iBidAM explained

Services & Products Details

1.   Find a Supplier

iBidAM.com has the largest database of Advertising & Marketing companies, businesses and services in Australia. That is every service that you could possibly need to advertise or market your product, service, business, company or organisation. We have over 10,000 printers, graphic designers, commercial production company’s, radio advertisers, billboard designers, merchandisers, direct mailing services, telemarketing businesses, advertising agencies and more, registered on our site.

There are 2 simple ways to search:

a)  Quick Search Engine
You can find a supplier you know, with our quick search engine. It will match the name of the business and bring up all the possibilities. Simply click on the one you want.

b)  Advanced Search Engine
You can sift through supplier’s by specifying and separating, business name, the type of product or service you are after, type of business, and location by locally pinpointing km’s, searching within a state or territory, and of course you can pull up everyone nationally. The results will list in alphabetical order, and you will be able to view what clients of iBidAM.com have said about the service providers.

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2.  Submit A Job

To best describe the iBidAM.com Submit A Job service and illustrate what iBidAM.com can do for your business, we have used an example of what a real business like yours would be required to do in order to get the best possible price on all their Advertising & Marketing needs.

Example:

DON’S PLUMBING SERVICES

• Don owns a plumbing business.
• Don needs his business logo and phone number to be printed on 5 new t-shirts for his workers.
• Don has a big load on his hands and he simply doesn’t have time to ring around to 3-4 t-shirt merchandisers to get the best quote.
• So Don the plumber jumps on iBidAM.com.
• Don registers his details just once. Once his registration is complete he receives an account with a user login, password.
• Then Don keys in what he would like to do. E.g.; print business on t-shirts. Our search engine matches key words in his sentence to locate what it is he wants to do. It gives him a selection of possibilities. Don selects Clothing printers and merchandisers, and away he goes.
• From a simple selection menu offering you advice and tips along the way, Don selects where he wants his shirts to come from; a local, state or national printer, whether he has his design ready to go, whether the design needs changes, his print colour options and the colour and style of shirt, etc. etc.
• Don decides what turnaround time he’d like the job to be completed in and how long the quoting period will go for, with a minimum of 48hr quoting time. He can also select the star rating of his supplier, and a minimum bidding out. This allows Don the opportunity to ensure he is getting a better price than what he previously paid. There are also many other options available for Don in this template process, retaining accurate quotes, and speeding up the quoting process.
• Don checks his selection and clicks submit.
• Don’s selections matches corresponding clothing printers and merchandisers and an immediate email is sent to these service providers, with all the information he selected for this job and the time frame in which to place a quote amount in for it.
• The service providers, who are already registered with iBidAM.com , then go on line and place a quote amount in for Don’s shirts.
• As the jobs don’t identify Don nor the service provider, if a service provider needs to ask a question about the job, they may post questions directly on Don’s job if they need more information etc.
• Each t-shirt printer, will key in their lowest price they can offer. This means Don the plumber doesn’t have to negotiate the price down with the printer. It is the printers from areas originally selected by Don who compete against each other to offer the best price for the determined quality set out by Don. By the end of quoting time the printer with the best offer for that quality wins the job. This ensures Don the plumber is getting the best possible quote for the same quality. It allows the printers in this case streamlined access to potential business like Don’s Plumbing, without Don being on the phone all day organizing quotes. And the service providers don’t have to draw one up, it has been done for them. They simply need to key in an accurate figure.
• While the printers are busy keying in their lowest quote price, Don can do…. well whatever he wants really.
• At the end of quoting time, iBidAM.com receives their 2.5% commission which is included in the final price. This ensures the service provider retains what they had quoted and the client only pays a tiny portion of the entire quote as an initial deposit.
• Once the transaction is completed and deposited directly to iBidAM.com, automatically through our system, the identity of both Don the plumber and the clothing printer are released to each other, so they can unite a business relationship to further consult and complete the job.
• And Don the plumber….. well he can do whatever he wants really, but he can start with a good pat on the back, as he just saved himself a LOT of Time and Money.

With help using the iBidAM.com Submit A Job service please feel free to contact us.

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3.  Get An Estimate

To best describe the iBidAM.com Get an Estimate service and illustrate what iBidAM.com can do for your business, we have used an example of what a real business like yours would be required to do in order to get a really good idea of what your Advertising & Marketing expenses would be and create a budget to work from. It saves you ringing around to service providers who may not want to help you as they know you are not yet ready to actually get the product or service you are after.

Example:

JANES FLORIST

• Jane’s starting a new florist business.
• She has no idea what her start up costs are going to be.
• Like business cards. She’s never printed business cards before and has no idea what they would cost.
• She needs to find an average cost, but is not ready just yet to place her job online for full quoting.
• So Jane in a similar way to Don lists her job on iBidAM.com. She has to register the same way Don does, and receives an account with her own user login and password.
• Once she has completed the prompts for business cards, Jane presses send and an email goes to the demographics she listed within her template. In the same way an email is sent to printers for quoting, the printers are this time prompted to key in an estimate figure only once for this job.
• At the end of the time specified by Jane, she receives 2 estimate figures. The most expensive price for her business cards and an average.
• Jane is then prompted if she would like to convert her estimate into a job for quoting. She doesn’t need to fill out the details again, Jane just enters where she would like her service providers to come from and a deadline, and then clicks submit.
• Jane is so happy with the ease of iBidAM.com she used it for all her other start-up Advertising & Marketing needs.

With help using the iBidAM.com Get An Estimate service please feel free to contact us.

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What other things will be incorporated
in the iBidAM.com website?

• Success stories – where members can write experiences they have had with iBidAM.com that can be viewed on the web.
• Top 10 service providers voted by users – members who are continuously successful with obtaining jobs from iBidAM.com, are rated 5 star repeatedly, have 5 star green ratings, and who have been very active in earning membership rewards, will receive extra exposure on iBidAM.com
• Links – iBidAM.com would like to promote affiliate companies, organizations, tools, businesses and individuals who have shown exceptional leadership, quality and service in the making, growth and maintenance of the company. We would also like to lend our support to charities and organizations that impact us dearly. This page provides direct links to find out more about these affiliates and the work they do.
• User Agreements & Policies – iBidAM.com has a User Agreement and several Policies that outline the terms and conditions, roles and responsibilities of using our site. If you would like to discuss any of these User Agreements or Policies, please feel free to contact us between business hours.
• Free Screen Saver – every one who registers with iBidAM.com receives a Free Screen Saver. From time to time iBidAM.com will create funny, animated and artistic screen savers that will be the envy of all your work colleagues’ computer screens!!!
• Contact Us – please feel free to contact us at anytime for all your queries and/or concerns. One of our friendly staff will be happy to help.
• Ratings for business – iBidAM.com has 2 very simple rating systems. One is a star rating system. This rates the performance and quality of a service provider. To keep this a fair system, members who have had a job completed by a service provider are the only ones who are eligible to fill out a performance rating survey. It’s one survey per client per job. Once this survey for this job is complete, that member cannot complete another survey unless they have another job by that same supplier that has been received through the iBidAM.com system. All service providers receive the comments written about them by the clients, and are able to post comments of their choice to their details for full viewing on the site. The second rating system, is a green rating system that is filled out by the service provider. This system designed by the EPA, allows the service provider to fill in details about their company practices and the system return them with a rating relevant to their impact on the environment. iBidAM.com encourages members to select service providers who are doing everything they can to support our planet. For more information on our rating systems please contact one of our friendly staff.
• Competitions – from time to time iBidAM.com will hold exciting competitions for our members. Watch this page for all the details.
• FAQ’s – to get instant answers to all your favourite and frequently asked questions click on the FAQ’s button. This area is constantly updated to keep you informed. If you can’t find what you need here feel free to contact us for further information.
• AMpedia – iBidAM.com is dedicated to giving you everything you need to fulfill all your needs in the Advertising & Marketing Industry. Whether you are a service provider in the industry or a client needing Advertising & Marketing help. AMpedia is the Wikipedia of the industry. In its humble stages it encompasses a detailed glossary of terms and Quoting Tips , but watch this space as AMpedia will be jumping in leaps and bounds to bring you a community of information encompassing free live chat with industry experts, a online community, forum, ideas campaigns, encyclopedia. It will be the hub for everything Advertising & Marketing. We also have a Blog, that from time to time we will hold discussion points that all members of the public can comment on. Our Blog is the beginning of our community, that will eventually be part of your AMpedia experience.
• News – iBidAM.com will post all its PR activity in chronological order in this area. Anything new and exciting about what’s happening with iBidAM.com will be found in this section also. Members of the press or media wishing to do interviews with iBidAM.com are asked to contact us directly.
• About - The iBidAM.com company has incredible expertise and solid foundations. iBidAM.com is a team made up of skilled industry professionals, some that have been acquainted up to 27 years. Staff dedicated to growing iBidAM.com and dedicated to supporting each other who are prepared to do what it takes for success. To view this team and it’s trusted alliances drop down the help menu on the home page. You can also read about our Company Mission and Objectives, what iBidAM.com aims to do for your business and the Advertising & Marketing Industry in general.
• Paid advertising – iBidAM.com offers a range of Ad’s for our Paid Advertising section. You will find our Paid Advertisement panel on the right hand side of every page. If you would like to find out more about what Advertising on iBidAM.com can do for your business, please feel free to contact us in AEST business hours.
• 1300 iBidAM (424 326) Free Advertising & Marketing Advice line – iBidAM.com offers free Advertising & Marketing advice over the phone between AEST business hours. Our qualified staff are there to help you devise an Advertising & Marketing plan and build strategies to implement the most creative and effective promotions for your business. You must be a member of iBidAM.com to use this service. Please note the Policies guiding our advice line. It is FREE to register – Join Now!

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