01/05/2015
MAY 1, 2015: B2Brazil releases completely new version of its top Brazilian B2B trade portal

The "best of breed" platform provides a sleek new look and feel, as well as more opportunities to conduct business on Brazil’s leading B2B trade portal

São Paulo – May 1, 2015: B2Brazil, Brazil’s leading B2B trade portal, has released a completely new version of its online service in both Portuguese at www.b2brazil.com.br and English at www.b2brazil.com. The new platform not only presents an updated and sleek look and feel, but also "best of breed" services built with the latest open source technologies. The new version will leverage B2Brazil’s base of nearly 10,000 mostly small and medium sized enterprises ("SMEs’"), facilitating both domestic and international B2B trade and transactions.

Companies from all over the world will benefit from enhanced business opportunities through B2Brazil’s online services, with features including:

• A searchable online directory of companies and their products and/or services
• Detailed company and product information presented in a standard manner with the ability to enter into direct contact with prospective businesses
• The new Leads Central™ area, a marketplace where buyers post leads and sellers post needs , and counterparties respond to the posts.
• B2B Verification of companies conducted by B2Brazil to verify and add credibility to companies.
• Online tools and resources to provide information and assist companies to do business in Brazil
• Trade and business services, where B2Brazil provides customized services to companies from sourcing products, to finding a local partner, to setting up a local operating company in Brazil to translation services.

All users who utilize B2Brazil will now automatically become registered at no charge, in order to maximize their capabilities when using B2Brazil, and to enable B2Brazil to meet their business needs. Free Members can expand their presence and business opportunities by adding information about their company and add information about up to 5 products and/or services, which will then be presented in "hotsites". Content posted by non-Brazilian members registering in English will automatically be translated into Portuguese, and, conversely, content posted by Brazilian members registering in Portuguese will automatically be translated into English, and then published in bilingual hotsites.

Members that wish to significantly increase their benefits as well as business opportunities can choose to upgrade to B2Brazil’s Premium and Premium Plus Memberships. These memberships receive more personalized benefits including an increased number of products, priority listing in search results, free B2B Verification and cross-site promotions, among other benefits. In addition, members choosing B2Brazil’s new Premium Plus membership will be promoted in local versions of search engines, as B2Brazil will dedicate marketing specialists and allocate a significant percentage of the member fee towards buying online placements in relevant search engines, in this manner acting as the company’s online marketing manager.

All users may post Buy Requirements and Sell Leads on B2Brazil’s Leads Central™ area. Members can browse all leads and will receive notification of relevant leads. Sellers must use a Leads Credit in order to access the contact information and respond to the poster of the lead. Each type of member is granted an initial number of Lead Credits but must purchase additional Lead Credits once its initial balance has been exhausted, except that Premium Plus Members are granted unlimited Leads Credits.

"Our new platform makes B2Brazil the most efficient, effective and inexpensive means for a company to do business in and with Brazil," said John Gardiner, founder and partner of B2Brazil. "This platform will enable our growing base of nearly 10,000 registered members to conduct business directly and enable us to monetize our multiple services. Also, we expect significant registrations and membership growth by requiring registration in order to conduct activity and by offering Free Membership to non-Brazilian companies."

"The slowdown in China and devaluation of the Real has had two major impacts: (1) Brazilian products are much cheaper for export, and (2) Non-Brazilian exporters, particularly Chinese, are pro-actively seeking new business opportunities," said Alexandre Martins, managing partner of B2Brazil. "We are seeing increased user activity on both counts, as well as increased domestic B2B activity as companies are getting more aggressive in trying to make money" he said.

The new platform is also the first exposure of comprehensive trade and business services that B2Brazil can provide to companies. These services are provided either directly by B2Brazil or referred by B2Brazil to a service provider. "Besides getting contacted by companies for trade and business services, "Besides getting contacted by companies for trade and business services, we are in a good position to evaluate leads and deal-flow to facilitate transactions and new business" said Gardiner.

The U.S. Department of Commerce recommends foreign companies to partner with a Brazilian company in order to facilitate business in Brazil. B2Brazil’s position in the market makes it the perfect partner for Brazilian and non-Brazilian SMEs to connect and transact.

About B2Brazil 
B2Brazil.com is a marketplace focused on promoting business-to-business (or B2B) contacts and transactions between Brazilian companies and companies in the rest of the world. B2Brazil.com is the solution for firms wishing to expand effectively and efficiently achieve their international sales and global clients. By joining B2Brazil.com, companies become part of a "group" with other Brazilian and International companies that are promoted through B2Brazil.com.

Contact: 
For USA:

John David Gardiner
john@b2brazil.com 
+1-954-288-2888 

For Brazil:
Alexandre Ferreira Martins
amartins@b2brazil.com 
+ 55 11 5097-9492 

About B2Brazil

B2Brazil is a leading business-to-business (B2B) company focused on providing digital solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to engage in foreign trade. B2Brazil is the solution for firms wishing to expand their business in an effective and efficient manner, increasing international sales and prospecting global clients.