Sesalos is proud to announce the recent launch of the Durban Chamber of Commerce & Industry Website. Sesalos was commissioned by the Chamber to map out their online strategy for the next 5 years and beyond. The result is one of the most advanced website and intranets ever built for a Chamber of Commerce anywhere in the world. A number of chambers around the globe are going to be  making use of the global networking and intertrade database engine that has been created to better serve chamber members. Feel free to read the following Chamber Digest article outlining some of the features and services provided through the website. 

The New Durban Chamber of Commerce & Industry Website

We are excited to announce the launch of new services and technologies that will further enhance the value that the Durban Chamber of Commerce is able to add to your business. At the heart of the new services is our powerful and interactive new website with innovative management systems.

Please visit the website at www.durbanchamber.co.za  and call the membership department to get your username and password so that you can access all the member only features of the site. The Chamber is now better equipped than ever to offer services that truly add value to your bottom line.

To help clarify our diverse service offerings, we have divided our services into 5 broad categories to help members find what they need quickly and easily.
The voice of business
Information
Services
Networking
Marketing


My Chamber
To refine the member experience we have created a special landing page called “My Chamber” where each user can customise their interation with the chambers services. Each member can choose to display quick-links to the information and services they require regularly so that they have instant access to whatever they need. From this starting point our members are able to browse deeper into the site and access the full spectrum of services.

Manage Member Details
Within the "My Chamber" page our members can now also manage their own details ensuring that their company information is always up to date. Chamber members can also create additional site users, thus enabling multiple employees of one chamber member company to interact with the chamber using their own unique username and password.

The “My Chamber” page also hosts a number of new services that can streamline the productivity of our members including a full calendering system & online quotation system.

A customised intelligent seach engine allows members to quickly find what they need, including information, services, member details and much more.

The Chamber logo is available to members for download in a variety of formats and configurations for various member display situations including, company stationery, company premises and websites.

Committee Interaction
Chamber committees are a vital element in the chambers role of lobbying government & other stakeholders on behalf of Durban business. We have taken the interaction of the committees with our membership to new level through use of powerful online communication tools including access to up to date terms of reference, committee calendars, minutes, news, message systems and most importantly an online interactive meeting agenda system where Chamber members can contribute issues to be discussed at committee meetings.

A wide selection of international trade and general business information is available through the chamber website. This information is now directly updated to the website via the staff responsible, therefor ensuring that the website is now a to minute accurate information repository.

Customisable Live streams of Local and International business news as well as currency rates and economic indicators are available on the website ensuring that our members can use the Chamber as their primary business information source.

Member to Member Quotelink
One of the most exciting and valuable new services is the Member to Member quotelink system. Chamber members are able request quotations from members in any particular sector and then receive and authorise these quotes from the messaging system on their “My Chamber” page. Our mutual rating submission system ensures that chamber members provide each other with products and services of the higest quality and creates a true trusted business environment within the Chamber.

The Global chamberlink system will be launching in the second half of the the year. This system gives the member to member quotelink international reach by allowing members from different chambers around the world to request and submit quotations to each other and turns the Durban Chamber into an exclusive international networking portal.

Advertising
Members can post free classified advertisements, member to member discount vouchers, and good news stories on the Marketing section of the chamber website.
Chambers members get a reduced rate for advertising in the chamber digest and on the chamber website. The new banner ad management system ensures that chamber members are able to monitor exactly what value they are receiving for their chamber advertising.

The Durban Chamber of Commerce & Industry is truly excited to present these new services to our members and prospective members. We invite you to become part of a local and international community of interconnected business.

Get connected to the ultimate business network.