Product-based companies can find huge advantages in utilizing e-commerce stores (indeed, with the advent of such online purchasing portals as Amazon and eBay, it's become something of a necessity to compete). However, simply posting goods on your website without having the traffic does little in the way of benefit, and merchant service fees on online purchasing can be a little higher than in-person sales. This doesn't even begin to address the problems faced by small business manufacturers without much sales experience or power behind them.

Although the Chamber would never claim to have the same level of traffic as some of the more well-known e-commerce portals, we can offer a viable alternative for small businesses looking to engage in business-to-business (or business-to-government) transactions as opposed to just business-to-consumer (though, that is an option still). Designed in a similar fashion to the Advantage Program of the General Services Administration, it does allow for more fluidity, less restrictions, and more availability without the stringent procedures of its government counterpart.

Click on the red headers to the right to navigate through various company's e-Stores, and gain access to some truly amazing deals.