NEW Online business directory in Qatar!!!
The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) will launch an interactive online business directory next month.
Disclosing this yesterday, the project manager of the ictQATAR development department Eyas Orabi said the first phase of the interactive online “business-to-consumer and business-to-business” directory would be accessible round-the-clock.
Orabi said www.farhasqatar.com would make it easy for people to search for local businesses by their name, location, and other details.
Farhasqatar, he said, would enable local businesses to reach potential and existing customers through professional and detailed web presence.
Business firms could enhance their online profiles to include more than just standard contact information, the ictQATAR official said.
He added that firms could showcase product catalogues, include special promotions and also have provision for messaging customers directly.
The ictQATAR official stressed the businesses need to have a strong online presence while effectively competing for customers these days. “Farhasqatar would allow businesses to market themselves effectively without having to necessarily create their own separate website,” he added.
He said after the first phase next month, the website would undergo massive changes in the coming months on the basis of the feedback from the public.
The official disclosed that ictQATAR is working currently to increase both the number of businesses included in the searchable database and the site’s additional functions. He said there is no upfront charge for firms to register and detailed online presence on Farhasqatar helps them to make the right first impression with every potential customer.
Orabi said besides searchable directory profiles, Farhasqatar will have classified advertisements, business articles, useful links and monthly newsletters that will include new business openings and special offers.
Development Programme Enterprise Development official Mohamed M al-Yahri was also present. The website has been designed to view it and utilise it in a variety of formats, including mobile phones and PDAs in addition to standard PC devices.
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Thank GOD such website has been launched as i was getting very upset with questions in QL related to contact details of a specific entity. Anyhow, this will surely be helpful for all Qatari Residents and Internationally too
As I experienced...Advgulf provides the free business directory
It's free and user friendly web portal. any one can add company/Business here.
Main advantage of this website is- it cover all countries in the Middle East not only in Qatar. Once add your business- any time details can modify through members area
Link: http://advgulf.com/chk-listed.php
There is already Qatcom Yellow and qtel white pages, as well as 180, but no one bothers to use these. We will continue to see questions asked on QL because:
a) people don't know about such sites, and/or
b) they are too lazy to search and prefer to pester people here for info they could easily find elsewhere, and
c) what's Google anyway? ;o)