In international trade, one business house to find another business entity of related trading need is of paramount importance. History indicates that prior to the existence of Business to Business (B2B) web portals; the whole business process was a long-drawn-out one, which involved a lot of time, money and energy. The arrival of B2Bs in the world of e-commerce has eventually transformed the way businesses are done around the world today.
The concept of B2B portal should be termed as the most amazing invention in the world of business. While they sprout one after the other in the web world, no one doubts about the success of the concept, but perhaps which one would remain among them in the long run. All the leading B2B portals are vying with one another by providing customized solutions for their clients' international trade needs. B2Bs are not just portals with a vast database of exporters and importers alone but also as that of transporters and other related service providers.
Conventional channels of international trade involved massive financial outlay. Therefore, most of the domestic traders as well as others who wished to enter exim business used to ward away from such ventures. But B2Bs allayed such fears by enabling them to use the provided platform as a testing ground to gauge the interest of their product or/and services in the international market. Hence, B2Bs allowed, especially the new player to de-risk oneself from incurring enormous blind investments before making serious plunge into those markets straight away.
During the early days of B2Bs, they used to have only the data base of exporters, importers, transporters and service providers. But today they have a section dedicated to provide information about trade shows happening across the world. Besides, they have subsidiary services like latest news, and forums to exchange one's concerns and experiences of international business.
Some of the leading portals has a mechanism to clean up or/and screen profiles deemed as spammers and fraudsters. Yet deals on B2Bs should be given the same diligent care that you give to do any business, to avoid any kind of disappointment. As a safety measure, one should try to deal with the premium members because some of the leading B2Bs, approve the paid up members company profile after making a back ground check.
Successful converts of B2Bs have started utilizing the services of multiple B2Bs instead of being listed in just one of them for ensuring quick business response. Even conventional international traders and those traders with self networks admit that a giant share of the future overseas businesses would be through B2Bs. Incidentally, various governmental organizations with exim arms too make use of the services of B2Bs.
