Discounted deals, special offers and tendering opportunities
Looking for discounted deals, special offers and tendering opportunities? Or are you interested in free advertising opportunities? Would you like the chance to promote your products and services to the voluntary and community sector and the wider public?
The communitybuyer.org website
Then have a look at the communitybuyer.org website. Growing from strength to strength this successful site is a directory of products and services aimed at the voluntary and community sector. The site allows buyers to rate the experiences they had had with suppliers and provides advice on more specialist purchases.
Expand your customer base…
If you are interested in promoting your companies’ expertise and services to the voluntary and community sector, or if you have a number of voluntary and community organisations already on your client list, why not check out one of the other advertising opportunities available within the site. In addition to the free directory listing, communitybuyer.org provides a number of prominent advertising slots to raise your organisation’s profile even further. (See site for details and costs www.communitybuyer.org)
Finding the best buy…
Through the mixture of guidance, peer reviews and supplier directory
communitybuyer connects you with the right supplier.
The suppliers that are listed on the site have shown a keen interest in working with the voluntary and community sector and will often give extra discounts and savings. Look out for the NICVA member discounts badge for participating suppliers.
Have a look at what other people have to say before buying…
Reviews are posted alongside the directory listings to help your organisation make more informed purchasing decisions.
You too can have your say, by using the online rating system to review those companies that have supplied your organisation with goods or services.
Making the most of your budget…
Voluntary organisations often need to provide more than one quotation for a funder or
grant-maker which can be a complicated and time consuming process. Communitybuyer can help take the pressure off, by providing you with an instant list of companies making this a quick and easy experience.
Special offers
For a buyer, this area of the site hosts an added selection of deals and discounts for you to consider.
Alternatively, if your organisation has a special discounted service or product it would like to promote then why not advertise here. This is a free service and very easy to use. Just log onto the site, and add your offer. The process is simple and takes only a few minutes.
Freebies
Quite often companies and other organisations have surplus equipment or free services that they would like to make available to the voluntary and community sector. Communitybuyer is now the place to find such offers, or provide your own. Log onto the site, create an account and add your
‘giveaway’.
Calling all Social Enterprise Organisations…
Do you manage a conference facility? Offer training? Provide a catering service or indeed provide any of the many other services run by social enterprise organisations throughout Northern Ireland?
Would you like the opportunity to market your products or services to the entire voluntary and community sector? Then sign up to communitybuyer free of charge and join the private sector companies and other social enterprise organisations already advertising on the site.
Purchasing advice/guidance
Sometimes we have to purchase products or services that we don't know much about. Check out the guidance section on communitybuyer which provides information and checklists that may help.
You too can share your own knowledge of a topic by publishing guidance information on the site…
All guidance information published will be attributed to the organisation who supplies it, with contact details and a link to your website, providing yet another opportunity to raise your organisation/company’s profile across the site. So if you think you can help others in making informed purchasing decisions why not add your guidance information to communitybuyer.
Tenders
Do you want to find out more about Government and statutory agency tendering suppliers? Communitybuyer provides all the necessary links to sites suitable for the sector and allows you to advertise your own tender opportunities. Just create an account and you can gain access to a number of new markets.
Signing up for communitybuyer.org…
To access all of these services just sign up by entering the site at www.communitybuyer.org. Once you have your username and password you can enter your organisations details, upload your logo and select the classifications you would like your company to appear under. It’s a very simple process. Once you have your account open you can change your personal details, edit or add information whenever you wish. If you would like any further information regarding communitybuyer.org please contact info@communitybuyer.org
Fiona | 25 March 2010 - 12:09pm |
