ABOUT
US: WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO
We are an independent and privately owned CMS network
of interlinked ’sister’ websites. ‘Zambia Online Network’ is
what we chose to call this CMS. All websites link to an array
of distinct web services and resources such as
news,
web
directory,
online communities,
b2b online trade,
marketing,
advertising,
jobs &
careers,
classifieds,
auctions,
shopping-cart
and other general web-based services and e-commerce
applications. Essentially, each site is distinct in function
and operates independent of the others, with an own database.
Our sites are built on the viable “LAMP” solution stack: Linux
(operating system), Apache (Server), MySQL (database) and PHP
(scripting language).
An integral part of our network is the
web directory, the ‘Zambia Online Directory’ (or ‘Zambia
Web Directory)’. Apart from being a good platform for
news-sharing and social commentary, the directory is without
doubt Zambia’s most complete, all-inclusive online website
directory and links database on Zambia, featuring
business links,
government,
community and personal websites et cetera. The aim is to
feature (possibly) all Zambian or Zambia-affiliated websites
on the World Wide Web. Listing is free for both businesses and
private individuals or entities, and any Zambian /
Zambia-affiliated website would be added for free. Simply
contact us for your link’s inclusion. Guests can register for
membership and also apply to be editors. In general, certain
website features may require membership. Zambia Online
directory is a rich and free source of diverse and
meticulously collated information and resources about Zambia.
Some of the websites in our network are commercial—(the
rest are not)—in
function, content and consistence. Essentially, our network
consists of inward-pointing links to user-specific areas of
e-commerce or other interest (as specified above) for direct
B2B Online Trading, Product Marketing, Advertising, Business
Listing / Leads, Online Auctions, Jobs & Careers, Classifieds,
Shopping, Articles and much more.
MISSION STATEMENT
TO FOSTER EASY, SAFE & FAST
ONLINE BUSINESS DEALS & ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS, EFFICIENT
INFORMATION-ARCHIVING, EFFECTIVE INFORMATION-SHARING & TO
PROMOTE CONSTRUCTIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING TAILORED FOR ZAMBIA:
- To promote
uncomplicated online business exchange and to create and
sustain an independent, efficient and FREE online business /
trading platform, especially for private individuals or
entities that may otherwise face insurmountable barriers
elsewhere in their drive to do so;
- To provide
an online advertising showcase for Zambians in Zambia and
abroad, Zambian and Zambia-affiliated organisations, Zambian
and Zambia-affiliated websites on the Web and also for
enhancement of Zambian businesses, services and products;
- To promote
online social networking with strict and secure member
privacy settings;
- To share
and exchange meaningful information about Zambia in a
responsible and educative manner.
WEBSITE SERVICE OVERVIEW
E-Commerce Services &
Applications; Online sales; Web directory / Web listings /
links; Business listings; Online Shop; Online seller shops;
Custom Search Engine; Advertising services (Text, Banner,
Flash/Video & Pixel Ads; Affiliate Advertising); Web &
Multimedia Design; Creative writing / articles; Information
management; News; miscellaneous online resources.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
We
are a business entity registered in Zambia as NETSHOP
ENTERPRISES—under Business Certificate Registration # 123947
of September 20, 2005—with the Patents and Companies
Registration Office (PACRO), Mwayi House, Haile Selassie
Avenue, P.O. Box 32020 at Longacres in Lusaka, Zambia,
pursuant to Section 5 of the Registration of Business Names
Act, Cap. 389, of the Common Laws of Zambia.
PRODUCT SERVICES & RESOURCES
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Zambia Online Directory
is a professional, all-inclusive resource repository
and links database of Zambian websites.
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Online News
featuring relevant Zambian and international news
stories delivered in a non-partisan way and pooled in
from a diversity of sources, Zambian and non-Zambian.
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Job Portal
for both job seekers and employers. Job Search.
Uploadable CVs, Cover Letters and resumes by job
seekers. Instantaneous online applications.Company
profile page with employer’s company logo, link to
employer’s website and detailed company/business
information.
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Article Portal
where registered users can post and share articles
stored in categories covering all major areas of human
knowledge / endeavour.
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Online Gallery
featuring a diversity of photographic images stored
in relevant categories. With "latest images" feature
and users can directly post an image from their hard
drive to suggest for (possible) inclusion.
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Our powerful custom-made Search Engine which is
configured to index all Zambia-Online.com websites,
other websites in our network and still other
(Zambian) websites (as) recorded in the Zambia Online
directory.
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B2B Marketplace & Trade Portal.
Business directory and business-to-business online
trading platform for business or private individuals
or entities that wish to showcase their business
product(s) or service(s).
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Online Auctions
website that facilitates the online placement of
items or services for sale in 4 auction placement
formats, viz.: (i)Standard Auction, (ii)Fixed-price,
(iii)Classified, (iv)‘Dutch Auction’.
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Online Classifieds
website that facilitates the online placement of
classifieds or classified listings for items or
services for sale and enables the sale of
items/services in the fixed-price classified format
with “Buy Now” option (especially for tangible goods).
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Online Shop
where we feature and sell some of our retail products
such as consumer electronics. With “Buy Now” option.
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Online Advertising
on our websites. All websites in our network feature
automated click-based (CPC), time-based (CPT) or
impressions-based (CPI) advertising (including
‘rotation ads’) for Users’ website(s) / banner(s) or
for their business product(s) or service(s).
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Affiliate Advertising
or Affiliate Marketing / Resell Advertising for
ad publishers that would wish to feature our ads on
their websites and earn some extra cash for that!
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Pixel Advertising
is a form of display advertising on a selected area of
our website, in which the cost of each advertisement
is calculated dependent on the number of pixels it
occupies.
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Link Exchange
feature for anyone who'd quickly like to add their
website's link to our free directory.
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Info Pages. We help in hosting, administering and
operating online social networks or online
communities, such as the multi-tier social network
portal that fully incorporates the official website of
the Zambia Association of Musicians (ZAM).
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FAQ
Section for all Frequently Asked Questions.
Sub-divided into categories that reflect all
websites/sub-domains & services comprised in our
portal / network.
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The
Helpdesk is a customer support service meant
particularly for our registered members or returning
service customers, from anywhere on the Zambia-Online
websites or sub-domains, anywhere in our network.
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Online Trade
Most of the websites
in our network are commercial in content and consistence.
Essentially, our network consists of inward-pointing links to
user-specific areas of e-commerce interest for direct
B2B Online Trading, Product Marketing,
Advertising & Affiliate Advertising, Business Listing,
Online Auctions,
Classifieds, direct
Online Shopping etc.
Resources
An integral part of our
network is the web directory, the ‘Zambia
Online directory’ (or ‘Zambia web directory’). Apart from
being a good platform for
news-sharing and social commentary, the directory is
without doubt Zambia’s most complete, all-inclusive online
website directory and links database (on Zambia), featuring
business links,
government,
community and personal websites. The aim is to feature
(possibly) all Zambian or Zambia-affiliated websites on the
World Wide Web. Listing is free for both businesses and
private individuals or entities, and any Zambian /
Zambia-affiliated website would be added for free. Simply
contact us for your link’s inclusion in teh directory.
Guests can register for membership (to submit and edit their
links) and also apply to be editors. In general, certain
website features (such as auto-submission of links) may
require membership. Zambia Online directory is a rich and free
source of diverse and meticulously collated information and
resources about Zambia.
Other resources include
news,
Jobs &
Careers,
articles, a
photo gallery and our powerfully refined
search engine that searches internally across our
network(s) and also externally across other (Zambian or
affiliates') websites or websites that we do not own or
control.
Advertising
All websites feature
automated click-based (CPC), time-based (CPT) or
impressions-based (CPI) advertising (including ‘rotation ads’)
for Users’ website(s) / banner(s) or for their business
product(s) or service(s). We accept text, hypertext, an image,
an image map, or flash, javascript or HTML code as ONE OBJECT
ELEMENT only (i.e. no Frames, Framesets or iFrames are
allowed!). Our standrad banner / text ad resolutions are (in
Pixels): 960x123, 540x290, 468x60, 160x600, 120x600.
Maximum ad size is 750KB. Allowed file formats are: *.txt,
*.html, *.gif, *.png, *.jpg, *.mp3, *.swf, *.js, *.flv, *.wmv.
Others may also be permissible. We also offer
pixel advertising and
affiliate marketing or resell advertising. There is also a
free online directory which facilitates a link exchange
between our websites and any user.
All advertising is controlled via a single sub-domain
http://advertising.zambia-online.com.
Interactive / Online Community Network
We help in hosting,
administering and operating the multi-tier social network
portal that fully incorporates the official website of the
Zambia Association of Musicians (ZAM), and also serves as an
online social network or community portal (ZAM
Online Social Network) with a jobs/careers directory,
business directory, search functionality at all levels, member
profiles, including a diversity of applications for creating
an unlimited number of friends, member groups, member blogs,
discussion forums, event calendars, listings, articles, group
pages, business pages and much more. Other applications
include real-time chat, upload application for videos, photos
and music, and many web-based services applications and
plugins. The ZAM Online Social Network has a user-specific
settings-based, unlimited, multi-tier ‘bread-crumb’ structural
hierarchy of links, categories and sub-categories within
groups, friends, forums, uploaded videos, photo albums etc.
Secure instant online payment gateway integration (via Credit
Card, PayPal or 2CheckOut) is available. Facebook connectivity
is integrated. Privacy and security settings are configurable
in a wide variety of ways to eventually suit every member’s
particular liking. Membership registration on the site is not
necessary but recommended. Membership is FREE.
Help & Support
If you have any queries
about our services or practices, please use the
contact form or visit our
FAQ Pages for detailed information. You may also
post a query at the FAQ Pages. If you're already a
registered member or a returning service customer, including
at any of the sub-domains of Zambia-Online.com, you may
contact us directly by posting a fast ticket via the
Customer Service Helpdesk. For site navigation, refer to
our sitemap.
Affiliate Membership
An affiliate member of
Zambia Online Network is any entity that
registers
as a Partner and is confirmed by this network's Admin as
such.
Zambia Online Network's
Affiliate Partners ("AFFILIATE MEMBERS") are those invited to
register here as such, or who offer / apply / request or
qualify to register as such. An "Affiliate Member" basically
means any entity that not only shares / advertises its
website's link in the
main directory of this website, the
homepage (or
https://zambia-online.com/...),
but also owns or runs a website and would publish our logo &
homepage link on any page(s) in the main directory of their
own website, with the link kept active at all times and
tracing back to the (main) homepage of this website. Alternatively,
an "Affiliate" here could also be any entity or anyone that
wishes to pay to publish their link(s) in the main directory of this website and also access other
special (affiliate) membership services offered by Zambia
Online Network websites, including all major paid services on
the sub-domains, before their link's inclusion in our
websites' main installation directory would be effected,
their inclusion to the
Root Categories of our website.
Non-Profit entities are exempt from any form of payment in
order for them to be Affiliates of this website and can
request for Affiliate Membership or register as Affiliates
anytime.
Business entities are also welcome to join as Affiliates
anytime.
NOTE:
Anyone or any entity wishing to just add a link for free to our
diversified
online website directory can do that by following this
link:
http://directory.zambia-online.com
Visit the FAQ Section of our
network to view the
complete list of affiliate membership benefits and
for more details:
http://faq.zambia-online.com/faq_qanda.php?id=84
GENERAL WEBSITE GUIDELINES:
Updated:
2011-07-01
GLOBAL SYSTEM ADMIN
ZAMBIA ONLINE NETWORK
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