OPENING YEAR OFFER

Listing in the Company Index is Free Of Charge.

Fees for each URL listing in the Trade, Brand or Portal indexes is 20 Cents A Day  for a fixed period of One Year.

Advertising charges for Sizes 240 x 120 and 120 x 120 pixels, irregardless of location are $1.00 & $0.60 A Day respectively, for a fixed period of One Year.

The advertiser shall provide BusinessDirect3.com with advertising materials.  Advertisers can also request such materials to be produced by BusinessDirect3.com at a charge to be determined on the complexity of the requirement.

Payment for advertising and listing shall be paid in advance.  Any confirmed listings or advertisements booking shall be posted, and the advertiser shall be notified and invoice via e-mail or any other means deemed necessary.  Payment to be made within 14 days.

Bookings done and paid before 31st October 2000 shall enjoy a 50% discount from the posted rate. 

Why are we taking a different approach in our rates and why are we charging lower ?

There is no one way of telling how effective an ad campaign performs except by the sales generated by the advertiser during and after the campaign ended. Therefore, there is no one single way of charging advertising rates.  In any case, the industry has begun to realise that CPM, or cost per 1000 impression is not representative at all.  It is also a known fact that people get paid to surf the net in the US.

We promote BusinessDirect3.com directly to our 100,000 corporate entity database throughout the year, hence it is a never ending campaign on our part.  This saves us a lot of money, which is why our rates are a lot lower.  On top of that, BusinessDirect3.com is designed to be very user friendly.  Unlike search engines where unselected data are hidden, our approach which we call the "Buffet Style" where everything is laid out for you to pick and choose.  This allows a BusinessDirect3.com user to spot you while trying to enter someone else's site, thus increasing your business opportunities.

Apart from all the goodies mentioned above, we are also making this directory as visually pleasant as possible to its users.  You will not see search engine panels at all, instead pastel backgrounds and eye soothing colours while searching for a company site.  These backgrounds will be changed periodically to give users a fresh experience, when they have gotten tired of the same pictures after some time.

There is one thing we require of users and advertisers, which is to make use of the "Pass It On" gear on the top left corner of each page at the Company Index to tell another person whom they know about BusinessDirect3.com.  This will help us and advertisers to keep our rates low for as long as we can and at the same time increasing the business opportunities for the advertisers themselves.

As BusinessDirect3.com progresses with your support, we will find more ways of helping you increase visits to your site.