up, with the pieces a larger organisation needs.

API + webhooks
10+ seats
Everything in Team
Named success manager

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Prices in US dollars. Cancel any time; your leads stay exportable.

Questions people ask before the Fastener Expo

What exactly is MeetDrop?

A lead capture app for people who meet prospects in person. After a conversation you photograph their card or badge and speak one sentence about what was said. MeetDrop pulls out the name, company and what they wanted, writes a personalised follow-up email in your voice, and sends it when you press Send — usually within a minute of the handshake. It runs in your phone's browser and there is nothing to install.

When and where is the International Fastener Expo 2026?

The International Fastener Expo 2026 holds its Summit on October 7 and the expo on October 8 and 9, 2026, at the Phoenix Convention Center. Note the move: the show is in Phoenix, not Las Vegas. Show floor hours are 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM on Thursday and 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM on Friday.

How big is the Fastener Expo?

The show carries 550 exhibitors including more than 350 international factories, and draws over 4,000 industry professionals — distributors sourcing new lines, manufacturers showing capability, and engineers specifying parts.

What does MeetDrop cost?

Free to start: unlimited leads, with 10 AI follow-up emails a month written and sent for you. An Event Pass is $49 for one show: 200 AI follow-up emails, for 30 days from the first one, with replies coming back to your own address. Pro is $99 a month, or $79 billed annually, for unlimited AI follow-ups, sending from your own domain, lead scoring and CRM sync. Team is $199 a month with three seats included, then $49 per extra seat.

The conversations are technical. Will it capture a spec?

That is the point of speaking rather than typing. Say “socket cap, A2-70, 200k a year, needs a lead time” and the grade, the volume and the ask are on the lead — so the follow-up quotes the part they asked about instead of thanking them for stopping by.

Half the floor is international. Will it get the names right?

Photograph the business card and the spelling comes off their own printing rather than through a microphone in a loud hall. The card always outranks the voice note, which matters most with company names a recogniser has never heard.

How soon should I follow up after a trade show?

The same day, from the show. Most trade show leads never get a meaningful follow-up at all, and the ones that arrive a week later compete with every other vendor the buyer met. The first specific email — the one that names the thing they actually asked about — is the one that gets remembered.

Can the whole booth use one account?

Yes, on Team. Every rep captures into one shared pool with dedupe, so two people who spoke to the same buyer send one follow-up rather than two. Each lead keeps the name of the rep who had the conversation, and the recap breaks results down by rep and by day. Three seats are included, then $49 each.

Does MeetDrop send emails without me seeing them?

No. Every follow-up is written and then waits in a queue for a person to read it and press Send. You can review them one at a time or send the whole queue at once, but nothing leaves the account that a human did not approve.

Do I need to install anything?

No. MeetDrop runs in your phone's browser, and there is an iOS app if you prefer one. Sign in with Google or with a code emailed to you, set the show as your event, and the capture screen is ready. There is nothing for your booth staff to download, and it keeps working when the hall wifi does not.

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