B2Bwine.com's mission is to provide real-time information, interaction and e-commerce capabilities to wine buyers, producers, importers and distributors throughout the world. B2Bwine.com allows producers, importers and distributors to streamline the sales process, expand distribution channels and reduce transaction costs. Supermarket, retail and wholesale buyers access B2Bwine.comÕs industry-focused content and product catalogs to source products from an expanded array of distributors, importers and suppliers and to make more informed purchase decisions. B2Bwine.comÕs e-commerce platform will allow supermarket, retail and wholesale buyers to negotiate price, volume and payment terms with wineries, importers and distributors located throughout the world -- and track orders during the production, transportation and fulfillment processes. B2Bwine.com also plans to leverage its database of registered users to offer targeted, web-based and traditional corporate identity, branding, and marketing services.
- Industries: wine, beverage
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Commerce Services: business directory, product catalog
- Region: World
b2bNow is business doing business, locally or all across the globe. Buying, selling and promoting unique solutions directly to the companies that need them most. b2bNow isn't about interaction, but transaction. It brings the power of new technology to bear on a very old idea: Business is about making money. With over 610,000 member businesses in 260 countries, b2bNow members can locate potential partners and customers effortlessly. They can build online storefronts instantly, register domain names, find hosting, even take advantage of sophisticated transaction and e-commerce solutions. b2bNow has all the tools small and medium-sized businesses need. Not just to survive in today's economy. To thrive.
- Industries: horizontal
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Commerce Services: business directory, news
- Region: World
BenefitMall.comSM is the complete online exchange for buyers, sellers, and providers of employee benefits for companies with 100 employees or less. With more than $750 million in Internet-enabled annual premiums, we're the fastest-growing company in our field. We serve thousands of small businesses each year through a network of more than 10,000 independent brokers. Unlike traditional relationships, which are often limited in scope, BenefitMall.com offers online access to more than 4,000 employee-benefits plans, with another 1,300 under development. We work with more than 100 leading insurance carriers, both regional and national. This provides you with greater access to a wider variety of benefit options.
- Industries: employee benefits, insurance
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Commerce Services: exchange
- Region: World
Delivered as a suite of business-to-business services, Bidcom helps companies manage risk, drive down costs, and complete building projects on time. Bidcom's services are uniquely designed to support all participants through the complete lifecycle of multiple building projects. By providing a highly flexible, secure environment for communication and collaboration, commerce, business process management and the delivery of up-to-the-minute content, Bidcom is creating the e-marketplace for the building industry. Bidcom's suite of e-business services is a complete, integrated work environment that encapsulates the building industry's standard business practices with Business Process Models (BPMs) - enabling the management of the full lifecycle of any building project - from design and planning through construction and closeout. These BPMs are used to model an organization's competitive best practices and protocols which are then followed by all project team members. New participants can enter a project and immediately operate according to project communication protocol. As a tool for improving information access, enhancing user productivity and reducing operational costs, Bidcom's suite of e-business services has enormous implications for redefining the traditional project management model.
- Industries: construction industry, building industry, construction, residential building construction, commercial building construction
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Commerce Services: workflow collaboration
- Region: World
Boats.com is building the premier online hub for the boating community and the marine industry. The boats.com site will enable boat users, manufacturers and resellers - including yacht brokers, boat dealers, marinas, boatyards, and other marine service businesses - to participate in a thriving online marketplace, opening up new commercial opportunities for the industry while enhancing the consumer's boating experience. A division of boats.com, YachtWorld.com is the most-visited marine site on the Internet and a trusted partner to the yacht brokerage community. YachtWorld.com pioneered the use of the Internet as a channel for buying and selling brokerage-listed boats. Boats.com's management team is made up of boating and Internet business veterans, whose depth and breadth of experience has enabled boats.com to build and leverage strong strategic partnerships in the brief time since the company's inception. Founded in 1999, boats.com is a private, venture capital funded company located at Pier 38, The Embarcadero, in San Francisco.
- Industries: boating, marine
- Commerce Types: B2B, B2C
- Region: World
Bricsnet provides Bricsnet.com, the most comprehensive e-marketplace for the building industry. Bricsnet.com is an integrated work-centric environment, where building professionals access industry information, buy and sell materials, obtain mission-critical software applications, and share project information. The software and Internet services at Bricsnet.com help users to achieve project cost savings, process efficiencies, and stronger relationships with customers, business partners, and suppliers. Bricsnet.com is used by architects, engineers, building developers and owners, contractors, and building product manufacturers.
- Industries: construction industry, building industry, construction, residential building construction, commercial building construction
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Region: World
Buildingteam.com is a collaborative effort among three leaders in the building and construction industry:Cahners Business Information, publishers of Building Design & Construction and Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazines; DPIC Companies, and its management-consulting subsidiary, DPIC Management Services Corporation, the nation+s leading professional liability insurer and risk/business-management educator; CMD Group, whose offerings include R.S. Means, Architects+ First Source and CMD project data. Buildingteam.com+s objective is to leverage existing resources to provide buyers with must-have information about the building and construction industry.
- Industries: construction,
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Commerce Services: request for quote, request for proposal,
- Region: World
BuildNetÕs objective is to be the business-to-business e-commerce solution for the residential construction industry. To reach that objective, BuildNet has designed the BuildNet E-Building Exchange to provide secure Internet-based procurement, e-commerce and information services for homebuilders, dealers, suppliers, and manufacturers. The BuildNet E-Building Exchange will allow users to confirm pricing and product specifications, place purchase orders and add both product and order information automatically to builders', dealers', and suppliers' management systems.
- Industries: construction, residential building construction
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Commerce Services: business directory, product catalog, exchange
- Region: World
BuildPoint.com brings the construction industry together to achieve fast and cost-effective bid management and to provide a marketplace for materials and services. By harnessing the power of the Internet, BuildPoint.com provides tools to help construction professionals quickly find the most qualified and competitive trade partners. It also offers the industry's first Web-based procurement solution, allowing contractors to source and purchase building materials, equipment and supplies from a wide range of suppliers. Designed from the ground up with the needs of the construction industry in mind, BuildPoint.com is an e-commerce solution that serves the needs of owners, architects/engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, distributors and manufacturers alike.
- Industries: construction industry, residential building industry, construction, residential building construction
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Commerce Services: reverse auction
- Region: World
A network designed to enhance communication, knowledge, and transaction execution between anyone involved in a building project. Links Home Owners, Home Buyers, Builders, Contractors, Suppliers, and Product Manufacturers, customers of Buildscape.
- Industries: construction,
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Commerce Services: forward auction,
- Region: World
BuyAg.com: The Ag Trading Exchange BuyAg.com is an on-line trading partner of DirectAg.com, making agricultural parts available on-line through a connection to the DirectAg site. BuyAg.com is an Internet-based trading exchange bringing farmers and retailers together to help each other find and sell ag parts quickly, easily and cost-effectively: What you need -- BuyAg.com is a new way of doing business. Farmers simply submit a parts request that is viewed by multiple retailers. Retailers respond. Farmers get the best prices on the parts they need, retailers sell their stock, and everyoneÕs identity remains confidential. When you need it -- BuyAg.com works while farmers are busy in the field and retailers are running their businesses. You can check status and make purchases anytime. Where you need it -- BuyAg.com is available internationally, so farmers and retailers can request or sell parts to someone across the county, the country or the globe. Get the parts you need. Sell the parts you have. Quickly and easily with BuyAg.com: The Ag Trading Exchange.
- Industries: agriculture, farm equipment
- Commerce Types: B2B
- Commerce Services: request for quote
- Region: World