The global Chamber-Directory      :: click to visit

Since 1997, over 12,000 CCIs worldwide have registered in the officially sanctioned online ChamberDirectory, making it the major global backbone of the worlds business organization systems...database entry is free to Chambers of Commerce and Industry upon approval by the ICC-World Chambers. 

This is the directory to utilize for small, medium and large enterprises and other chambers to find your chamber, and also information about your locale and business community. 

The process to add your CCI is easy...simply follow the links to the Chamber-Directory and apply. The ICC-World Chambers Federation will then verify your application with the help of its national chamber members. For updates regarding already existing CCI members, simply follow the links to log in with your username and password.

Systems upgrades were performed recently, and many new features were added to maximize the power of the ChamberDirectory for a CCI office anywhere in the world. While the Chamber-Directory has been designed to work with your local CCI site assets and investments by directing visitor traffic to them, the now updated version of the Chamber-Directory can act as a 'no cost' option for a bona fide CCI to be its sole 'home'. 

  
Chamber-Directory new features summary

:: easy to add and search-for free-form text modules with much expanded space to describe your CCI and locale...searchable descriptions with space for over 1400 characters

:: complex multilingual capabilities & simultaneous CCI descriptions in many languages

:: ability by the CCI to add a .pdf brochure about itself and/or its region and its economic development partners (up to 5 mb/over 100 pages)

:: ability to add multiple contacts to the CCI page, by functionality

:: ability to add CCI logo

:: programmable search logic makes it easier to find CCIs anywhere in the world

:: ability for cluster arrangements as part of regional economic development partnerships by chambers
    

   
      

ChamberTrust™ B2B CCI Affinity program       :: click to visit                                        

:: part of the secure chamber zone family of chamber brand services

:: covers the local, regional and global markets simultaneously with the official chamber business verification 

:: employs the trusted global chamber brand and creates a partnership between different chamber levels

:: local CCI is the conduit or 'on-ramp' for the local business to the global ChamberTrust registry 

:: local CCI continues to participate throughout the life of a seal via regular company info re-verifications

:: ChamberTrust Seal Registry output can be customized into local, regional, bi- or multilateral clusters
  

The ChamberTrust™ seal is an international validation system with an embedded powerful and complete business marketing and export promotion solution...Branded global commerce with Trust for local businesses validated through the CCI.When it gets to verification, only the chamber of commerce network has a truly global network of physical offices and local membership information to verify and promote a local business in the borderless, virtual world. ChamberTrust applies common global standards across all countries to level the playing field and assist with expanding trade. ChamberTrust standards are compliant with the rules/regulations of WTO.

With ChamberTrust, chambers of commerce verify the objective information about a given company (existence, ownership of website, products, primary and secondary activities…), not subjective company 'performance' measures. ChamberTrust assists with the anonymity, confidence, trust and branding challenges a local business faces on the global internet  
 
But ChamberTrust is much more than a trust seal. It is also a vital marketing and display tool for a local business in association with its local CCI... ChamberTrust is co-located at the WCN hub with the high-traffic, official global chamber of commerce directory. ChamberTrust also includes generous business description space in the searchable central global registry, the opportunity for the company to upload its .pdf product catalogue or business brochure, and, if applicable, direct links to the  online store of the business.

  :: related ChamberTrust Seal example (with brochure and online store link)
  :: business success stories 
 
Complex multilingual support in the business and marketing support descriptions helps the ChamberTrust member business to address local, regional and global potential partners simultaneously (at significant savings). By being short listed through the ChamberTrust verification process and displayed under the trusted chamber brand (with full business and product detail and links) in the searchable global registry helps a ChamberTrust business member to lower costs and increase sales at home and new markets abroad....all at very affordable pricing. Help your business stand out from the crowd and benefit of the worldwide WCN network, exposure, and Chamber verification...

Other CCI options allow for special 'clustering' of local or regional ChamberTrust members in a searchable database link. ...and for secure negotiation venues and intellectual property tools when ChamberTrust brings you new business contacts, try another secure chamber zone© service ::Chamber e-Vault.  Chamber e-Vault offers high security and notarized file uploads, contract room options for negotiation partners, built-in MD5 Hash mark intellectual property authentication, and high-security document sharing at no charge around the world...all in a very easy-to-use and cost-effective online application.

 
Taken together, ChamberTrust and Chamber e-Vault form the backbone of secure chamber zone© online application services via the world's oldest, largest and most trusted business network.  Apart form being a revenue sharing core affinity service for the 21st century, ChamberTrust is a very powerful tool for the local member business to compete in the international market place

How ChamberTrust is applied by Chambers

Step 1 


The local CCI joins the ChamberTrust program either through a regional or national chamber master agreement (as is the case in many nations already), or where applicable, directly via the World Chambers by requesting, reviewing and submitting the ChamberTrust CCI protocol ( .::contact us for this document).


Step 2

Language- and or country specific ChamberTrust business online registration forms are made available to the CCI by the World Chambers. The forms include end-user pricing the CCI has chosen, and also potential notations regarding additional instructions for the member business in the national areas (i.e. regarding additional requirements for faxing specific documents in certain jurisdictions). 

With the new ChamberTrust affinity program, participating local chamber set the pricing structure themselves (subject to minimum amounts set for systems and maintenance, legal, royalties, etc).


Step 3
  
The specific online form is then publicized by the local CCI to its members (i.e. via its home page, mail-outs or announcements in local luncheon meetings). An online brochure can also be downloaded .: here . 

Apart from specific roll-out announcements in local newsletters, on the home pages etc., CCIs can add ChamberTrust as a gold-star option to the annual membership renewal package for their business members. This helps to lower chamber marketing costs.

Alternatively, some CCIs have chosen the bulk method whereby it adds all its members on a trial basis (at reduced cost) for up to one year and then offer a gold-star chamber membership option which includes ChamberTrust fees in subsequent years. 

 
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Chamber e-Vault for CCis is related to the SME version of Chamber e-Vault for businesses. Specifically, e-Vault was commissioned by the World Chambers as a powerful, highly secure repository for CCIs' ATA Carnets, Certificates of Origin and other cross-border documentation handled by CCIs. In addition, the Chamber e-Vault CCI ASP trust repository service of the WCN is available for storage of sensitive files and documents, versioning of contracts, and also backup for other CCI file material.  

Chamber e-Vault for business offers a highly secure... 

double-encrypted
3rd-party notarized, 
every file addition digitally certified
bit-streamed server-based service

... yet it is affordable and easy to use, simply by opening an account. Each CCI account offers the ability to create custom 'secure drawers', and stored items can be tagged with searchable, even complex multilingual descriptions. 

Please ::contact us for more information on Chamber e-Vault for your CCI.

ChamberSign                :: click to visit (off site)

ChamberSign is the electronic signature certification program..." set up by Chambers of Commerce with the aim to create a comprehensive architecture for secure business-to-business electronic commerce across international borders...to promote and enable the strong authentication and digital signature technology... to the business community and achieving international recognition and interoperability." © ChamberSign
  
    

 

The WCN global Fairs and Exhibitions ASP service is for major fairs and exhibitions. It can be used as a tool by chambers to support their regional business visitor market. Close to 2000 major events are currently listed in the service.

In addition, using the same 'no-hassle' server-based technology, CCIs in a given region can combine (or go through their regional or national CCI partners) to ask the World Chambers to host a regional version of Fairs and Exhibitions at a nominal charge, with individual accounts for the CCIs to advertise their luncheons, speakers and smaller/regional fair events (events for a national or international audience should be entered into the global Fairs and Exhibitions ASP at World Chambers).

Please .::contact us for more information on this custom arrangement of the Fairs and Exhibitions ASP for your regional CCI agglomeration.

Server based membership management packages for CCIs    :: contact us for details 

Gold.Member-Trakker for small CCIs
ChamberPortal for mid-size CCIs
ChamberGateway for very large & national CCIs, with accounts for their member CCIs
Chamber e-Vault repository for ATA Carnets, Certificates of Origin and other sensitive files

Please .:contact us for more information and to help you choose the right package for your CCI
  

ChamberSurvey Service for CCIs

The World Chambers has developed an inexpensive system for local, regional and national chambers to use an online survey tool to survey their members on a variety of subjects, such as a local chamber benefit programs, business confidence in the local area, elections etc. The service does not refer to advertise such a survey at the World Chambers site, but to provide a low cost option for CCIs to access the no-hassle server based service.

Using server-based technologies, the survey is hosted by our central system but forwards results directly to the client chamber via e-mail. Survey pages can also be password-protected regarding controlled access, depending on the application. Extra-cost options also exist for a step-up version where results are evaluated by a special database program.

WCN ChamberSurvey costs vary with application, but a basic online survey with five questions (including hosting for three months) starts at US $ 450 for a bona fide chamber of commerce or board of trade. 

Larger scale and more complex surveys for corporate partners of a chamber of commerce are also possible (including hosting for six months)

Please .::contact us for more information on ChamberSurvey for your CCI.

MyCCI visitor registration service   :: visit sample

The MyCCI registration service offered by the WCN is designed to allow web visitors to your CCI site to register themselves by filling out a quick online form for information updates, newsletters and potential discount offers regarding services. Registrations, which are electronically forwarded to the CCI client are the intellectual property of the CCI client and or not shared or used by other parties. The cost is nominal, yet the benefit is to have a more active CCI home page and allow self-identifying visitors to stay in contact with your CCI.

An example is .::MyWCN

Please ::contact us for more information on MyCCI visitor registration service for your CCI.

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