What’s BT Tradespace?

Welcome to our online community of businesses and customers who like to buy from and sell to people we know and trust.

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BT Tradespace has been going for over two years now (since April 2007) and what started out as a bunch of web heads (albeit BT ones) wanting to show the world how great social media can be for business has now turned into a thriving online community of people who want to love what they buy and know the people they buy from.

So, if you’re here to shop, please feel free to browse the Tradespaces to know the people you’re buying from and be safe in the knowledge they are bona fide businesses. And, if you’re a business, set up or use your Tradespace to build trust, promote yourself and sell effectively.

Of course, the added bonus for buyers and sellers is that Tradespace is a social place, so you can meet like-minded people, get answers from experts and/or just hang out.

Watch a video to see what it’s all about.

Buy

Buying is easy on Tradespace. You don’t need to sign up (or have a PayPal account) to shop on BT Tradespace. But if you do sign up, there’s some great stuff you can do like have your own news, create a list of favourite businesses and become a fan, meet people in the community – you get the idea. If you know what you’re looking for just type it into the search box to check out the hottest selling items or see what your friends recommend. It will certainly save your legs.

Sell

Whether you work out of a factory, a shop or your kitchen, BT Tradespace makes it easy for you to get noticed and to sell. Social media is pretty much like a conversation – once you start it, you can’t leave it midway so sign up to create a Tradespace and keep it updated by adding a shop and/or services, use pictures, video, news to tell your story and you’re away! The online shop is linked to PayPal which will fully encrypt transactions, making it safe to sell online. And it costs nothing to set up. Find out more…

Share

At the heart of business, is relationships. And BT Tradespace is a social place. You can meet with customers, colleagues, partners, suppliers, shoppers and friends either through people’s Tradespaces or through communities. We try to make things easy to share, whether it is your story, your news or simply your personality.

If you’re here to build a personal profile – get started now.

If you’re here to build a business profile and Tradespace – get started now.

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Fun facts about BT Tradespace

  • BT Tradespace was set up in April 2007.
  • BT Tradespace has over 350,000 members (as of March 2009).
  • The top three Tradespacers driving traffic to their own websites from the site have received over 300 leads.
  • The 10 most viewed members have added at least two different types of content, such as news, video, photos or products and services.
  • The three most viewed Tradespaces have over 100 content items each.
  • Three quarters of the most popular Tradespaces have updated content within the last month showing customers like to revisit to find new information on their favourite vendors.
  • The top 15 most visited Tradespaces are 50 times more likely to have a video than the average site.

Not only has BT Tradespace improved sales but there has been an increase in enquiries – and as you know it is always a case of building up trust before people tend to buy. Not to mention the community section where everyone helps each other out.

Laura Elgey during a discussion in The Lounge.