| Dubai: Businessdubai.com the premier B2B trading site in the Middle East announced yesterday that at the end of three months of operation it has recorded registrations numbering more than 1100 companies from 65 countries. Businessdubai.com’s unique on-line and off-line trade facilitating service capitalizing on the market knowledge and expertise of its specially trained and experienced trade managers has helped companies to conclude deals worth over US Dollars 1.5 million to date. Registration trends indicate that the majority of the users on businessdubai.com belong to the small and medium trading segment. Out of these about 50% are from Dubai and the UAE, 25 % from the Indian subcontinent, 10% from Russia and the CIS countries, 7% from other GCC and Middle East countries, 3 % from Africa, 3% from China and the balance from US and Europe. This is an indicator of Businessdubai.com’s growing popularity in its target markets. Since the site offers a multi-product platform and good market exposure at virtually no cost, it is an economic business development tool for this group. Concluded deals have been in the areas of textiles, polypropylene bags, plastic raw materials, metals & scrap and computer hardware. Several more deals are in the pipeline. Businessdubai.com’s trading group is continuously scanning the offers and enquiries posted on the site by users for a suitable match using a “ search mechanism” which extends beyond the resources available on the net. The objective is to offer a Businessdubai.com user a comprehensive range of services from a single point. Businessdubai.com is continuously striving to bring more value-added services to its users and is presently negotiating service agreements with global on-line service providers, which would add greater comfort value to their transactions. New announcements in this regard are expected to be made shortly. |
