Using the Exchanges feature, organizations can offer their
members, staff, constituents and others the opportunity to operate public or
private exchanges for the purpose of selling products, promoting jobs, posting
resumes, running speakers bureaus, songs and document selling and other sharing
networks.Create public participation
exchanges such as resume and job posting boards, vendor operated catalogs,
trainer or speakers bureaus, and other visitor operated organization sponsored
bazaars or markets.Define a virtually
unlimited number of exchanges which can be public or private, free of charge or
on a fee paid basis. Payment for participation can be accepted online using
credit cards or other payment options. The Exchanges Feature differs from the
Online Product Catalog Feature in that it fosters commerce or exchange between
a defined group of external participants,
such as members and service providers, which does not involve your organization
directly.
Exchanges feature benefits include:
Members,
staff, constituents and others can operate public or private exchanges.
Maintain
product exchanges, service exchanges, job posting exchanges, resume
posting exchanges, speakers bureaus, art galleries, lost and found, used
equipment exchange,trainer
consultancies and all sorts of other transaction networks.
Define
an unlimited number of exchanges.
Exchange
listings can be free of charge or on a fee paid basis.
User
defined exchange fields.
Customize
field display and search template distinctly for each exchange.
Provide
photo insert capability.
Exchanges
can be entirely visitor maintained or under the control of your organization.
Accept
exchange use payment online.
Some of the components, fields and settings of the Exchanges
feature, discussed in detail in this chapter, are: