Frequently Asked Question |
| How do I subscribe as a paid subscription user? |
| What are the four types of subscription? |
| What are the differences between the four subscriptions? |
| How much does a Subscription cost? |
| How can I activate my subscription if I missed a payment? |
| Do I need a credit card to become a subscriber? |
| When will I be charged the first subscription fee? |
| What are the Transaction Fee amounts? |
| What is Search for Today's Tender? |
| How can I view detailed active tenders and today's tenders? |
| What is Keyword Search? |
| What is Pinpoint or Advance Search? |
| How can I get detailed archive tender? |
| How do I subscribe as a paid subscription user? |
If you are new to tendertimes.com, click "Register" from the Home page and you'll be guided through the registration process, where you can choose your subscription type.
If you are currently registered but not yet a subscriber, you can subscribe to any of our 4 levels, Half Yearly, Yearly, 2 Years, or 3 Years from the Subscription page after login. |
| What are the four types of subscription? |
| tendertimes.com offers four levels of subscription — Half Yearly, Yearly, 2 Years or select 3 Years package.
Half Yearly package is a simple listing of all the tenders as your business opportunities online from the tender issuing authorities asking for participants. This is the best way to learn about the feature richness of tendertimes.com's facility for the entire business class in the shortest time.
Yearly package enables you to choose from the array of tenders you want to participate in and is ideal for those who want an affordable, easy-to-use platform to catch hold of the market where their services may be required online.
2 Years package is an advanced solution for those who want to aggressively grow their online business without any interruption for the chosen 2 year time period as well as evading any escalation of cost. With this package, you have access to a lot of tenders as project leads of course with our high value back-office assistance.
3 Years package is the most complete solution for those who want to maximize their exposure and business opportunities. You receive all of the professional & enhanced benefits, plus exclusivity of helping your company/organization to not only cut costs but also to assure itself that the next 3 years the services from tendertimes.com continue without any hitches and cost escalation issues from our end.
Paid Up Service users can subscribe to any level at a Half Yearly, Yearly, 2 Years or 3 Years rates. 2 Years and 3 Year subscriptions are available at a significant discount off the full fee calculated otherwise even if you compare it with our competitors by more than 50%. |
| What is the differences between the four subscriptions? |
| tendertimes.com offers four levels of subscription — Half Yearly, Yearly, 2 Years or select 3 Years package.
The difference is only in the four variants of paid up services for a subscriber is:
Flexibility to switch over to a advanced level of paid up service always co-exist and the subscriber can choose to shift from one level to the other at any given point of time. There are no other differences except that the subscriber gets an additional advantage of saving his company/organization to save cost as the 3 Years package comes in with a no hike guarantee.
Even if any serious competition is reviewed with Paid Up Services from tendertimes.com it will be found that there is a cost advantage of up to 75% for users and there is a better quality check tendertimes.com maintains since day 1 of our existence.
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| How much does a Subscription cost? |
A Half Yearly package is listing of tenders and business information in our portal for users for a period six months only. This is an ideal way to check and leverage from the tendertimes.com’s services. This subscription includes the ability to create a user profile. Your profile will also be included in listings and search results.
An Yearly package enables you to participate in all the tenders of your interest area at an affordable, easy-to-use platform to look for a market for your services online through tendertimes.com. This subscription includes about 300 tenders per day and the ability to create a custom profile. You will also be included in listings and search results.
The 2 Years package is an advanced solution for those who want to aggressively grow their online business through participation in tenders. With this package, you have access to the project leads for the next 2 years and on top of that tendertimes.com back-office assistance. This subscription includes 300 tenders per month and of course the ability to create a custom profile. You may also utilize our collaboration and billing & payment tools and will be included in listings and search results.
The 3 Year package is the most complete solution for those who want to maximize their exposure and business opportunities. You receive all of the professional & enhanced benefits, with exclusive leads for the next 3 years without the fear of loosing business as well as an assurance of no price escalation from tendertimes.com on its professional services. Here you get tenders from the Select Tender Issuing Authorities and also get mails from tendertimes.com on special offers for its other varied services. Finally, you have the ability to create a custom profile. You will also display a select seal and be featured in listings and search results. If you are already registered, you can upgrade to any level of subscription.
When you subscribe to tendertimes.com, you choose a Half Yearly, Yearly, 2 Years or 3 Years Subscriptions.
SUBSCRIPTION DISCOUNT: Sign up for a longer duration of subscription and get HUGE discount plus benefits on each renewal of subscription on your most valuable subscription.
Half Yearly subscription would cost you just Rs.2650/- i.e. 50% less than our nearest competition.
tendertimes.com has been allowing subscribers FREE viewing of tenders for more than 6 years and since our services are now growing with wider coverage and facilities adding up making our overhead shoot drastically up so we are charging our valued customers a very nominal fee less than 50-90% than any other tendering portal.
1 Year : The 365 days of subscription will cost you Rs.4625/-
2 Years : This 730 days of subscription would cost you Rs.8200/-
3 Years : This 1095 days of subscription would cost you Rs.11350/-
Plus Service Tax as applicable by Government. Present rate is 12.24%
** The charges for the 3 Years package will not change during the next 1095 days which is an extra advantage over all the other advantages of a Paid User/Subscriber. |
| How can I activate my subscription if I missed a payment? |
You have options for paying the subscription fee if you missed a payment.
Login from tendertimes.com Home Page, if your account has expired, you will immediately be redirected to the Payment page. If you want to renew your subscription, just complete the payment details and submit. Upon receiving your payment confirmation from bank we will immediately activate your subscription status. |
| Do I need a credit card to become a subscriber? |
tendertimes.com does not require a credit card for subscribing to our services. Your subscription fee may be paid through Demand Drafts.
Your subscription status will not be activated until tendertimes.com receives your payment. Existing users who are already registered with tendertimes.com are encouraged to enter the payment details for the subscription you choose after login. Upon receiving your payment confirmation from bank we will immediately activate your subscription status.
Please do not forget to mention your Customer ID when referring to any payment, deposit or refunds for your tendertimes.com subscription account in your correspondence be it via email or any other media. |
| When will I be charged the first subscription fee? |
| You will be charged the first subscription fee immediately upon completing the sign-up process. This first charge will cover your subscription for the full term (Half Yearly, Yearly, 2 Years or 3 Years). |
| What are the Transaction Fee amounts? |
| There is no Transaction Fee as the subscription amount you pay once for the chosen period of service is the only charge in addition to a service charge of 12.24% as per the government rules. For more about Service Tax Look at Page 14. More Info |
| What is Search for Today's Tender? |
| The Tenders which are published or advertised today in various leading dalies, Trade Journals and Corporate websites of various organisations for inviting bidders or contractors to participate and will be subsequently Live till a particular due date are termed as Today's Tenders. |
| How can I view detailed today's tenders? |
| To view a detail tender you have to login from the home page of tendertimes.com. After login you can find the “Top Tenders Today” link. If you click on this link it will show all the high level information of the tenders. In every high level information there will be “View” link on the right. Clicking on it will open the detailed scan image of the tender. |
| What is Keyword Search? |
| For Items/Work not covered in the listed categories, Key Word Search will give the desired result. The function is very simple. Just enter the Key Words in the space provided in the Top Left of the Front Page and, click the Go button. The Key Word/Words you choose could be an Item/Work, Name of Location, Name of Tender Authority, etc. The powerful Search engine will pick up those Tenders which contain the Key Words in the Text Matter of the Tender Notice. |
| What is Pinpoint Search? |
| This efficient Search Engine, designed exclusively for users of tendertimes.com, filters to Tenders of your interest. Just click on the word Pinpoint in the Top left side of the Front page-Choose the time period, Location of Tender Authority, Venue of Tender Opening, Type of Item/work, type of Tender, Last date for Bid collection/submission and the order in which you would like the search result to be arranged and then, SUBMIT by clicking the appropriate button provided at the bottom of the Pinpoint page. |
| How can I get detailed archive tender? |
| To get detail archive tender you have to login from the home page of tendertimes.com. You have to search tender from Keyword Search by entering the exact phrase and selecting the Archive radio button. You can also search archive tenders from Advance Search by entering the date range. Search result will show all the high level information of the tenders with a “On Request” hyperlink on the right. If you click on the link it will redirect you to “On Request” page where you have to confirm the request. An email with the attachment of the scanned PDF file will be sent to you within 24 hours. |