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How BuyTrade works

A clearer path from business search to meaningful connection.

BuyTrade currently helps people discover published businesses through categories, locations and clear public profiles. Broader marketplace workflows are planned and are identified separately on this page.

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Current discovery journey

From a need to a public business profile.

Available now
  1. 01

    Search

    Search for a business need or begin with a category and location.

  2. 02

    Discover

    Review relevant published businesses returned by the public catalogue.

  3. 03

    Understand

    Open a profile to review its public name, description, categories, location and supplied contact information.

  4. 04

    Connect

    Use the contact information the business has chosen to publish, when available.

Two audience paths

Two live paths, each still growing.

People can use public discovery and secure account access today. A verified account can also start a real business profile, edit it, and submit it for review — full profile management (products, services, and enquiries) is still under development.

01

For people looking for businesses

Available now

Live
  1. Search or browse
  2. Refine by category or location
  3. Open a published business profile
  4. Use available public contact details
Start discovering
02

For businesses

Live, expanding

Live
  1. Start a business profile
  2. Edit the draft and submit it for review
  3. View the review outcome, including a rejection reason
  4. Recover a rejected draft and resubmit it
  5. Manage products, services and enquiries once approvedPlanned

A verified, signed-in account can start a real business profile, edit it, and submit it for review today — submitting does not itself publish, verify, or approve anything. Start a business profile, or register for web access first.

The publication boundary

What becomes public—and what does not.

BuyTrade presents a deliberately limited public view so discovery stays useful without exposing internal platform information.

  1. 01

    Only eligible published business profiles appear publicly.

  2. 02

    Public results use approved profile information.

  3. 03

    Account, moderation and administrative information stays outside the public listing.

  4. 04

    Publication is not a legal, financial, product-quality or transaction guarantee.

Platform journey

Discovery today. Marketplace tools tomorrow.

This sequence explains the product direction. Planned steps are roadmap items, not interactive features available today.

  1. 01

    Search

    Available

    Begin with a need, category or location.

  2. 02

    Discover

    Available

    See matching published profiles.

  3. 03

    Review

    Available

    Understand the public business information.

  4. 04

    Connect

    Available

    Use supplied public contact details.

  5. 05

    Account

    Available

    Register, verify, sign in, recover web access, and start a business profile.

  6. 06

    Manage

    Available

    Edit a draft, submit it for review, view the outcome, and recover a rejected draft.

  7. 07

    Grow

    Planned

    CRM and conversion tools for future business activity.

Planned capability register

Beyond public discovery

These capabilities are not yet part of the public web experience.

  • PlannedAutomatic supplier matching and lead distribution for posted requirements
  • PlannedOwner enquiry inbox and management
  • PlannedProduct and service catalogues
  • PlannedFranchise and distribution opportunities
  • PlannedLeads, dashboards and CRM
  • PlannedReviews and subscriptions
  • PlannedReact Native mobile application

Common questions

The useful details, without the fine print maze.

Clear answers about what the current public experience does—and does not—provide.

01Do I need an account to browse businesses?

No. Browsing the public catalogue does not require authentication. You can search and open published business profiles without an account.

02What information appears on a public business profile?

A profile can show the public business name, approved description, active categories, location, and public phone, email or website fields supplied by the business.

03Does a published profile guarantee a business?

No. Publication means the profile satisfies BuyTrade's current publication rules. It is not a legal, financial, product-quality or transaction guarantee.

04Can I post a requirement or send an enquiry?

You can send a public enquiry directly from an eligible business's own profile page today — no account is required, and it is recorded as an enquiry through BuyTrade. Sending an enquiry does not guarantee the business will read or respond to it. A verified, signed-in account can also submit a structured requirement for review — that submission is live today, but automatic supplier matching, lead distribution, and requirement tracking are still planned and not part of the current public web experience.

05Can a business create and manage its profile?

A verified, signed-in account can start a real business profile from the owner dashboard, edit it, and submit it for review — all of that is live today. Submitting does not itself publish, verify, or approve anything; a moderator decides that separately, and the owner can view the outcome, including a rejection reason, and recover a rejected draft to try again. Managing products, services, and enquiries remains in development.

The live BuyTrade experience

Begin with business discovery.

Search the published catalogue by business need, category or location.

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