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- Getting Started
- B2bmap for Seller
- B2bmap for Buyer
- Manage My Account
- Membership / Billing & Payment
- General FAQ
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Why Should I Register With B2bmap ?
By registering your company in B2bmap, you get access to numerous business promotion tools which helps you to get reliable business leads from Buyers all around the globe.
After listing your business in your desired category of B2bmap, you will start to receive business inquiries from buyers interested in your product. Through your dashboard (login), you can reply directly to buyers and suppliers without any hassle
By paid membership, you can avail priority ranking in search results of b2bmap platform and its product and business directory. B2bmap also helps you to rank high in online search engines.
You can be alerted about the trade leads by A "subscription to Trade Alert - generated from B2bmap Trade leads platform.
Through B2bmap global network, you can receive/send trade inquiries without refilling your company information everytime you send an inquiry. This will help you to save time as well as keep you focused on your business!
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How do I list my business on B2bmap ?
B2bmap has been the easiest b2b portal since ages. Listing business here is simple, easy and absolutely FREE.
The first step would be to create an account on B2bmap.com
After verification of your account, you will directly go to your dashboard. Here, you will be asked to enter your company details along with bank details and BIN (Business Identification number). Now you can also add product details, add images, add logo, certificates, brochures, product video etc from your dashboard / seller panel.
We will verify your information once you submit your data and documents. If your documents are good to go, you will be approved as a seller within the next 72 hours.
NOTE: Please enter accurate and verifiable information while filling up the form as fake profiles are liable to get deleted.
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Do You Offer Free Membership ?
Yes, we do. You can sign up for a free account and can immediately showcase your product and connect with worldwide buyers, manufacturers and suppliers.
Please Note that you have to enter accurate and verifiable information about your business in the business listing form; as often fake/scam business profiles are liable to get deleted.
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How long is the FREE Membership valid ?
FREE membership profiles are valid for life. There is no burden on sellers to upgrade their membership plans. However, premium members avail much more effective business promotion tools to connect with potential buyers around the globe and can seal the deal much more ahead of time. like for instance - Free members can directly communicate with buyers on any buy leads after 10 days of their registration whereas premium members can do that immediately. So our advice to responsible sellers would be to upgrade their membership plan to access most of the business benefits.
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How long will it take for my account to be activated?
Our business listing process is very easy to go and convenient. Once you have submitted your details, your free account has been created and you canaccess your dashboard anytime from any device.However, when you submit your complete company information along with contact details, our team will verify it manually and will be live within the next 72 hours.
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I forgot my password. How do I retrieve it?
Go toforget password link - Enter the same email address that you had provided at the time of registration. Click on ‘Submit’.
You will shortly receive an email/SMS with your new password (Automated). which can be change later from change password page of your dashboard.
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When can I start selling?
After we verify your Business profile and publish your details online, you can list more products and start connecting with buyers and selling your products.
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How do I list / showcase my products on B2bmap.com?
Getting started with our online product listing is easy. Just use online product listing tools to create an online storefront, display product pictures, videos, certifications, and tell your top-selling points to your customers.
Note: Post products with clear images and make sure to provide your company details for getting quick approval. Once your product is approved, you will be notified via email. Paid Members can Re-Rank (top-rank again) their products through the manage products section.
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What are the benefits of Re-Rank?
Re-Rank works like a new product / trade lead posting. So it came 1st as the latest product / trade lead. It's an exclusive feature for our paid members. In standard membership, sellers can regain top position of their product / trade lead, by using the 're-rank' option after 15 days; and Business members can 're-rank' after 10 days.
As everyday, a huge number of products are enlisted, your product might not be in the 1st page of our product pages. Hence, re-ranking your products enables you to top rank your product again.
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How can I find Buyers?
B2bmap.com Has been the most user friendly B2B site for the suppliers, ensuring the simplest way to look for Buyers.
Simply, check " Buying Leads" for a product you want to trade. Then click " Contact Buyer" and send your quotation to the buyer in response to their buy leads directly. Interested buyers will knock you directly.
You can also try finding buyers by browsing through our category list available here.
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How do I make it easier for buyers to find my products?
Please Use below tips for your reference:
It is advised that suppliers should showcase their product with a clear image, adequate details of the company, shipping details, product quality, negotiation according to current market value.
Suppliers are also advised to use product keywords which are frequently used by buyers.
Also, paid members can "re-rank" their products time-to-time which helps sellers to top listings again in the related product category directory.
Please note that ranking on b2bmap.com is generated by the system automatically. There are several factors influencing product ranking listing, which are listed here rank high - link
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Are the Buying Leads/ RFQ posted Genuine here?
Since we receive many buying leads everyday, it is not possible for us to verify all the buyers. This holds True not only for our website, but also for all the existing B2B portals. Hence, we advise all the sellers to check detailed background of buyers (using online & offline sources) before closing any deal.
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How Can I get maximum traffic on Portal and Global search Engine?
When You are a Premium Member of B2bmap.com, you will automatically get priority on portal and global search engines.
But as everyday many sellers are availing this opportunity, sometimes paid members may lag behind too. B2bmap always aims to ensure maximum traffic on search results from global search engines. That's why we have recently launched our 'DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICE (PPC,SEO, Social media Marketing)' which will enable sellers to get maximum reach of buyers.
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How Can I Access Maximum Buying Leads ?
Buying Leads is a very important tool for sellers to send quotation and product details to buyers. Our Business Members can access unlimited Buying Leads throughout the month. Standard Members can avail this by sending 50 replies per month to Buying Leads.
Free members have to wait for 7 days to fully access buyer data and can send 03 replies per month.
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How Can I Post My Buy Requirement?
Simply Log on to B2bmap.com and on the home page you will get R.F.Q Fill up the required details and "Submit your requirement" . Interested suppliers will knock you directly with their product details and quotations.
Don't forget to check your INBOX frequently to hear from suppliers.
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How Can I Delete / Update or Re-Post My Buy Requirement?
Please log in to your B2bmap account using your username and password. You will reach directly to your dashboard. Click "Manage Buy requirement " option to edit / update / delete or re-post your buy requirement.
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How and when will my Buy Requirement Go Live ?
The Buy Requirements posted by buyers will be displayed within 72 hours of approval of our verification team. You will receive a confirmation message regarding this. If your buy requirement is not live within 96 hours, please contact us for further assistance.
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How Can I Find Suppliers ?
This is very simple. Please type your desired product on the search bar available on most pages of B2bmap. Once you find your desired supplier's list, click on 'Contact Supplier' and send your message to the supplier directly.
Once you get the list of products on our search results page, click on "Get Latest Price" to send them a detailed pricing inquiry.
You can also try finding manufacturers and suppliers by "Post Buy Requirement" from your Dashboard.
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What if I am unable to contact the supplier?
There are various reasons for which you may not able to contact suppliers. For instance, supplier's contact number might be changed, supplier's may be unavailable due to any of his personal reasons. In such instance, you can always find other suppliers of similar products on our website or you can just Post Your Requirement from your dashboard and we will inform the relevant suppliers to send you quotations.
You can also try finding other suppliers by browsing through our category list available here.
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What is My Dashboard ?
When sign-in, you will automatically redirect to https://b2bmap.com/myzone - This is a personalized dashboard for our members where they can manage business profile, connect and communicate with each-other as well as update / edit business and product / service information.
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Where is the "Inbox" ?
Upon login, you will see "inbox" in your dashboard. Inbox allows you to check all the recent or past conversations along with quotation/inquiry details. Every B2bmap member has a separate inbox. Whenever an Inquiry is received, or any message from buyer/supplier comes, it is automatically sent to your inbox so that you can reply to the messages anytime, anywhere.
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How do I edit/update my member profile ?
To update your member information, please do the following:
- Login to B2bmap.com
- you will reach your dashboard, where you will see on "Update Company Profile" or you can directly click on B2bmap.com/myzone/update-profile
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Can I register as both: Buyer and Supplier ?
Yes, Your company can use B2bmap.com to network with buyer and sellers. Please note that, to avail all these opportunities you need a single account with the same email address.
After login, from your dashboard, you can use both buying and selling tools.
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How can I post Business Information?
Posting business information is an easy to go process on B2bmap.com. Just login to your account B2bmap.com/login. Here, you can edit or update your business information from update company profile option
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What are the informations required to complete the company profile?
To showcase your business profile, B2bmap takes detailed information about the company.
Required informations are: company Name, Detailed Company Address, Trade info, contact information of both company owner and contact person, product details with Images etc.
Premium Members treat as verified member and hence have to submit the following documents too.
- Valid business license or business registration documents
- Proof of Address (recent utility bill/Lease agreement) or Bank Statement
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How can I Showcase My Products ?
Getting started with our online product listing is easy. Use online product listing tools to create an online storefront, display product pictures, videos, certifications, and tell your top-selling points to your customers.
All You have to do is to open a B2bmap.com account and post products with clear images. Please make sure to provide your company details for getting quick approval. Once Your product is approved, You will be notified via email.
Paid Members can Re-Rank (Rank Top Again) products from the "Manage Products" option.
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What are Trade Alerts ?
Trade Alerts are a flexible way to find out about new activities on TradeKey.com. It helps you to get updates on latest sell / buy requirements from potential suppliers / buyers in a specific industry.
Trade Alert is a customized info that delivers new product, business offers & buy requirements on business categories of specific interest. Whenever a new product or buy requirement is posted in your area(s) of interest, you will be alerted through message / mail - directly. Please visit your messages center to check the "Trade Alerts" you subscribe for.
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If I don't want to show some product but don't want to delete it. What should I do ?
It's completely okay not to display some of your posted products on B2bmap.com.
Please sign in to your account, then click manage products then choose the "Off Display" option.
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When will my listing be approved?
After you post any information for listing in b2bmap.com (ie. product/company profile), it will be manually checked within the next 72 hours.
Upon approval, it will be listed on B2bmap.com and will be notified to you.
Note: For buying requests, it will be manually checked within the next 48 hours and will be live upon approval.
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What is the meaning of Waiting for Approval, Approved, Suggested Improvements?
Waiting for Approval : Your submitted Product or Trade lead details are in a manual review process.
Approved : Your submitted details have been verified and approved by our Team and it's live online.
Suggested Improvements: You need to update / give us detail information about your Company / Product or Trade lead. For quick approval, post appropriate and detailed information; which attracts buyers better.
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How can I apply for Account Deactivation?
Log in to your account, go to the profile section and click the "Deactivate My Account" link. Tell us the reason. Our team will deactivate your b2bmap account upon justification.
After the account deactivation, you will not be able to access B2bmap.com and your company information may go offline.
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What is Premium Membership?
A Premium member on B2bmap.com has an exclusive membership for suppliers on this B2B platform. These members have a comprehensive range of methods to promote their products, such as bigger product showcase with highest priority in search result, re-rank product / trade leads and direct communication with buyers timely and lots more. Afterwards, the return of investment is high because buyers always prefer to buy from premium suppliers because they rely more on them. Click Here to check our Premium Membership Plans and Pricings.
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Do you offer FREE Membership?
Yes, we do. You can sign up for a free account and can immediately showcase your product and connect with worldwide buyers, manufacturers and suppliers.
Please Note that you have to enter accurate and verifiable information about your business in the business listing form; as often fake/scam business profiles are liable to get deleted.
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How long is the FREE Membership valid?
FREE membership profiles are valid for life. There is no burden on sellers to upgrade their membership plans. However, premium members avail much more effective business promotion tools to connect with potential buyers around the globe and can seal the deal much more ahead of time. like for instance - Free members can directly communicate with buyers after 07 days of posting any buy leads - whereas premium members can do that immediately. So our advice to responsible sellers would be to upgrade their membership plan to access most of the business benefits.
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What is the difference between Free and Paid / Premium Membership?
You can register for free as a buyer or seller on b2bmap.com, but paid memberships as a seller, known as Premium Membership, will be more valuable for B2bmap.com sellers.
All the membership packages, free and premium packages offer product posting, product showcases, ability to quote buying requests etc.
However, the main difference between free and paid memberships on b2bmap.com is the number of products you can display in a product showcase, time to reply on buy leads and re-rank your product or trade leads plus some other facilities. Also, Premium members get top priority on Search Results. For more info, please check our membership plans and pricing details.
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How Long does It need for my membership to get activated once I pay?
B2bmap.com always strives best for sellers and provides support smoothly. Once the membership payment is done, The company is reviewed by our Verification Team and if everything is ok, it will be activated within 72 hours.
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What is a B2B Marketplace and what is the difference to an online shop?
B2B Marketplace is a unique concept where different suppliers from around the globe offer products with their business portfolio to different buyers. This increases the efficiency and transparency for both buyers and suppliers.
Suppliers can market or offer their products to a wide range of buyers immediately. Here, suppliers can easily connect and communicate with buyers or network with their business partners to do more business, even without the need of developing their own online shop.
Also, buyers can find their desired product listing and compare and take informed decisions at one platform without the need of visiting or registering on multiple online shops.
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Who can list on B2bmap.com ?
B2bmap is an updated online B2B marketplace which is designed to bridge the gap between buyers and suppliers around the globe. Here, there are 23 main categories along with numerous subcategories. At www.b2bmap.com we support: Manufacturers, Importers, Exporters, Re-packers, Distributors, Wholesalers and Indentors to connect and communicate with buyers or network with their business partners - Easily.
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How to Rank High In B2bmap Directory Pages and Search Results :
Here are some tips to Rank High In B2bmap Search Results as well as Google Ranking. These tips are highly helpful for both free and premium members; though premium members gain huge advantages by default.
B2bmap Ranking Tricks:
- Create/ Update company profile with proper and detailed company documentation.
- Use your own branded [[email protected]] email address to register your account [not free @hotmail @yahoo.com etc.]
- Submit product info with hi-quality image and appropriate description, including proper price
- Share your company profile and products on social media.
- Share your success story with b2bmap.com
- Use the "Inbox" properly and maintain a good reply rate.
- Maintain a Premium Membership status with Us
- Check "Rank High" page to know the other options
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What is a Business Profile?
Business Profile provides the details of your Business. Normally, the more detailed and updated information you give, the more relevant queries you will get.
B2bmap always recommends you to keep the required business information accurate and updated. Buyers always check for the authenticity of the company from where they intend to purchase.
Business profile Includes:
- Company Name & AddressContact information
- Business Type
- Company website Address
- Trading Info
- Products Profile of company with clear images
- Other valid content and documents
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What are The Benefits of Publishing Business Profile ?
By publishing business profile with b2bmap.com, you open the door of lots of opportunities for your business. Which includes, but not limited to:
- * Get relevant and genuine business enquiries from buyers.
- * Share credibility and information with your potential buyers.
- * Allows you to build reputation in the market.
- * Useful way to inform buyers about your products and services.
- * Influence the buyers decision by demonstrating your factory video, product images, other documents etc
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Who are Verified Suppliers?
Verified suppliers are those who have verified their contact details and business information on our platform (email, mobile number, company address, Other legal documents). B2bmap.com gives Standard and Business Members verification sign on the portal which help reach more buyers.
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What is Product Listings?
Product Listing is an excellent feature, which is made up of the information you enter when you list your product including its title, images, description, and price.
Appropriate product listings help you to promote your products in multiple pages in the b2bmap network as well as enable your products to be found in b2bmap searches. By listing your product in the appropriate category, you can maximize your chance to get more relevant inquiries.
Benefits:
- Promote your products on B2bmap Network.
- Increase your product visibility both in Portal and Global search engine and get more inquiries.
- Connect and communicate with buyers in your field & get more business.
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Can You Negotiate on B2bmap.com ?
Buyers can always Negotiate on product pricing, delivery terms, MOP, Sample etc. B2bmap never comes in between these negotiations.
One of the best features of B2bmap.com is that buyers can work directly with the manufacturers. Premium suppliers can directly contact buyers right after their account verification. So, buyers get the opportunity to purchase products in large volume and at lower prices, thus getting themselves a high volume discount.
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How can I Display My product on the B2bmap.com Home page ?
B2bmap.com Home page is the most lucrative part of this portal where sellers instantly get the attention of buyers. Only Business Members and their Featured Product will be displayed on the B2bmap home page.
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What do you mean by Featured product ?
Featured products help attract attention & drive more sales.
Suppliers can feature their top products & get quick attention from buyers. These products will be shown in featured product\'s page and stay top in product category and search result pages.
Sellers have similar products but having different size, shape ( eg- Jute Bags for Rice 1kg bag, 2kg bags etc). All the products cannot be shown in search results. As a matter of fact, we give the premium members this exclusive opportunity to select upto 5 (five) products as "Featured" and those products will be shown top in product category and search result pages.
Buyers can see all the other products when entering into the seller\'s product page.
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Does B2bmap Involve or Interact in any Buyer-Seller Deal ?
No. B2bmap does not interact or interfere between buyer and seller's communication and their negotiation. However, we always encourage both parties to verify each other by using any other sources (using third party, offline etc); before closing a deal or any transaction.
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Why Should I Register With B2bmap ?