Vendor Reviews: Quality versus Quantity

Posted by JC Cameron July 25th, 2008 in General

As a business owner for more than 15 years, I know the value of good recommendations from my network of contacts.  Word-of-mouth referrals has been and will continue to be the best way to find quality vendors and partners.  That first-hand, real-life, intimate knowledge of what it is like to work with a vendor provides you and your company with valuable insight into whether or not they would be a good fit.

We are bringing that trusted source of valuable vendor insight online.  As a business owner, you don’t need a list of 50 different website design companies.  You just need 2 or 3 really good ones to choose from.  But, you need to know and trust that they are indeed excellent choices.  Without that trust and knowledge that the recommendations are real and can be counted upon, you cannot be sure how much value to place upon them.  Well, that’s where we come in. 

The recommendations you find in VendorCity will have been vetted and proven to be the result of two companies who did indeed do business together.  Longer term, you’ll also be able to see the specific recommendations from people you have connected with (colleagues, partners, clients, and friends) and those recommendations will be shown and highlighted to emphasize the additional trust that you place on referrals from people you know. 

Additionally, our site is being designed and improved to become the first place you visit when you have business needs.  From finding vendors and learning how to select them to resources and people who can help make your company successful, we hope that VendorCity will become your first source of information to help build and grow your company.

What kinds of information and resources would you like to have in one central place?  What kinds of events would you want to know about and how can we enhance the information to make VendorCity the place you come first when you have a business need?

Let us know!