摘要 |
<p>The market for business-to-business e-commerce is new and rapidly evolving and competition is expected to increase significantly in the future. The inventive method and system offers comprehensive B2B e-commerce and e-marketplace services to small-to-medium-sized (SME) companies worldwide, and jointly markets these services through business communities such as vertical trade associations, regional chambers of commerce and online electronic business communities. The present invention provides a full e-commerce platform, Universal Business Exchange (UBX), which allows a business community to create and manage co-branded integrated electronic marketplaces that include The Virtual Tradeshow, The Product Showcase, The Offer Exchange and The Auction House, providing their member-companies access to a variety of business services, industry content and e-commerce products and services.</p> |