Service Ranks Suppliers by Level of Verification
HONG KONG, Jan. 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources
(Nasdaq: GSOL) has launched a comprehensive range of new marketing packages for export suppliers. The program is based on a system that ranks suppliers according to the depth of verified product and company information that they provide.
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At the high-end, the Six-Star Package is designed to provide suppliers with an integrated lead generation and brand building campaign that includes two forms of third-party verification data for an annual price of RMB615,000 (approximately US$85,400). With the One-Star Package, suppliers can take advantage of an introductory twelve-month offer for RMB38,880 (approximately US$5,400). At a minimum, all verified suppliers would have been visited at least three times and their content would have been checked by Global Sources.
Global Sources’ chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "The buyers that we focus on want export-capable suppliers. This new format gives these buyers the ability to more effectively screen and filter potential suppliers -- and it gives suppliers a powerful new way to differentiate from their competitors. The entry level One-Star Package we are introducing was created to give new suppliers the chance to experience the quality of our services, and what we believe is the highest quality buyer community available in the market."
Hinrichs continued: "To support the new services, the company is in the process of significantly expanding its sales representation. In mainland China, the company projects the number of sales representative team members to increase by approximately 40% to a total of 1,080 by the end of June."
The new "Six Star" system is now live on Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) and is the latest addition to the vertical search engine launched in October 2007. Unique in the market, the site offers buyers comprehensive search results from the Internet and the ability to search for "verified" and "unverified" suppliers.
More information about Global Sources’ new Six-Star structure is available at Global Sources Online
( http://www.globalsources.com/SITE/QUALITY.HTM ). Suppliers interested in signing up for Global Sources export marketing services should visit: http://www.sellproducts.globalsources.com .
About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other business segment facilitates trade from the world to Greater China, and trade within China, using Chinese-language media.
The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 657,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230 countries.
The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 2 million products and more than 170,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 10 specialized trade shows which run 32 times a year across nine cities.
Suppliers receive more than 27 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 years. Global Sources’ network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has over 2,100 team members in more than 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.
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Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:
Camellia So
Tel: +852-2555-5021
Email: cso@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:
Eddie Heng
Tel: +65-6547-2850
Email: eheng@globalsources.com
Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:
James W.W. Strachan
Tel: +1-480-664-8309
Email: strachan@globalsources.com
Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:
Moriah Shilton & Christiane Pelz
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
Tel: +1-415-433-3777
Email: cpelz@lhai.com
