Note from the Editor

Earn money through Worldbid's Affiliate Program

Did you know that your Worldbid star rating can be used to help prove your company's validity to new customers and suppliers?

Tips for completing more deals on Worldbid

Worldbid offers new Global Importer Directory

International Economic News: Brazil May Cut Rates Third Month; Inflation Concern Grows

Note from the Editor

We at Worldbid would like to wish you continued success in your international trade endeavors.

Send suggestions and feedback related to the Worldbid.com Member Newsletter.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Earn money through Worldbid's Affiliate Program

Worldbid is now offering an affiliate program to its members - simply put up a link to Worldbid on your website and promote it to your clients, and Worldbid will pay you for every paying client that you refer!

If you are interested in taking part in this program, please fill out the partnership form

Did you know that your Worldbid star rating can be used to help prove your company's validity to new customers and suppliers?

In the interest of aiding our members in selecting prospective business partners Worldbid has developed a star rating service. Members can gain ratings of 1 to 5 stars. Ranking are based on the business documents provided by members (business license, invoices, receipts, etc) and reference numbers that members have from credit agencies such as Dun & Bradstreet.

Dun & Bradstreet numbers are provide free of charge at www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/index.html

Tips for completing more deals on Worldbid

While searching your relevant trade leads and signing up for electronic trade notifications (etns) are certainly two of the best ways to find business deals it is also extremely important to actively advertise your offers to buy or sell product.

By accessing the "Account Management" link in yellow at the top of the Worldbid.com homepage you can sign up for etns, alter your corporate profile or post your offers.

To elicit the best response it is important to enter your offer information in a professional manner. This means that all offers should include the specifics on the product you are looking to buy or sell, the volume of product involved, and the shipping destination. If you are competitive on price that should also be included in your offer posting as well.

Worldbid offers new Global Importer Directory

Worldbid is happy to offer our members the Interdata Global Importer Directories. These must have directories for exporters are sorted by both geographic region and industry. Contained in the directory is a wealth of potential customers.

Acquiring the directory is a surefire way to quickly locate new international customers to purchase your products or services. Sign up for a printed or CD-Rom version

International Economic News: Brazil May Cut Rates Third Month; Inflation Concern Grows

Brazil may reduce lending rates for a third month as the central bank seeks to boost the flagging economy at the risk of fueling inflation.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is under pressure from union leaders and businessmen to stimulate the economy at a time when high oil prices and a weakening currency threaten to spur inflation.

Economists predict the President's response to this pressure will be a further reduction in overnight lending rates of 25 to 50 basis points at the next meeting of the central bank. While this certainly may help boost economy it also raises concerns about inflation and quickly rising prices. Regardless, at with 7 out of 8 months of benchmark lending rate reduction and not much economic stimulus it is very likely that a further reduction will be seen.