Note from the Editor
Welcome to the second issue.

Worldbid.com highlighted in Export Today's Global Business Magazine
Worldbid.com receives prominent mention in leading trade publication.

More Filtering Options for Email Trade Notifications [ETNs]
African Public Sector lead filtering now available to Worldbid.com members.

Dealing with SPAM [part 2]
What to do when you receive unwanted email.

CD-ROM Trade Lead Archive
Correction.

Note from the Editor

This issue, we focus on Worldbid.com's Email Trade Notification [ETN] service and respond to another common question asked of our Customer Service Department.

Worldbid.com highlighted in Export Today's Global Business Magazine

Worldbid.com and Worldbid.com member Brian Napoli, president of the Shadigee Co., are featured prominently in the February 2001 issue of Export Today's Global Business Magazine.

Online version of the story can be located here:
http://globalbusinessmag.com/issues/200102/article3.html

More Filtering Options for Email Trade Notifications [ETNs]

Worldbid.com member's now have the option to select whether or not they wish to receive the public sector trade leads from South Africa.

Check Email Trade Notifications section in Account Management for this new feature.

Dealing with SPAM [part 2]

In the last issue, we addressed what to do when you encounter a fraudulent or SPAM type message in the Worldbid.com community. We would like to thank the members who have reported abuses and restate our commitment to providing the best possible service to our members and to improving the B2B community as a whole.

Several members have also forwarded SPAM that they received from sources outside of the Worldbid.com community. Unfortunately, we are unable to assist with these messages, but would suggest that members report these abuses to the Email Service Provider and/or Internet Service Provider [MSN Hotmail, YahooMail, AOL, etc] of the offending party. Remember to forward a complete copy of the SPAM email that you received along with a brief message about your complaint.

Following are the abuse reporting email addresses for some of the common service providers:

• abuse@altavista.com
• abuse@aol.com
• abuse@excitecorp.com
• abuse@hotmail.com
• abuse@yahoo.com

Most Email/Internet Service Providers generally use abuse@[insert service provider name here] for reporting purposes, but specifics can be located on the websites of the providers.

CD-ROM

In the previous issue, the item on Worldbid.com's Trade Lead CD-ROMs contained a typographical error. The actual number of days' leads included is 90 and not 30 as previously stated. The corrected text is as follows:

Worldbid.com's most recent trade leads are available on CD-ROM. This database contains over $10 billion in buy and sell trade leads from the past 90 days in more than 1,100 industry categories.

As a Worldbid.com member, you can have this valuable B2B resource at your fingertips for only $149.99 USD, a savings of $100.00 USD off of the nonmember price.

Click Here to order your CD-ROM today.

Located in the Account Management section of Worldbid.com, the Email Trade Notification [ETN] service enables Worldbid.com members to receive the latest trade lead information direct to their email everyday.

Information is delivered based on criteria that you select, such as categories/industries of interest, private and public sector leads and format [digest or separate mailings]. This information can be modified or reviewed at any time using the Add, Remove, Modify and Review links in the ETN section of Account Management.

The following are brief descriptions of each the above ETN features and how they can be put to work for your business:

Add / Remove
These links are used to add and remove categories from your current ETN subscription list. You may also enter a separate email address for the purpose of ETN delivery [note: this secondary email address can also be modified when you edit your Company Information].

Modify Features
This link provides you with formatting options for the ETNs that you receive from Worldbid.com as well as public/private sector lead filtering. Currently, you may opt to receive ETNs in one of three formats: Digest [all categories], Digest [per parent/top-level category] and Individual [one ETN per lead as they are approved by our staff]. Public/Private trade lead filtering options are as follows: US Government, Canadian Government, European Union Public Sector, African Public Sector and Private Sector.

Review
This link provides you with an overview of all currently selected categories in your ETN subscription list.

All ETNs are sent from the email address do_not_reply@worldbid.com. This is not meant to deter you from contacting the organization named in the ETN. When you use the email link provided in the ETN or use the REPLY feature of your email client, the correct email address will be placed in the TO: field [for example: bids.OSabcdef@worldbid.com].

Please note that all email addresses are masked within the Worldbid.com system to prevent individuals from abusing the system [ie: compiling SPAM mailing lists, etc].

Take some time to familiarize yourself with the Email Trade Notification [ETN] area of the Account Management section of the Worldbid.com trade site. It is one of the most powerful tools available to your business and can greatly reduce the amount of time and energy spent on acquiring new trade lead information.

Click Here to open your internet browser and view the online demonstration of the Account Management section. (Note: You must have the Macromedia Flash plugin installed in your browser to view this demonstration.)

Click Here to access the Worldbid.com Account Management section.

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When responding to Trade Leads, it is important to address the particular needs of the Trade Lead directly in your response. Failure to do so causes confusion and may be considered an intrusion.

The following are are a few suggestions for responding to offers posted on Worldbid.com:

• Include specifics on your organization's ability to meet the requirements of the Trade Lead.
• Include detailed company information in your introductory communication and ask the same of the person you are contacting. This includes company history, the markets you serve, products you specialize in and complete contact information.
  
• In addition to email, you may want to use the phone or fax number provided. When contacting another organization in these ways, it is important to consider the appropriate country codes, time zones and language capabilities.
  
• When contacting a business from another country, you may want to provide both an English and a translated version of your response.
  
• Establish yourself as a member of Worldbid.com
  
• Create a Company Showroom. This is a one page website / online catalogue where you can maintain a detailed description of your company and the products you offer.
  

Worldbid.com launches WorldbidSpain.com

VICTORIA, B.C., CANADA -- (INTERNET WIRE) -- 02/05/2001 -- NASD OTCBB, "WBID" --

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Worldbid.com (NASD OTCBB: WBID) and Canarias Negocios (www.canariasnegocios.com) have partnered to develop Spain's newest trade lead portal www.worldbidspain.com. Spanish exporters will have the ability to market their products to over 40,000 companies around the world and buyers will be able to access products from more than 1,200 industries.

Canarias Negocios is a business portal that gives integral services to the Spanish companies in International trade. The site offers a directory of more than 10,000 Spanish companies and is in negotiations to receive another 25,000 companies. Canarias Negocios acts as an international trade consultancy, offering its clientele the best products and prices from its international network.

In partnering with Canarias Negocios, Worldbid will have the ability to market www.worldbidspain.com to Canarias' current database of Spanish companies and be instantly connected to the Spanish trade community.

According to World Bank's World Development Indicators, Spain had the world's 10th greatest GNP per capita in 1999. [Click Here to Read the Full Release...]

"[We have been members for] only some days with your systems and we have already closed [an] important transaction. In Hebrew we say, 'Kol akavod' [which] means, 'Fantastic!'"

"Thanks again for your WorldBIG strategy."
Barak, Sambat Enter Ltd, Israel [Read More...]