…The International Business Trust-Mark with Global Standards and Unmatched Reach

Global Trade Access for Your Business with Trust through Local Chamber of Commerce Verification

.:: ChamberTrust is the worldwide B2B verification mark for trust and confidence in e-Business. ChamberTrust is an official affinity business programme of the international chamber of commerce – the world’s largest and most respected business network that has over 12,000 offices worldwide covering most nations, and with roots dating back to the year 1599. Chambers of commerce were created back in the 16th century not only as a voice of business but also as a network to confirm a local company’s ‘references’ as it ventured outside its immediate local city/trade area and thus its own brand power for new business and commerce opportunities. Today, ChamberTrust is the equivalent of that reference – designed for the 21st century’s global 24/7 e-business trade route. 

.::  ChamberTrust helps the independent smaller and mid-sized enterprise (SME) to overcome the trust and confidence hurdles it faces outside its local market beyond which it is essentially ‘brand-less’ and ‘anonymous’ – especially on the web. ChamberTrust affords global chamber brand recognition for the  local SME and contributes to lower cost and increase sales via applying the mantra of ’think global, act local’ in a most useful way. Importantly, ChamberTrust operates on common global standards reviewed by the WTO (World Trade Organization) to level the playing field and, through the involvement of the International Chamber of Commerce, becomes a de facto standard of international trade.

.:: Fundamentally, ChamberTrust does not focus on or provide any subjective performance ranking of a company but instead provides a verified, traceable local presence for a company that is ‘online’ in the global web and e-business space. Past experience of small and mid-sized enterprises (SME) in the e-business space has shown that this is most important for potential new customers, suppliers and venture partners alike: ChamberTrust confirms that the advertising company is real via local confirmation of key, traceable identifiers necessary for creating the confidence for contracting, financial payments and delivery and warranty issues…

.::  The independent third-party trust mark is operated under the auspices of the WCN, the World Chambers Network, as a chamber affinity program. The unique portal of Chambers of commerce worldwide, Worldchambers Network (www.worldchambers.com) is run by World Chambers Federation (ICC) and the Paris CCI, with the support of all transnational Chamber organizations.  WCN has a targeted business audience of well over 100 000 visitors/month from around the world; and it is rated among the top portals internationally by Google Top Business Directories. The WCN portal also contains the only official international chamber directory (with over 12,000 entries and growing).

.:: Companies wishing to add the ChamberTrust seal go through an online application process, which is followed by verification. Companies which have obtained the seal are listed in the searchable worldwide ChamberTrust Registry, complete with extensive business descriptions - the ChamberTrust Registry is the qualitative search engine and business exchange which shortlists verified local businesses under the global chamber brand. Thus, ChamberTrust seal holders benefit from:

-	the exposure of the Chamber of commerce brand through the WCN portal
-	the impact of the trust attached to the Chamber of commerce validation
-	co-location at the WCN hub which also includes the official global chamber directory search engine

.::  ChamberTrust seal holders can also upload a pdf company brochure or product catalogue into their spot on the registry, and the system has provisions to link directly to online order pages operated by the company at its home site, if applicable. This makes ChamberTrust much more than just a verification seal – it also adds a global SME mall element. 

.:: The underlying technical systems operate on ‘free-form’ text with ‘complex-multilingual capabilities’. Together with expansive space for online company, product and service descriptions, this allows a firm to utilize the ChamberTrust registry not only as a verified seal, but also as a primary or secondary web presence that can serve multiple local and global markets simultaneously.

For more information about ChamberTrust B2B or to sign-up, please contact your local chamber of commerce or board of trade, or visit us at  http://chambertrust.worldchambers.com