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Trading Places
Imagine an on-line business to business (B2B) trading facility, which offers all the benefits of face to face, traditional purchasing methods, such as the reassurance factor, good levels of customer service and the sense of control over the financial/accounting elements of the deal with the guarantee of secure payment.
These are not necessarily key benefits that have been associated to date with e-commerce trading, yet there is such an option for the security industry, which provides just that trading place, with many more benefits alongside.
Unique business tool
This option is SecurityXchange, launched this year following three years of development and successful trials with live suppliers. The site, developed in co-operation with the security industry, is an independent vertical exchange (IVX) that gives registered users within the industry a unique business tool. SecurityXchange, which is easily integrated into traditional business methods, enables users to buy and sell security products online in a safe environment, with related benefits that makes all round business sense.
SecurityXchange offers a 'one-stop' marketplace where buyers and suppliers can trade from their desktops twenty-four hours a day. Sellers of security products are provided with password-protected facilities to create their own online product catalogue, from which buyers can purchase in a secure environment through the shopping basket routines built into the system. SecurityXchange offers buyers choice and variety from a growing list of international suppliers including Solutions Direct, with its Till safes, Security Mirrors, EASyBottle and Tagging systems;
Kensington Computer Security Products from Acco; SecureSafe range of safes; Elvey Group for a complete range of security products; SED, leading suppliers of electrical products; Sure Security, CCTV and Personal Security; SelectaMark, security marking specialists; Guardian Security range of safes; Bavak Security, till safes and many others.
The real differential of SecurityXchange for buyers and sellers in the UK and across Europe is in its purchasing power. Unlike many other e-commerce sites SecurityXchange is not credit card based. Buyers successfully registering with SecurityXchange are able to trade on conventional credit terms agreed with the supplier.
Buyers are able to obtain better pricing through joint buying and maintain their own personal e-catalog of items they buy regularly at their own discounted prices.
Suppliers get promotion of their business & products, facilities to maintain their product catalogue online and access to new customers all at no charge. What's more there are absolutely no service membership charges for buyers or sellers.
Positive cost and time implications
Buyers are able to purchase as many products as they wish from multiple suppliers within a single order. The SecurityXchange software takes care of splitting the order and passing to the relevant suppliers. Regularly purchased items can be collated into a repeat order and stored for future use. Placing a repeat order is then simply a matter of selecting the repeat order in question, adjusting quantities where required and adding it to the shopping basket.
Use of SecurityXchange is only through approved and secure registration (ensuring no 'public' access to product prices), which once set up allows users access to all areas of the site applicable to their status as a buyer or supplier. All potential users are status and credit checked to ensure protection for all members.
What makes SecurityXchange such a powerful and important proposition for the International security market is its ability to offer a unique business tool with a revolutionary approach to working, in a way that businesses can comfortably adapt to, whilst offering real solutions which play to the benefits of the Internet and e-commerce.
Whether you wish to buy or sell, SecurityXchange will help you cut through the barriers to successful business, open new markets and find trading partners that you can trust.
For further information on SecurityXchange, and the wide range of security products available through the site, please visit www.SecurityXchange.co.uk
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