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{{Short description|Indian web portal}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{infobox company
|name=TradeIndia
|logo=TradeIndia.svg
|founder=[[Bikky Khosla]]
|key_people=[[Sandip Chhettri]] ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|
|industry=[[Internet Marketing]]
|area_served= Worldwide
|foundation=1996
|location_city=[[New Delhi]]
|location_country=[[India]]
|homepage= {{URL|www.tradeindia.com}}
}}
'''TradeIndia''' is an online[[Business-to-business|Business to Business]] (B2B) [[Web portal|portal]]<ref>Snigdha Sengupta, with 3700+ employees [http://business.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?101183 "The roll out continues"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707215535/http://business.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?101183 |date=7 July 2012 }}, Outlook Business, 31 May 2008.</ref> for small businesses based in India and around the globe. The portal was started in 1996 by [[Bikky Khosla]] and is maintained and promoted under the flagship company, Infocom Network Pvt. Ltd.<ref name="tsnn">[http://www.tsnn.com/news-blogs/global-sources-partners-tradeindiacom-domestic-event "Global Sources Partners TradeIndia.com for Domestic Event"], Trade Show News Network, 19 May 2011.</ref> The company is headquartered in [[New Delhi]], India, and has branch offices in 35 cities<ref name="business-standard">Virendra Singh Rawat, [http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/b2b-portal-to-educate-smes-over-trading-prudence-113061400649_1.html "B2B portal to educate SMEs over trading prudence"], ''[[Business Standard]]'', 18 June 2013.</ref> across India. It employs over 1200 professionals.

==History==
The company has published Exporters Yellow Pages since 7 September 1990 and in 1996 started the web portal tradeindia.com<ref>[[Press Trust of India]], [http://www.tradeindia.com/newsroom/news/news_162.html "Web Transactions in India to reach $100 bn in 2008"], ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', 31 December 2007.</ref> to provide online directory services to the global [[International trade|export-import]] community.

==Funding==
The initial investment of $1.7 million<ref>[http://www.tradeindia.com/success_stories/news/news_001.html "Khosla Makes Rare Home Investment"], ''[[Times of India]]'', 2 February 2001.</ref> was made in Infocom Network Ltd. in 2001 by [[Vinod Khosla]], an Indian-born California-based [[venture capital]]ist and elder brother of Bikky Khosla.<ref>Meha Mathur, [http://www.mediamates.biz/skills_ahead/event_1.html "Small is challenging"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109013156/http://www.mediamates.biz/skills_ahead/event_1.html |date=9 January 2014 }}, Media Mates, 25 January 2013, retrieved 13 May 2013.</ref>

==About the portal==
The portal provides information about Indian and global sellers and [[buyer]]s with over 12,000 product categories and sub-categories.<ref>Paotinlen Chongloi, [http://www.jneis.com/ojs/index.php/jneis/article/view/5/4 "Business Opportunities with special reference to Northeast India and Realigning strategies towards the Look East Policy"], ''Journal of North East India Studies'' 1.1, July–December 2011, pp. 81-99.</ref> The main products and services offered by the portal include online business catalogs, DialB2B,<ref>[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/tradeindia-launches-first-of-its-kind-dialb2b-service/539184/1 "Tradeindia Launches First of its Kind DIALB2B Service"], ''[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]'', 9 November 2009.</ref><ref>Seema, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091113022730/http://www.watblog.com/2009/11/10/dailb2b-tradeindias-new-on-phone-service/ "DIALB2B – TradeIndia’s New On-phone Service"]}}, Watblog.com, 10 November 2009.</ref> Trade Alerts, Call Me Free Service, [[credit report]]s<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tradeindia-com-launches-credit-report/articleshow/1209778.cms "Tradeindia.Com launches Credit Report"], ''[[The Economic Times]]'', 24 August 2005.</ref> and trade leads. The portal has a separate section on [[trade show]]s and the company regularly participates in global and domestic trade shows. The portal also has a special mobile-optimised version for mobile phone users.<ref>Alap Naik Desai, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130326011136/http://www.watblog.com/2013/03/21/b2b-portal-tradeindia-com-release-mobile-platform-for-portable-volume-trading/ " B2B Portal TradeIndia.com Release Mobile Platform For Portable Volume Trading"]}}, Watblog.com, 21 March 2013.</ref><ref>[http://efytimes.com/e1/102703/Tradeindia-Extends-Its-Reach-To-Mobile-Phone-Users "Tradeindia Extends Its Reach To Mobile Phone Users"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323035452/http://efytimes.com/e1/102703/Tradeindia-Extends-Its-Reach-To-Mobile-Phone-Users |date=23 March 2013 }}, [[Electronics For You|EFYTimes.com]], 20 March 2013.</ref>

In 2009, the company launched two vertical portals to cater to the business requirements of [[Small and medium enterprises|SMEs]] – one a news-based portal called SMETtimes<ref>[http://www.tradeindia.com/newsroom/news/news_208.html "News line for SMEs"], ''[[Business India]]'', 4 May 2008.</ref><ref>Rajiv Dingra, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090703075427/http://www.watblog.com/2008/04/10/tradeindia-launches-smetimes-an-sme-news-portal "TradeIndia Launches SMETimes – An SME News Portal"]}}, Watblog.com, 10 April 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.free-press-release.com/news-tradeindia-com-launched-a-news-website-on-smes-indian-economy-1253094511.html "Tradeindia.com launched a news website on SMEs & Indian Economy"], Press release, 16 September 2009.</ref> and the other a separate section<ref>Seema, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130211193148/http://www.watblog.com/2009/12/30/recap-2009-%E2%80%93-b2b-portals/ "Recap 2009 – B2B Portals"]}}, Watblog.com, 30 December 2009.</ref> showcasing suppliers from [[China]]. The portal claims to be the first Indian B2B portal to have more than 3 million registered users, of which over 2 million are [[Small and medium enterprises|SMEs]].

==Indianised domain name==
The portal offers an Indianised [[Domain name|Domain Name]] Booking service developed by [[VeriSign]].<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/new-tool-to-help-msmes-register-indianised-net-addresses/428484/ "New tool to help MSMEs register Indianised Net addresses"], ''[[Business Standard]]'', 15 March 2011.</ref>

==Events organised==
*Emerging India Awards<ref>[http://www.afaqs.com/news/company_briefs/index.html?id=5720_CNBC-TV18%92s+presents+%91Emerging+India+Forum%92+in+Hyderabad "CNBC-TV18’s presents ‘Emerging India Forum’ in Hyderabad"], AFAQS, 5 November 2012.</ref>
*Workshop on effective use of internet for the growth of business<ref>[http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/ahmedabad2011/ "Workshop on effective use of Internet for the growth of business", 18 November 2011, Ahmedabad, India] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412023142/http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/ahmedabad2011/ |date=12 April 2013 }}, TradeIndia.[http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/rajkot2011/ "Workshop on effective use of Internet for the growth of business", 16 November 2011, Rajkot, India] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412001947/http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/rajkot2011/ |date=12 April 2013 }}, TradeIndia.</ref><ref>[http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/Vadodara2011/ "Workshop on effective use of Internet for the growth of business", 17 November 2011, Vadodra, India] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412001101/http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/Vadodara2011/ |date=12 April 2013 }}, TradeIndia.</ref>
*2nd Food & Agri Exporters Conclave<ref>[http://www.assocham.org/events/showevent.php?id=523 ASSOCHAM Events: 2nd Food & Agri Exporters Conclave, 8 February 2011 ASSOCHAM House, New Delhi], [[ASSOCHAM]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130116153104/http://www.assocham.org/events/showevent.php?id=523 archived] at the [[Internet Archive]], 16 January 2013.</ref>
*SME Conclave<ref>[[Bikky Khosla]], [http://www.smetimes.in/smetimes/editorial/2012/May/08/sme-conclave-awareness-on-sme-stock-exchange71707.html "SME Conclave – awareness on SME stock exchange"], SME Times, 8 May 2012.</ref>

==Partnerships==
In April 2013, the company has signed a [[Memorandum of Understanding]] (MoU) with the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) of the [[Ministry of Commerce (Thailand)|Ministry of Commerce]] of [[Thailand]], to boost Indo-Thai bilateral trade.<ref>[http://www.dqindia.com/dataquest/news/187423/ecommerce-tie-promote-indo-thai-trade "Ecommerce tie-up to promote Indo-Thai trade"], ''[[Dataquest]]'', 23 April 2013.</ref> TradeIndia is also associated with [[Google]] as their premier SME partner.<ref>[http://www.google.co.in/intl/en/ads/premiersmbpartner/advertisers-findpartner.html#tab=partner-tradeindia-com "Google Adwords Premier SME Partner Programme"], [[Google]], retrieved 13 May 2013.</ref><ref>Business Wire India, [http://www.morningstar.in/posts/14200/tradeindia-partners-with-google-india-as-a-premier-sme-partnerpsp.aspx "TradeIndia Partners with Google India as a Premier SME Partner(PSP)"], Morning Star, 23 October 2012.</ref> Previously, TradeIndia had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the [[Korea International Trade Association]](KITA)<ref>Business Wire India, [http://www.itnewsonline.com/showbwstory.php?storyid=2276 "Tradeindia.com Signs MoU with Korea International Trade Association (KITA)"], IT News Online, 14 April 2010.</ref> to promote SMEs and partnered<ref name="tsnn" /> with Global Sources in organising the Machinery & Industrial Supplies Fair.

== References ==

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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.tradeindia.com}}

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[[Category:Internet properties established in 1996]]
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