eMarketplace |
Area of focus |
See buyer info |
Post lead |
Product categories |
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4Trade
Link 2 EuroPages |
Poland and global |
Pay for |
Free |
Fairly wide |
OK if you are interested in Poland – limited
global interest |
ABC France
ABC-Online |
France |
Not clear |
By e-mail |
Fairly wide |
Awkward to use but claims to have
250 000 companies listed.
More a marketing channel for French companies
Also available for Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands |
AfaceriOnline |
Romania and global |
Pay for (free trail) |
Pay for (free trial) |
Fairly wide |
12 000 companies listed |
Algomtl |
Global with an emphasis on France |
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Free * |
Wide variety |
30 000 leads per year |
Alibaba
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Global with an emphasis on China |
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Free* |
Wide variety |
One of the biggies
3 million members
More info |
AllActionTrade |
Global |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Wide variety |
Has approximately 120 000 offers listed. A nice,
well-organised website. |
Alles-Handel/All-Trade |
Global |
Free (register) |
Free |
Wide variety |
The site has almost 60 000 members and handles 180
000 offers. |
Armenian
Business & Trade |
Armenia (although global companies are using this
site to promote their offerings) |
Free |
Free |
Wide variety |
Site is being hijacked by exporters from around the
world.
Not a big site.
Worth a visit |
AsiaKingWorld |
Global, with an emphasis on Asia |
Free (register) |
Free |
Wide variety |
A good, well organised site. Contains about 14 000
trade leads and about 13 000 companies. |
AsianNet |
Global, but with an Asian flavour |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Wide variety |
600 000 members and 900 000 products
One of the biggies |
Australia
Trade |
Australia and global |
Free (register) |
Free |
Wide variety
(limited entries) |
Approximately 500 companies online |
B2B@TP
Market |
Global, but with the emphasis on Egypt |
Free |
Free* |
Limited |
Servicing the Egyptian Trade Points. A rather small
community. Useful if you are interested in Egypt.
A well-organised site. |
B2BTradeHolding.com
Site is also sub-divided into regions such as US,
Canada, Europe, Asia, China, UK, Africa |
Global |
Pay for |
Pay for |
Wide variety |
140 000 companies listed.
A very busy and confusing site.
A lot of consumer products.
Worth a visit. |
BizEurope Resource |
Global with a European and US focus |
Pay for |
Free* |
Wide variety |
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BrazilTradeNet |
Brazil |
See company info, but these are mostly exporters |
Only for Brazilian companies |
Wide variety |
Mainly an export promotion hub |
BusinessDubai
Network
Part of a larger network |
Global, but with emphasis on UAE and Middle East |
Free (register)* |
Free* |
Wide variety |
20 000 members with 9 000 offers listed |
BusyTrade.com
Has links to other BusyTrade sites such as Mexico,
Brazil, India and HK. |
Global, but with a strong Chinese influence |
Free (register)* |
Free* |
Wide variety |
600 000 members
Well-organised/run site.
Another of the biggies. |
China Pages
Linked to ECTrade |
Global, but with a strong Chinese influence |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Wide variety |
Site worth a visit |
ChinaBusinessWorld
Linked to http://go4worldbusiness.com |
China, but also global |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Wide variety |
280 000 members with 30 000 business enquiries per
week.
Site is a bit busy. |
Comesa Tradehub |
Focused on Comesa countries |
Free |
Free* |
Wide variety |
A well-organised site, albeit with a small community.
A good place to visit if you are interested in Comesa
countries. |
CommerceTurkey.com |
Turkey |
Free (register) |
Free |
Wide variety |
Smallish community and not very well designed. |
CZIdustry.cz |
Czech Republic and global |
Free |
Free |
Reasonably wide, but not many entries per category |
Very small community. Not a very useable portal. |
DDEX.com |
Venezuela |
Free |
Free, but not really intended for non-Venezuela companies,
although nothing appears to stop a foreign company
from registering |
Wide variety |
Just starting out and their database is still small.
Some sections still not operational |
EC Plaza |
Global, but with a strong Korean/Asian influence |
Free |
Free* |
Wide variety |
400 000 members |
EC Trade
Linked to China Pages |
Global, but with a strong Chinese influence |
Free (register) |
Free |
Wide variety |
Site worth a visit |
Europages |
Global with a European focus |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Wide variety |
390 000 buyers in 38 countries |
EuroTrade |
European focus |
No |
Free |
Not clear |
User unfriendly site
You can only post your offer and if acceptable they
will contact you within 48 hours |
ExImTurk |
Turkey and global |
Free |
Free |
Wide variety |
Worth a visit. |
ExpoMarkets |
Global, but with an emphasis on India |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Wide variety |
A nice site, but it si not clear how big this community
is? |
ExportersUS |
Global but with an emphasis on the US |
Free (register) |
Free |
Fairly wide |
17 000 members
50 000 offers |
Export-Import
Poland |
Poland |
N/A |
Free |
Wide variety |
Mainly aimed at promoting Polish exports, but foreign
companies can publish their trade leads as well for
the Polish market |
Export-Japan.com |
Focused on Japan |
Free |
Free |
Wide variety |
No browsing – search only |
Global
Export Import Directory
Also Usaexportimport.com |
Global with a US emphasis |
Free |
Free * |
Wide variety |
150 000 categories, 270 countries and 300 000 pages
Looks good but big gaps. |
Global Sources
GS has regional sites as well such as South African
Sources, but some of these have very little content. |
Global |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Wide variety |
Another of the biggies with 560 000 members. |
Global
Trade Networks |
Global |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Not clear |
An Australian service, with a global emphasis. Seems
a little limited, though. |
IndiaMart |
India, but also global |
Free (register) |
Free |
Wide variety |
Approximately 120 000 offers on display and 300 000
companies registered. |
IndoAsiaBiz |
An Indian-Japan venture, with a global perspective |
Free (register)* |
Free |
Wide variety |
An Indo-Japan venture aimed at promoting trade between
the two counties, but other international companies
are also advertising on the site. |
International Business
Forum |
Global |
Free |
Pay for |
Fairly wide |
An amateurish look and feel. It’s not clear
how old these trade leads are? Worth a look, though. |
Iran
E-commerce |
Iran and global |
Free |
Free |
Wide variety |
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JETRO
Business Matching |
Global, but with an emphasis on Japan and Asia |
Free (register) |
Free |
Fairly wide |
Run by Japan’s Trade Promotion organisation,
the purpose of this site is to promote trade with
Japan. It’s a bit awkward to use. Currently
contains some 27 000 proposals. |
MacRae's Business Directory |
USA businesses listed |
Free |
Free |
Only US |
Have a database of 3,000,000 US companies |
North Carolina
Global Trade Site |
Global |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Not clear |
A small site with only 300 companies registered and
5000 offers. Overwhelmed |
OpenRussia.ru |
Russia |
N/A |
Pay for |
Wide variety |
Advertising your products in Russia |
Profile Canada |
Canadian businesses listed |
Free |
Free |
Only Canada. Quite a wide variety |
Have a database of 1,000,000 Canadian companies |
RusBiz |
Global, but with a focus on Russia |
Free (register) |
Free |
Fairly wide |
Trade leads looks interesting and up-to-date. Give
it a try. |
SignOn Africa |
Africa |
Free (register) |
Free |
Fairly wide, but few companies per category |
Very small community – less than a 1000 |
SME Business Services |
An Indian portal, but with strong North American
and Chinese listings |
Free |
Pay for |
Wide variety |
Not a very user-friendly site – requires you
to drill-down too much. It’s also not clear
how big the community is. |
The Great Indian
Bazaar |
Global, but with an Indian focus |
Pay for |
Free |
Wide variety |
A busy site, but it appears to work. This is one
of the better sites. |
ThomasGlobal |
European and US focus, but also global |
Free |
Can submit your company, but registration can take
up to 6 months and payment may be required?? |
Industrial focus |
700 000 manufacturers in 28 countries |
TimeFirst |
Global |
Free (register) |
Free |
Wide variety |
A well-organised, easy-to-use portal containing some
50 000 leads. |
Trade
Romania |
Primarily Romania |
Free |
Free |
Wide, but few companies per category |
Small site. |
TradeAgency.net |
Primarily Romania, but also global |
Free |
Free* |
Fairly wide, but few companies per category |
Small site; not even 200 companies listed. |
TradeEgypt |
Global, but with emphasis on Egypt |
Pay for |
Pay for |
Wide variety |
A nice, tidy system, but it is not clear just how
many members they have or how well the portal is used. |
TradeGet.com |
Primarily Indian |
Free |
Free |
Wide variety |
Approximately 100 000 companies listed. |
TradeIndia
Also Trade-India |
Some global opportunities, but the site primarily
promotes trade with India |
Free |
Pay for |
Wide variety |
600 000 users
35 000 Indian importers |
TradeKey |
Global |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Wide variety |
Over 700 000 members.
3 million visitors per month
One of the biggies. |
TradeMatch
A closed system |
UK and global |
Pay for |
Pay for |
Not clear |
22 000 offers on their database.
Not clear how good this site is. |
TradeXpro |
Global |
Free (register) |
Free* |
Wide variety |
Close to 90 000 companies listed and 90 000 trade
leads. Worth a visit. |
UnePower |
Global, but with a strong Chinese influence |
Free |
Free* |
Wide variety |
22 000 companies registered. |
WebBusiness |
Global with emphasis on Eastern Europe |
Free |
Free |
Wide variety |
Navigation is a bit clumsy. Database appears somewhat
limited. |
World
Trade Centers Associations |
Global (proprietary system) |
Free (register) |
Pay for |
Wide variety |
300 WTCs and 750 000 affiliated businesses |
WorldBid |
Global |
Pay for |
Pay for |
Wide variety |
Another of the biggies.
500 000 users and more than a million offers.
Also sub-divided into regional and industry sub-sites,
e.g. WorldBidAfrica and WorldBidFurniture |
YUTrade.net |
Yugoslavia, but also global |
Free |
Free |
Fairly wide |
Has an aggressive anti-spam policy that blacklisted
my SAIX ISP |
