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  FAQ  
 
  How DigitProject Works?
  Which are main DP concepts?
  Which are main benefits for Service Providers?
  Which are main benefits for Buyers?
  What's new?
  I'm a Buyer, what I have to pay?
  I'm a Seller, how much I have to pay?
  What is the transaction fee?
  What's DP promotion strategy?
  A cultural change...
  Marketplace value added for buyers and sellers
  Why joining to DP?
  In summary
   
   
   
  How DigitProject Works?

DigitProject is online e-software marketplace.

Buyers who needs services, post their projects/services information in the project market place of DigitProject. Sellers will submit the bid's. Buyers can select the sellers, looking at their profile, expertise, selling history on digitproject, portofolio, references, feedback.

Buyers and Sellers can communicate each other for addtional information request or for one-to-one private communications through Public Message Board and Private Message Board. Buyers can award the project/service to a selected seller through their control panel.

Once the project/service is done sellers can raise the invoices from DigitProject.net.
Presently the financial transactions are out of DigitProject Scope, which is shortly coming up.

   
   
  Which are main DP concepts?

DigitProject is a b2b Project/Product eMarketplace focalized on International relationships
Buyers seeking services post their project in the Marketplace, and Sellers bid to deliver the same
Buyers choose a Seller based on bids, profile information, work samples
Public and private message boards (PBM) help assure full confidence in both parties before the project begins
After a bid is accepted, the buyer and service provider can then use Work Space to communicate, schedule deadlines, exchange files, and deliver the final product
Once a project is complete, the Seller invoices the buyer through DigitProject invoice system
Both Buyers and Sellers can put online their products and details to sell them through the network

   
   
  Which are main benefits for Service Providers?

Reach International Software Market Place and Post your Bids
DigitProject allows all the registered Service providers/Sellers to access International software marketplace. It allows to bid for the skill matched projects
Expand your business reducing 80% of your marketing cost
DigitProject provides the membership at very low costs. It reduces your marketing cost to 80%
Access to all Buyers’ virtual sites and their buying history
DigitProject allows providers to know more about the Buyer, his buying history, feed back from providers and more and it allows Providers to post for the serious Buyers and projects
Acts as a virtual office for all the bids posted on DigitProject
DigitProject works as a virtual office for all the projects posted on DigitProject. It provides a single control panel to manage your bids, payments, work transfers and more and allows to work remotely

   
   
  Which are main benefits for Buyers?

Reach International Qualified Service Providers
DigitProject.net will include only the software companies which are members of International Standards Organizations of particular country like NASSCOM in India and AIIA in Australia. Companies will be validated with their membership identities of particular organization. DigitProject is continuously in search of such accredited Organizations. This allows Buyers to reach trust worthy and proven, identity verified global quality providers
Post your projects for free and get the job done
DigitProject.net allows buyers to post the projects for free. This helps in reducing marketing/communication charges to reach out to the potential vendors and allows buyers to select the best quality and best priced providers
Keep up your confidential contact information
DigitProject.net keeps your confidential contact information hidden, in order to avoid unnecessary queries from Service Providers disturbing the work schedules. Only Buyers can start the communications via PMB (private message board) with the providers which meet the requirements
Access to all providers’ virtual sites and their credentials
DigitProject allows providers to know more about the Buyer, his buying history and feedback from providers. This allows providers to post for the serious Buyers and projects
Acts as a virtual office for all the projects posted on DigitProject
DigitProject works as a virtual office for all the project bids on DigitProject. It provides a single control panel to manage your bids, payments, work transfers and also allows to work remotely

   
   
  What's new?

The main DigitProject innovations are:

It is focused on International business and markets
It increases sales while reducing marketing and service costs
It's a web-based application to reduce the physical gap
   
   
  I'm a Buyer, what I have to pay?

Subscription Fee

The Subscription fee to DigitProject is always free for the Buyer, he has only to pay the Service Provider for its services.
   
   
  What is the transaction fee?

There are two types of fees for Service providers:

Subscription is required before bidding on projects and listing your profile in DigitProject sections.
Transaction fee of 5.5% due for any projects that originate on DigitProject.
   
DigitProject generates revenue through
subscription fees and a 5.5% Transaction Fee charged to service providers.

A Transaction fee of 5.5% (five point five) is due from the Service Provider, once the Buyer accepts a particular bid and the value determined, DigitProject raises an invoice to the Service Provider and the same is to be paid by the Service Provider within 45 days.

The Transaction fee to DigitProject is always free for the Buyer, he has only to pay the Service Provider for its services.

DigitProject provides features like a Work Space and a global Billing system free of charge to all members.

   
   
  I'm a Seller, how much I have to pay?

The subscription fee for the Service Provider/Seller is free for the first 24 months starting from 12th February 2003 to 12th February 2005.

At the end of the eighteen free months period you'll be free to interrupt or to extend the Subscription paying the following fees.

Within the 15th January 2005 DigitProject will send an email notice to all registered Service Provider with the instructions about payment procedure and how to extend the service.
Starting from the 12th August 2004 the Subscription fee for Service Provider will be:

Project Section Registration fee:
  monthly fee: 50 euro
  semester fee: 180 euro (40% off)
  yearly fee: 300 euro (50% off)
Product Section Registration fee:
  monthly fee: 50 euro
  semester fee: 180 euro (40% off)
  yearly fee: 300 euro (50% off)
Both Sections Registration fee:
  monthly fee: 90 euro (10% off)
  monthly fee: 90 euro (10% off)
  yearly fee: 540 euro (10% off)

   
   
  What's DP promotion strategy?

Alliances winning strategy to be rapid, flexible and “global”, …
For this reason we are looking for strategic alliances, partnership and capital contribution with some IT Company Association and Government Institution.

   
   
  A cultural change...

We are trying to make a cultural change in the IT International market, we believe in the sovranational language of Information Technology.
The concrete possibility to create a commercial network among European countries, India and Australia in three different continents and the possibility to extend this concept to Canada.

   
   
  Marketplace value added for buyers and sellers

Reduction of Product Prices
Better Price Finding Process
Increased Market Efficency
Transaction Cost Savings
Creation of New Markets
   
   
  Why joining to DP?

A unique meeting-point
A single meeting point for International exchange of company info, projects and products
A further guarantee
Have time/channels to asses International providers
Reduce marketing & operating expensive
Reach International Software Companies without additional communication Costs
Increase the commercial network Expand your business through dealerships, out of your borders
More information
Reducing costs of obtaining info might be more important than reducing costs of conducting transactions
Products catalogue
Receive the enquiries and the orders for your products online
   
   
  In summary

We have a unique business model which is fully poised to exploit the growth opportunities in the International market and minimize risk. Through DigitProject we aim at providing IT companies the possibility to know each other, to promote their service and products in different regions and continents

   
   
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