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:::. Advertising Options



The WCN portal site is the only official interconnection of Chambers of Commerce worldwide, dedicated to developing trusted “e-international trade”, linking over 14,000 chambers of commerce which represent over 40 million members from around the world into one central site.  The hub has been rated regularly among the top 10 sites (currently n° 5) in the world by Google in top business directories based on its PageRank. 

The hub allows visitors to visit the official ChamberDirectory and related clusters, business opportunity databases, the fairs and exhibitions database, the ChamberTrust directory of verified companies and much, much more.

The site benefits form very focused visits; focused because users are mostly chambers and companies from all over the world, interested or acting in the international trade and trust services domain. The audience is roughly 40% Asia, 30% Europe, 30% America; and the global reach is proven by the more than 120 countries where companies on their own have signed in as registered users at WCN, never mind chambers from virtually all nations. 
  
Make the most of this extraordinary quality exposure
and be seen by other global companies and organizations active in international trade and investment. 
  
   


Several advertising options exists, for 'small, medium and big' @ WCN. Please note that WCN reserves the right to reject advertisements. Banner advertising on WCN is suitable for organizations that support and assist companies to operate internationally, and wish to promote a product or service (in addition, WCN also offers specialized product rollout partnerships, below). To place your banner advertising on WCN, and for special inquiries regarding items such as sponsoring a “discover” program section, please do not hesitate to :: contact us after reviewing your options below.

 


  
:::. WCN advertisement options for larger clients 

    

Banner advertising
(larger, corporate clients)

Banner advertising on the primary and secondary home pages is available in various formats - the standard 468 x 60 size (up to 128 kb), and as of July 2008 in the size of 728 x 90, including 'flash' banners. 

468 x 60 Banner : EURO $1600 per month (less 10% for three months or more)
728 x 90 Banner : EURO $1800 per month (less 10% for three months or more)
  
 
     
Partnership Programs for new global product rollouts  - new  (larger, corporate clients)

Please review :: this section for more information on this specialized / custom WCN service   
  
 
 
Corporate Announcements global channel  - new (larger, corporate clients)

Please review :: this section for more information on this specialized / custom WCN service. 
  
  
  
The Discover... Program  - new  (larger, corporate clients and government)

Various specialized chamber and business clusters are being built up for the core databases covering chambers and businesses. When custom content and economic development features are added to the clusters - for example for a group of chambers and/or government to highlight a specific industry or region to promote trade - the "Discover..." program is utilized, often as part of a 'P3' approach.

Both Sponsorship and other advertisement options exist within "Discover..."(here is an :: example). Given the custom nature of this program, sponsorship / advertisements are arranged on a case by case basis. Please :: contact us for discussions.



:::. WCN advertisement options for your smaller and midsize enterprise
  

First and foremost, WCN is about chambers and SME business worldwide. Many of the database-driven business services offered elsewhere at WCN are by their very design geared to advertise a SME, and/or its home chamber. Below is a selection how a younger, smaller or midsize business can advertise at WCN, in addition to experiencing other benefits of the programs. Please also review Business success-stories
   
  
  
WCN company business e-card ads (small and midsize businesses)

Advertise with WCN business e-cards ...a first low-cost, fixed price step to online advertising. EU 99 per year for chamber members, EU 149 for others. More :: here, including signup.
  
  
   
GBX business opportunity listing 

....for goods, shorter term duration business opportunity listings...currently free as part of a special promotion. 
More :: here, including signup.
  
  
  
ChamberTrust B2B Seal
 (small, midsize and larger businesses)

ChamberTrust B2B is not just an advertising tool per se, but an all-encompassing trust service and verification solution for local businesses looking for trusted, branded, global market access via the official, verified ChamberTrust B2B registry. Nevertheless, a local business interested in expanding its market outside local boundaries has ChamberTrust as a very powerful advertisement tool at its disposal. 

...for chamber members or approved CCI associate prorgamme; verified, long descriptive, complex multilingual capable company descriptions in the searchable global ChamberTrust registry; norms, labels and trademarks; company logo; pdf company or product brochure upload options (up to 5mb !); company online store links where applicable; also used for custom business clusters; showcase. From EU 300, depending on region as pricing is set by CCIs in accordance with other co-packaged services they may undertake. More :: here, including signup.


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The World Chambers Network is Committed to Respecting Your Privacy

We've structured our web hub so that, in general, you can visit us without identifying yourself or revealing any personal information. We do not share certain confidential information with any outside party unless we are so required by law, and we strive to be among the leaders for the protection of consumer and member privacy rights on the web. 

We do note that we have built-in business listings with search engines where members add their company and contact information for the specific purpose of public advertising, display and information sharing, including via WCN administered partnership programs, but any additional private information we have is kept strictly confidential. 

We do not sell any contact information we have to outside companies, and with WCN administered partnership programs with corporations, WCN remains the sole owner of all company/contact information 

    
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:::. Terms of Use / legal
  


  
  
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