Welcome to eMarket Services!
The mission of eMarket Services is to make it easier for companies, particularly small and medium sized companies, to use electronic marketplaces for international business.
In our world-wide directory you find e-marketplaces in all industries. You can study experiences from other companies in our cases and learn more about e-marketplaces in the eMarket Basics section and through our industry reports and other information on our site.
You are always welcome to contact us in
Canada
Peter C. Cowan
E-mail: pcowan@edc.ca
Phone: +1 613 598 2961
On an e-marketplace several companies can meet on a common platform to do business. On some e-marketplaces companies find new customers or suppliers. Other e-marketplaces can make the order process between buyers and seller more efficient.
It is a business-to-business e-marketplace, according to our definition, if:
- it is open to several buyers and several sellers
- the provider of the service does not set the price, nor sell or buy goods or services traded on the platform
- it has at least one trading function like request-for-quote, auction or catalogue with online-order
- it has a focus on business to business or business to government
You can use e-marketplaces to market your company and find new business partners. E-marketplaces can remove time and space limitations, as trade is possible 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. They can give companies better market information, provided that a sufficient number of buyers and sellers are active.
Using e-marketplaces for international trade as a buyer or seller you can get one or several of the following advantages:
- Get market information: find information about the industry in the e-marketplace?s geographic region. You may find competitors and potential customers.
- Market your products: You can register to make potential customers and distributors find you and ask for quotations.
- Make transactions efficient: large buyers can administer purchases from many suppliers on e-marketplaces with a focus on efficient transactions. Availability, prices, stocks, delivery times and payment terms of products can be shown. Suppliers often have to be invited, and can then use the platform to reach other buyers.
- Source for new suppliers. You can get information on many potential suppliers and negotiate in an efficient way. Some e-marketplaces offer sourcing services, making it easier to find, evaluate and negotiate new contracts.
eMarket Services is a not for profit project, funded by the trade promotion organisations of Canada, Ireland, Norway, Spain and The Netherlands. Staff from these organisations cooperates around the world to produce our services and exchange knowledge on electronic marketplaces.
As of January 1. 2004 the EU Commission came in to the project as a co-sponsor for a period of 2 years. eMarket Services is now the official European portal for information on e-marketplaces. With a growing network of National Contact Points, we strive to make it possible for companies in all EU member states to get answers to in your own language.
eMarket Services is not an electronic marketplace. You can not sell or buy products on our portal. Instead eMarket Services provides knowledge and information about e-marketplaces in different industries all over the world. We offer the following services on our portal.
- A directory of e-marketplaces around the world. You can search in our database by industry and location for e-marketplaces that might be suitable for your business.
- Case studies on companies with practical experience of using e-marketplaces.
- Industry reports on the use of e-marketplaces in a particular industry.
- Basic information and reports on e-marketplaces and different e-business issues.
- Free newsletter with the latest cases and articles.
- Seminars and training programs, arranged in our respective countries.
If you have experiences from using e-marketplaces, then please tell us. You are welcome to report any problems you might have had and we will help you.