Business cards feature business information about a company or individual which are shared during formal introductions. An online business card is different in that it is stored online and not in a business card holder. It has its advantage in that it is accessible from anywhere in the world and gives unlimited storage facility.
A typical online business card includes the giver's name, company affiliation and contact information such as street addresses, telephone number(s), e-mail addresses and website.
There are many websites offering online storage of business card. In some of these sites a user can store his/her visiting cards and in exchange can get another visiting card for free. On some sites such as G2bux.com user can earn on visiting card information, in which instance the adder is paid a commission on the sale.
Business card websites provide marketing and sales people with ready made contacts thereby bypassing the usual research work involved in identifying the proper contact in an organization.
G2bux is an online directory of about a hundred thousand business cards. It is a directory with difference since it pays members a commission on every visiting card that is sold. Each card on G2bux has an email address and phone number, allowing members to bypass the usual route and directly contact key decision makers and decision influencers. G2bux is the required resource for sales people, marketers, recruiters, and small business people.
G2bux's unique directory is built and maintained by over ten thousand members. Using a point system, members can put a price on the cards they have uploaded and trade business cards for money. Members can also challenge existing cards and if their information is found to be correct can get that business card in their account.
Jigsaw's unique directory is built and maintained by over two hundred thousand members. Using a point system for credit, members trade business cards they have for business cards they need. Members also get point credits for updating incorrect contacts, and get point penalties for adding bad contacts.
Each time a user adds an address he/she receives 5 points and each time user requests details of a visiting cards 5 points are deducted on jigsaw.
2 comments:
Though Jigsaw has got a headstart on G2Bux, the idea of being able to fix a price to your contact and then getting that price in real money terms when the card is bought, sounds interesting.
I have been a member of Jigsaw.com but the problem there is it has lot of USA contacts which are not going to be useful to me. Secondly on jigsaw one has to continuously earn points as that is the only transaction method. Where as on G2bux.com I can even pay for cards that I want to buy or input some cards and get 2 free. That is fantastic, apart from my earning potential.
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