| Q |
Does
Internet be of any use to medium and small
scale enterprises. |
| A |
The
benefit of Internet for medium and small
scale Enterprise with limited geographical
reach had always been an Enigma. Global
reach was of no use. You could not benefit
out of the global exposure provide by
Internet. To bridge this lacuna, ChBIZ,
a software conceived, designed and developed
by chemical Industry people at www.chemicalhouse.com
is just the requirement. |
| Q |
How
does the scheme operate? |
| A |
You
are given the ownership of the domain
yourproduct.chemicalhouse.com vide a legal
executed document in writing and given
the software to download details of all
visitors and cultivate them for getting
better economies of scale in your operations
in core competency areas just like the
leading companies referred to below. |
| Q |
How
many moderators have been made till now? |
| A |
Leading
companies like Grasim Industries, Schenectady
Herdillia, KLJ Polymers, Citurgia Biochemicals
have joined this programme and the process
is just on. In just seven days of trial
marketing more than 28 products have been
picked up. So hurry up before we appoint
someone else for the product of your choice. |
| Q |
Who
will give the Quote? |
| A |
All
customers will be directly given a quote
on your behalf with all contact particulars
of yours, which will be updated by you
in real time basis. They contact you directly
using faster means of communication or
you access their enquiries using the software
and get back to them. Both ways you deal
directly and we are giving you the cheapest
way to increase your customer base. |
| Q |
What
is our legal Standing? |
| A |
You
become the coOwner of the domain product.chemicalhouse.com.Any
special Benefits?A few of them are listed
below.For more details you can contact
us.It gives you a chance to eat into competitors
business. Instead of waiting for e-commerce
to take over you are prepared and lead
the way for others to follow you. Command
respect from suppliers, customers and
competitors.You get an email ID stateproduct@chemicalhouse.com. |
| Q |
How
do visitors see this page? |
| A |
We
are going to advertise each announcements
in the press?All visitors of www.chemicalhouse.com
looking for this specific product see
your real time updated contact particulars.
|
| Q |
Do
you have any other utilities planned for
a moderator.? |
| A |
Send
your special offers to all members of
www.chemicalhouse.com once every fortnight. |
| Q |
Where
do we stand to gain additional advantage
in comparision to our normal Advertising? |
| A |
Benefit
of Synchronized advertising in the print
and electronic media. What is our Position
visavis the site www.chemicalhouse as
a normal user.Free Life Membership of
www.chemicalhouse.com currently charged
at US$ 100 or INR 5000. |
| Q |
What
will be the duties as a Moderator? |
| 1 |
Use
the url product.chemicalhouse.com in all
your Business correspondence related to
this product. |
| 2 |
Promote
the url among your clients and business
community in normal course of business. |
| 3 |
Respond
to the enquiries received using CHbiz
on a regular basis and ensure promptness
and good quality business practice. |
| Q |
What
to do in case we are not ina position to
entertain that specific query? |
| |
In
case of your inability to complete the transaction
then please forward the same suitably to
us for further action. |
| Q |
Any
chance of our being removed from the moderatorship? |
| |
Do
not do any activity, which in anyway causes
any harm or loss of goodwill of www.chemicalhouse.comAnd
you are sure to remain a moderator life
long. |
| |
| General
Queries |
| Q |
How
chemical house is different from the other
major portals? |
| A |
Chemicalhouse.com
is a portal made by people from the chemical
trade and it respects the brick and mortar
business. It emphasizes on integrating
both these worlds and Help the chemical
trade people gain from the benefits of
Internet. |
| Q |
Do you have any information roughly how
much chemical trading is being done using
Internet? |
| A |
The
volume of business contacts developed
using the Internet is accounting to nearly
50% in every business activity. The actual
volume done will become available once
we have more online payment options available.Till
than once contacts are established the
people use other means for payments and
so we can not quantify them. |
| Q |
How
my association with chemicalhouse will be
of benefit to me? |
| A |
You
will be able to use so many features and
also be sent all current postings of offers
that are being made on the net in real
time. These and many other benefits are
available as detailed else where in these
questions. |
| Q |
There
are many chemical portals that have came
into existence and most of them are closed
or not growing. How can you insure that
the money which you are charging will
really deliver us output? |
| A |
We
can promise you that every posting for
products made on chemicalhouse will generate
at least five responses within one month
from real business people who find the
quantity, quality and rates of yours within
5% variation of those prevailing in that
particular Market. |
| Q |
These
things are for the big players isn't it? |
| A |
We
are locating customers/suppliers for all
categories of chemical business and that
to without neglecting small players. We
have a real case of one supplier in Mumbai
locating a customer in Indore who are
currently doing business of Rs. 50000/-
per month. Even small businessmen find
this method attractive to find new business
leads. We can arrange for you to confirm
the same with them directly if you are
so eager to get first hand information
directly from the customer about his views
of the portal. |
| Q |
Internet
speed in my place is very slow and there
is problem of frequent disconnection.
In this situation how can I work smoothly
on the portal like yours? |
| A |
This
is one of the fastest growing sector and
this problem will be removed very soon.
If cars had developed at the speed of
Internet today Mercedes would be available
at Rs 500 and run 100 km per liter. That
is Cable connections makes Internet speed
faster and Internet T.V. are all very
soon catching up. To be in business we
should be able to be prepared for the
future rather than try to catch up afterwards.
So it is a matter of time before the net
speed becomes cheap and fast in your area
also. There is no harm in getting into
the habit early. |
| Q |
There
is always payment problem in this business.
Getting order is not difficult but getting
payments is difficult. In this scene how
you can justify that business through
your portal will be smooth? |
| A |
We
are building up a local network of assistants/a
program to match references in case of
business interest so that proper introduction
can be made possible. All the same Quality,
Payment, delivery are things beyond our
control. |
| Q |
The
common problem with trading through Internet
is no response/in genuine response. How
do you insure that this happens to minimal
level with your portal? |
| A |
Since
all members of chemical house are paid
business people from chemical trade no
body would like to waste time. With other
portals and frauds closing it is still
better for genuine people like us to grow.
Still some dubious characters can not
mean all postings are false. |
| Q |
These
tools are good when the industry is expanding.
I do not think these are useful when there
is recession in the market. Am I right? |
| A |
If
you use these tools at this time you will
increase your contact and you will be
dealing with many different suppliers
other than you actually used too and your
business will expand even in recession
period. This period of consolidation will
decide who the winner is in the end. Also
increased sources of revenue different
from the existing ones become essential
and necessary only in times of recession. |
| Q |
You
must go to the consumers directly, as
there are bigger chances of getting business.
Is'nt it? |
| A |
At
the same cost with which we approach one
customer here we can The expenditure in
terms of money/time and efforts are very
huge. And even then you cannot know when
somebody requires some material, which
we can offer. |
| Q |
How
foreign market can come into the contact
of this portal as I do not think you must
be marketing it there as you are doing
it here? |
| A |
We
already have agents in USA and have started
marketing in the country about the portal
and are going to soon start marketing
in other countries. So this portal will
soon become popular the world over. |
| Q |
Will
using Internet not disclose the parties
I deal with to my competitors? |
| A |
We
are keeping our data secure on net so there
is no way that internet will disclose the
name of the parties you deal with. |
| Q |
There
is no use of giving advertisement on the
net because nobody looks at them? |
| A |
Since
this advertisement is targeted and very
specific there may be less number of users
but it is best in terms of results rather
then newspaper/magazine wherein 90% of
the viewers are not related. |
| |
| About
our Portal |
| Q |
:
I have not seen any advertisement in the
newspapers or anywhere. Is it a local site? |
| A |
You
will find this site listed on all the
major search engines and the Number of
Indian membership of around 3000 Members
will answer this question. |
| Q |
What
is the reason for running websites in
this five languages only. Are they the
countries India deals maximum chemicals
with? |
| A |
Of course the only other countries are
Japan, China and Russia, which we are
trying to add to as soon as possible. |
| Q |
How
this portal can give me international
linking besides providing database? |
| A |
Since
any web site is available to all users
internationally you can say it will certainly
give you international linkages. |
| Q |
Portal is just like a directory if there
is no response. Am I right? |
| A |
In a directory you cannot respond to others
offers. You cannot either maintain accounts/create
web sites or modify them. This portal
is a very versatile tool in which even
if we use one feature our value for money
is realized. |
| Q |
How
worthwhile is your directory when there
are many available in the market ? |
| A |
Our
directory is the best in terms of Categorization
/ Location/ Numbers. There is still scope
for many more such directories. Electronic
net-based directories will permit us to
make changes on real time basis. |
| Q |
Your
facility data on net is how much safe because
hacking and virus are quite common now a
days? |
| A |
Viruses
do not affect sites and are only harmful
if we are not careful about who is sending
us the mails. We have a whole lot of team
working day and night and special care
is been taken so that nothing harms our
site, also We have sufficient protection
of Firewalls as is required for this Industry. |
| Q |
Your
categorization is not complete. There should
be more categories where chemical can be
searched by proper names only. |
| A |
Advance
Search feature on the site is specifically
meant to locate chemical by name or by
city or by any specific area etc. You
can also suggest categories, which will
be edited by our editorial team. |
| Q |
:
How advance search is different from the
view offer? |
| A |
In
advance search you can see only for sale
offers or only buy offers are only offers
of some specific product. You should use
this carefully because people use different
spellings for different products. While
in view offer you just have to select
our given option and get the complete
set of information. |
| Q |
Usually
the prices that are posted in the sale
offers are ridiculous. Do you have any
way to control or facilitate it so that
people place sensible prices? |
| A |
Please
bring to the notice of the editorial team
any irrelevant prices posted. We will
take corrective action immediately and
arrange to terminate the membership after
due warnings. |
| Q |
Bogus
offers are also a problem. Generally site
runners themselves post certain offers to
attract crowd. Is it true? |
| A |
We
do not have a single bogus offer and In
case you find one we will give you free
membership. |
| Q |
Postings
in my category are not sufficient? Why should
I go for it? |
| A |
Since
we do not post offers by ourselves so
we can not control more postings in one
category and less in another. It is for
the users to decide which material they
are interested in. |
| Q |
How
can you ensure me that the product I deal
with will keep on receiving postings in
the future? |
| A |
We
assure you that as long as you are a member
of chemical house you will receive offers
for buying and selling in your respective
categories. |
| Q |
How
will co-branding really help me? |
| A |
This
feature is specifically for the people
who have their own web sites and those
who understand the marketing concept of
the websites. |
| Q |
Why
do you show this space account to the individual
customers? |
| A |
So
that the user can be prompted to utilize
the space more and get more benefit from
the same. Our interest lies also with
the other person with whom he completes
business and so we want people to use
their space more. |
| Q |
How
this portal can really reduce my communication
cost? |
| A |
By
being able to send your offer of sale/purchase
to thousands of people by just posting
it once on this site you save a lot of
time ,money as well as energy. You can
modify/delete the posting also as many
times as you want. |
|
|
| About
Registration |
| Q |
How
much do you charge for registration? |
| A |
The
registration charges for our site is as
given below:-
| PAY
NOW |
RENEWAL
DUE |
| US$
25 or IRs. 1250/- |
April
1, 2003April 1, 2003 |
| US$
50 or IRs. 2500/- |
April
1, 2005April 1, 2005 |
| US$
100 or IRs. 5000/- |
Life
Membership |
|
| |
Members
joining after March 31 2002 will use facilities
on calendar year basis from the date of
joining. Their renewal date would be same
as date of joining in the respective renewal
year. |
| Q |
Why
you are charging registration amount where
others are doing it for free? |
| A |
We
are providing you web space of 20MB.Also
we are giving better service and real
useful information for business. |
| Q |
What
information do I provide during registration? |
| A |
Some
of the key information you provide are:
Contact information- such as email address,
telephone number, postal address Company
information- such as company size, type
of chemicals you are interested in |
| Q |
How do you validate the identity of the
person registered with you? |
| A |
Since
we collect payments we reasonably assume
him to be the same person who is in chemical
business. |
| Q |
What happens after I have submitted my registration?
|
| A |
You
will immediately get an email notification
at the email address you provided acknowledging
the receipt of your registration. We will
take 24 hours to verify the information
you provided. In most cases, our member-services
representative will contact you to verify
your address and contact information.
After we have verified all the information
and have received the registration fees,
we will activate your account and will
send you an email informing you about
your activated account. |
| Q |
Is
it safe to provide my payment information
over the Internet? |
| A |
The
registration process is done through our
secure site. The data you provide is kept
in complete security and so no need to
worry about the payment information over
net. |
| Q |
What
if I forgot my password? |
| A |
If
this problem persists, we have a "Forgot
Password" option, Click on it and
write your login and it will send you
your password through e-mail at the address
that you have submitted to the site at
the time of registration. |
| Q |
What
is your privacy policy? How will you make
use of my information? |
| A |
Chemical
house will hold all member information
in complete confidence, and will not disclose,
sell, trade or share member information
with any third party, with few exceptions.
|
| Q |
What
are your Transaction costs? |
| A |
There
is no charge for any kind of transaction
or listing chemicals for sale or purchase
at Chemicalhouse. We charge only when
you register in our portal. |
| Q |
Do
I pay any fees for listing my chemicals? |
| A |
There
is never a fee for listing any numbers of
chemicals. |
|
|
| Benefits
of Chemicalhouse VS Other Portals and your
b'ness |
| Q |
What
is your rating among the leading portals
of the world catering needs of chemical
people? |
| A |
We
can comfortably call ourselves among the
top 10 in the world and the best in India. |
| Q |
I
have everything available here at my city
with local suppliers. Why do I require
looking for any body for the same? |
| A |
Business
means better purchase as well as better
sales. And expanding business makes this
possible while Stagnation in business
means negative growth. |
| Q |
My
suppliers are fixed and I do not want to
break deal with them. In that case this
portal is useless for me.. |
| A |
We
don't force you to break deal with them
but instead you can go on with your suppliers
as well as with our portal's dealers. This
will increase your profit percent. |
| Q |
I
have tried many portals before as well
and not satisfied with them. How can I
rely on you and pay you registration charges.
It is not possible you allow me to try
this for few days and afterwards I get
the registration? |
| A |
We
have a free password module which will
work only for a day in which you can see
the offers available and try to see if
they are in line with the offers which
you would pose on the net. |
| Q |
Why
you do not offer guarantee of payment where
some portals are offering this? |
| Q |
We
are not aware of anybody doing it. Then
the number of people as members gets reduced
substantially. We are soon developing
a reference model, which will assist in
identifying good common references. |
| Q |
I
deal in Hitech Chem that always requires
reliable suppliers. There your portal
can not be very useful for me as it is
always dealing with remote customer and
full involvement at all processes is not
possible? |
| A |
The
more technical and high-fi your requirement
the more the need to be abreast of the
developments in the world. World chemical
news being made available and a host of
Articles section of our portal are specifically
useful tools for Hitech users. |
| Q |
Why
do you not have direct manufacturers into
your lap as everybody want to deal with
manufacturer directly than traders. ChemB
has got some good manufacturers in their
client list? |
| A |
We
have lots of manufacturers who are interested
in selling and have not invited people
who are looking for new customers. |
| Q. |
What is your rating
among the leading portals of the world catering
needs of chemical people? |
| A |
We can comfortably call
ourselves among the top 10 in the world
and the best in India. |
| Q |
I
have everything available here at my city
with local suppliers. Why do I require
looking for any body for the same? |
| A |
Business
means better purchase as well as better
sales. And expanding business makes this
possible while Stagnation in business
means negative growth.
|
| Q |
My suppliers are fixed
and I do not want to break deal with them.
In that case this portal is useless for
me.. |
| |
We don't force you to
break deal with them but instead you can
go on with your suppliers as well as with
our portal's dealers. This will increase
your profit percent.
|
| Q |
I
have tried many portals before as well
and not satisfied with them. How can I
rely on you and pay you registration charges.
It is not possible you allow me to try
this for few days and afterwards I get
the registration? |
| A |
We
have a free password module which will
work only for a day in which you can see
the offers available and try to see if
they are in line with the offers which
you would pose on the net. |
| Q |
Why you do not offer
guarantee of payment where some portals
are offering this? |
| A. |
We
are not aware of anybody doing it. Then
the number of people as members gets reduced
substantially. We are soon developing
a reference model, which will assist in
identifying good common references. |
| Q. |
I deal in Hitech Chem
that always requires reliable suppliers.
There your portal can not be very useful
for me as it is always dealing with remote
customer and full involvement at all processes
is not possible? |
| A. |
The
more technical and high-fi your requirement
the more the need to be abreast of the
developments in the world. World chemical
news being made available and a host of
Articles section of our portal are specifically
useful tools for Hitech users. |
| Q. |
Why
do you not have direct manufacturers into
your lap as everybody want to deal with
manufacturer directly than traders. ChemB
has got some good manufacturers in their
client list? |
| A. |
We
have lots of manufacturers who are interested
in selling and have not invited people
who are looking for new customers. |
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