Re: Business Portal Revenue Model

From: Cliff Kurtzman <moderator_at_o-a.com>
Date: Thu 02 Sep 2004 13:56:56 -0500

Amir Hussain <hkaamir_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hi folks,
>I and a couple of friends want to start a web business portal for
>South Asian market. The problem is that we cannot decide on the
>revenue model and its functionality.
>
>Here is what we intend to do. We plan to list all the exporters from
>our region on our website. We will attract importers from other
>countries to our site and will show them the products and services
>we can provide them. We will have a web-form for further queries
>related to certain product or to certain exporter.

You might do well to consider something to similar to the way
Yahoo provides storefronts to vendors.

I'd suggest you look very closely at the business model of
Asian Sources (now part of Global Sources) at
http://www.asiansources.com . They have been the leader and
innovator in implementing this kind of business model online
for many years.

--Cliff

Clifford R. Kurtzman
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