From owner-freebsd-tinderbox@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 5 21:04:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: tinderbox@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E8B11065670 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:04:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from info@leadershark.com) Received: from leadershark.com (leadershark.com [178.32.70.160]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED7908FC15 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2012 21:04:11 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1338930367.4fce74bfd1b1a@leadershark.com> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:06:02 +0400 From: Info To: tinderbox@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: 6 recommended B2B sites for business X-BeenThere: freebsd-tinderbox@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Tinderbox reports, responses, and meta-comments" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:04:12 -0000 6 recommended B2B sites Issue #71 Al= ibaba includes companies from all over the world, but 70% of all registe= red members are China companies. In general, Alibaba - a good B2B site. = There are only two minuses: the structure of the site takes time to sort= out and they send too much advertisement emails after registration. Re= commended for companies whose business is mainly due to the Asia market.= [1]Alibaba= sales, buying, services = Mercanter is a free of charge B2B marketplace. It = is characterized by simple structure and clean design. The site is focu= sed on the global market. The user can register as a company or as a spe= cialist. It is possible to place almost any kind of business offer. All = business offers are placed in one directory, with the ability to search = and filter by country and offer type (sale, buying, transportation, inve= stment, tender, etc.). Registered member receives all responses to his o= ffers in the form of a orders table. It is recommended for all companies= and professionals. [2]Mercanter sa= les, buying, services, investments, loans, tenders, leasing Xing - a business-oriented social network. Xing includes u= sers from all over Europe, but especially popular in Germany.More than 5= 0% of registered members in the network are businessmen from Germany. Th= e basic functions of the network are free of charge. Advanced functions = require to buy the premium membership. Recommended for companies whose b= usiness is related to the European market. [3]Xing business social network Linke= din is the most popular business network to establish business contacts = all over the world. LinkedIn provides the ability to registered users to= create and maintain a list of business contacts. Contacts can be invite= d from the Linkedin site and from the outside. Recommended for all compa= nies and professionals. [4]LinkedIn bu= siness social network <= td style=3D"width:320px; text-align:justify">MercaTrade are newcomers to t= his industry with its B2B site being launched in 2009. The site have a f= ocus of finding Trade Leads Latin America. They have opted for a more si= mplified and clean design without all the banners and heavy pictures fla= shing everywhere. They have tapped on the weaknesses of other B2B market= places which is the lack of Latin American presence. Recommended for com= panies whose business is related to Latin America and the Caribbean. [5]Mercatrade<= /a> sales, buying, services <= /td> Indiamart is the large B2B site in India. There are= a lot of India companies and trade leads. The structure and idea of thi= s site like Alibaba. Recommended for companies whose business oriented t= o India. = [6]Indiamart sales, buying, se= rvices References 1. 3D"http://bit.ly/xvk5xj" 2. 3D"http://bit.ly/J3MwNu" 3. 3D"http:/= 4. 3D"http://bit.ly/xPnAo9" 5. 3D"http://bit.ly/y8iVVe" 6. 3D"http://bit.ly/xUVJd8"