New
HKTDC URL
Super
Site Spells Sourcing Success
A trusted
online marketplace opens an exciting new world of opportunities for
traders across the globe
The Hong Kong Trade
Development Council (HKTDC) has redesigned its website with a new, easy-to-remember
www.hktdc.com URL to connect quality suppliers and serious buyers
the world over.
The www.hktdc.com
online marketplace will preview in mid-April before its official launch
in mid-2008, and both suppliers and buyers are welcome to provide their
feedback to enjoy the chance to win a trip to an HKTDC trade fair.
The revitalised
www.hktdc.com website is now even more conducive to effective
and efficient sourcing thanks to a host of enhanced functions and features,
which include:
- Trusted online
sourcing - credible suppliers are verified by leading business
information provider Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), while other references
include PIERS' US import data, Ge-TS HK export data, Goodwill China
mainland export data and supplier certifications
- Quality suppliers
- there
are thousands of them from Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and major
world manufacturing centres who exhibit in HKTDC's 30 world-class
trade fairs and advertise in its 14 product magazines and at www.hktdc.com
- Precise product
search - search
by keyword, browse through more than 4,500 well-defined product categories,
review product photos and detailed descriptions and company information
for each product, or refine your search by multiple criteria such
as products verified by third-party authentication companies, or HKTDC
exhibitors, or suppliers from a specific region or in a particular
business
The www.hktdc.com
online marketplace also features the very latest information about the
HKTDC's Hong Kong trade fairs, as well as the world's major economies
and emerging markets.
In addition, the
enhanced search engine boasts such user-friendly and precise refinement
capabilities as:
- dynamic suggested
keyword with total number of results
- filtering by
country, supplier type, as well as other criteria such as materials,
brands and certifications
Detailed product
pages provide buyers with a wealth of helpful information including:
- one primary photo
and four thumbnails that show different dimensions or colours
- product videos
- links to related
products
An extremely useful
Buying Leads section lets buyers post their preferred products on www.hktdc.com:
Finally, flexible
and dynamic product classification enables buyers to see at a glance
precisely what is available, thus making sourcing at www.hktdc.com
even easier and more efficient.
Given this array
of user-friendly, time-saving features, the www.hktdc.com website
is clearly destined to become the first choice for suppliers and buyers
keen to build better, bigger business worldwide.
