• Build an extension?
• Guitar tuition for the kids?
• Lay a patio or driveway?
• Install solar heating panels?
• Dispose of some toxic materials?
• A babysitter for Friday?
• A software acquisitions specialist?
• Organise a wedding?

There are two ways to use Comcero, to help with all job needs that are short or long running, simple or complex:

• Comcero Classic - includes shortlisting and relationship management tools.
• Comcero Express - fast track method to answer all small and emergency service needs.

Comcero is packed with easy-to-use templates designed to help Buyers and Sellers to manage and control how they work with each other. In addition, Comcero provides important capabilities such as:

• Privacy
  Comcero will only reveal the contact details of a Buyer or Seller when they are ready. For example, in Comcero Classic both Buyer and Seller details are only swapped once a Seller accepts a shortlist invitation from a Buyer. Until this point the identities of both are anonymous.
• Storage
  Comcero will allow Buyers to access their 'buy transactions' for up to six months after completion. For Sellers, Comcero allows them to access their transactions for up to twelve months after completion.
• Auditing
  An audit trail of all activity on Comcero is captured including messages, documents, dates, etc. This information can be used to remind users how they did things or to resolve disputes. For Sellers, it will be a way to record how they are doing business and for assessing performance.
• Mediation (coming)
  There is a specific strategy to handle abuse by Buyers, Sellers and disputes between each party. Users will be encouraged to report problems, offensive content and any policy breaches to Comcero.

Just imagine: there's no need to go rummaging around in directories or hunting on-line for suppliers who might or might not fit the bill. No need to ring round half a dozen or more potential suppliers, leaving messages, waiting for replies. And no need to arrange several meetings with these suppliers, fitting them in and around your schedule and taking up yet more valuable time. Because the whole process is conducted on-line. That's one of the best features of Comcero. As a Buyer, you're always in complete control.

Actually, all you have to do is sit and wait for the responses to roll in. And then take as much time as you like to consider the various merits of those Sellers. Once you've settled on a shortlist and the Sellers have accepted your shortlist request, contact details are revealed. Until this point the identities of a Buyer and Seller are anonymous.

Our simple-to-use relationship management tools allow you to probe further, store letters and proposals, and gauge which Seller best fits the bill. And, with comprehensive rating and feedback systems in place, you'll be able to see, at a glance, just how well the Seller has performed in the past, giving you a much appreciated degree of comfort and confidence in your purchasing decision. So, Comcero Sellers are not just willing - at a glance you can see whether they're trustworthy too.

Last, but not least, when the service has been provided and the transaction is complete, you have all the reassurance of knowing an audit trail exists which documents the entire relationship between Buyer and Seller. A record of every piece of information exchanged and every on-line dialogue that's taken place. This brings a new level of accountability and transparency to every Buyer and Seller relationship.

With Comcero, it's not just simply a case of finding you the service you want - it's more about getting the service in the way you want it.

The economic downturn has made life extremely difficult for small businesses (SMEs) who perhaps don't have the resource, to trade their way through this period of uncertainty and eke out new business.

So, imagine what it would be like to have genuine, high quality, new business leads delivered automatically right into your lap. That's the reality when you're a registered Comcero Seller.

When someone who seeks a service, posts a need that is covered by your service offering, you receive details immediately and are invited to tender. You'll be given an indication of how good a fit your service offer is. Importantly, you are anonymous to the Buyer until you decide to give this up - this is when you accept a Buyer's invitation to participate in the shortlist.

But, of course, Comcero isn't just a way of generating good quality leads. It isn't just a way of securing important new contracts for work - Comcero goes much, much further.

In fact, Comcero is an innovative and ground-breaking development for SME's everywhere, because it gives you simple-to-use and highly effective customer relationship management tools right at your fingertips - quite literally. This means, at a glance, you'll be able to see which tenders and jobs offer most profit, your revenue pipelines, your work scheduling and more. All the information you need to help you plan ahead and run your business more efficiently, more successfully and more profitably. In other words, Comcero puts you in control of your business.

Another highly attractive feature of Comcero is that, at the same time as giving Sellers plenty of new business leads; it won't be hitting you in the pocket. In fact, Comcero is free.

Comcero represents a leap forward for SME's everywhere.

On the one hand, it's a genuinely independent, very cost effective new business generator where Sellers know when shortlisted they'll be up against a maximum 4 competitors - and competing on a level playing-field where they'll be judged on price, reputation and service. Just the way Sellers want it to be.

On the other hand, Comcero puts a bona fide management tool right into the hands of SME's - for free. An easy-to-use on-line environment that allows Sellers to see a snapshot of their business, make informed decisions and manage entire sales lifecycles from initial lead through to the completion of the job.

We believe Comcero is going to change the way we buy and sell services. Forget Yell.com. Put down your copy of the Yellow Pages or Thomsons Directory. They're about to become a thing of the past. Because Comcero is not just a website that matches a Buyer's service need to an appropriate provider. Matching is only one part of the process.

Comcero goes far beyond that. For Buyers, it offers the easiest way to locate, compare and select the most appropriate Seller. For Sellers, it creates a whole new lead generation service. Comcero offers something neither Buyer nor Seller has had before - namely, an unprecedented level of control, the tools to manage and communicate with each other during fulfilment of the service need.

Simple-to-use, convenient and integrated, it is the buying and selling marketplace that consumers and businesses alike are looking for now. Comcero makes selecting, acquiring and selling a service on-line as normal, commonplace and everyday as finding a product on eBay or information on Google.