AllBusiness.com Taps BuyerZone to Deliver Purchasing Guidance and Competitive
Quotes for Business Owners and Managers
Millions of Small Business Owners Provided with Fast and Easy Access to Products, Services
and Information Via BuyerZone's Online Marketplace
WATERTOWN, Mass., (March 29, 2005) - BuyerZone, the leading online
marketplace for business purchasing, announced today that it has launched a partnership
with AllBusiness.com, joining two of the most widely-used online resources for small
business owners nationwide. With the agreement, BuyerZone will provide millions of
small business owners with fast and easy access to its award-winning content and Buyers
Guides plus links to its free "Request for Quotes" service.
BuyerZone's Request for Quotes service allows business owners and managers to compare
competitive quotes from top national and local suppliers across more than 100 high-value
business and industrial purchasing categories. Products, services and equipment in demand
range from phone systems, copiers, payroll services, credit card processing and office
furniture to forklifts, security systems and modular buildings.
AllBusiness.com, a premier Web site for entrepreneurs and small businesses owners, will
now feature BuyerZone's free Request for Quotes service and award-winning Buyers Guides,
enabling their users to make smarter purchasing decisions for high-end products and services.
Additionally, BuyerZone's Business Purchasing Resource Center will now feature AllBusiness.com's
articles, business forms and legal agreement templates.
"Our mission is to help businesses make better purchasing decisions and to run more
efficiently," said Sam Zales, President and CEO of BuyerZone. "This partnership serves
the dual purpose of expanding BuyerZone's access to small businesses and broadening the
purchasing resources available on BuyerZone and our partner's site."
About BuyerZone
Since 1992, BuyerZone has helped millions of businesses save time and money on their
most essential business purchases. With more than $2 billion in business purchasing transactions
facilitated through BuyerZone since 2003, BuyerZone’s service attracts active buyers
seeking purchasing guidance across more than 100 business product and service categories.
BuyerZone’s free Request for Quotes service uses a dynamic matching process to connect
each buyer with the most appropriate providers within a comprehensive network of over 2,500
top local and national suppliers.
BuyerZone has been named to Deloitte's "Technology Fast 50" program for New England
for three consecutive years. BuyerZone is a profitable, privately held, venture-backed
company whose investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Commonwealth Capital Ventures,
BancBoston Ventures, Flagship Ventures and Women’s Capital Growth Fund. Supplier Partners
include Konica Minolta, Lanier, Mitsubishi, NEC, Nortel, Pitney Bowes and Toshiba.
For more information, please visit BuyerZone's web site at http://www.buyerzone.com
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Press Contacts:
Scotty Rill
Senior Marketing Manager
BuyerZone
617-868-5757 ext.112
srill@buyerzone.com
Larry Bouchie
KMC Partners
617-758-4192
larry@kmcpartners.com
