Global e-Marketplace INTRODUCTION Global eMarketplace is truly international e-Marketplace where global buyers and suppliers conduct e-business. Registered members can access massive amount of information and trade with companies by using extensive and detailed database with user-friendly company and product categories. Global e-Marketplace is a B2B and B2C portal which facilitates companies to sell and purchase products through procurement, send inquiries & offers, and meet potential trade partners. Manufacturers, dealers and resellers can showcase products technologies and services with a list of projects/transactions completed. It supports members find new customers through customer tracking features.
Global e-Marketplace provides the following services to achieve successful transactions: •
Provide reliable information about companies and products
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GBMS (Global Business Matching Service). GBMS is a service in which Buyers are directly matched with their desired products.
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Online Exhibitions
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A two-way inquiry feature. Unlike a one-time Inquiry, the two -way inquiry feature is provided for parties to communicate back and forth.
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"Trader Marks" to members based on activity index
Main Modules of the project The project has the following modules: 1. Member Module: This module handler member registration, member activation, profile management etc. The members can be of type, manufacturers, dealers or resellers. This module keeps track of member activities. 2. Item Module: This module handles category creation, unit creation, Item creation etc. 3. E-Catalogue Module: This module handles catalogue creation of products. End users can browse/search through categories, and acquire product(s) from here. 4. GBMS Module: This module handles Global Business Matching Service. It is a service in which Buyers are directly matched with their desired products.
5. Search Module: This module allows users to find a particular product by search using several parameters such as manufacturer, date of manufacturing, category etc.
6. Admin Module: This module handles member and product approval. 7. Feedback Module: This module handles ratings and feedbacks from the users. 8. Comparison Module: This module handles app comparison feature. Users are allowed to compare apps in the same category. 9. EProcurement module: This module handles online procurement of products. It supports simple bidding also. 10. User Tracking Module: This module handles tracking of user(guest) activities and transactions. This module tracks user through multiple sessions, even if the user is not a registered member. 11. RSS Module: This module handles feed generation. Feeds keep users up-to-date about products and offers 12. Business volume module: This module handles BV point’s calculations. 13. Offers module: This module handles offers and deductions. 14. Online Exhibition Module: This module handles e-Exhibitions. 15. Reports Module: This module handles complex business report generation for stake holders.