Get Ready the all new BT Tradespace

Working harder for you

We've done everything we can to make your Tradespace better for you. Below is a snapshot of what's new and what's changing, but it's mainly relevant to those Tradespacers who have a live Tradespace site.

If you still haven't made your BT Tradespace account live, please refer to the emails we've recently sent you to reset your password and make your account live. It's quick, easy and makes sure you’ll benefit from our improvements.

But, if you do have a Tradespace site with content then read on to get ready for the launch....

Keywords and categorisation

The new BT Tradespace is driven by keywords - in fact, search has taken over the categories (which we've removed) because it works better to give people what they are looking for. So instead of getting customers to browse, to help you be found, you'll have the opportunity to use keywords for every item you add to your Tradespace, helping you rank better on any search engine! However, we'll only be moving the first six keywords listed within your Tradespace Manager.
Your Tradespace Site Statistics

Our aim with the new BT Tradespace is to make things more efficient for you. So we've ditched the current traffic reports as we now know they pick up search robots which distort your reports. But, we've teamed up with the experts and recommend you set up a Google Analytics account which you can plug into your Tradespace to compare Tradespace traffic vs. your website traffic. After all, no one does it better than Google.
Your blog

Your blog will be migrated over but will now be called 'News & posts'. Instead of random comments on posts, we want to encourage your customers to leave testimonials that will help drive your business. In fact, because your network of friends, colleagues and customers get updates from your 'news & posts', you can now publish info about your events here!
Ratings and reviews

Research shows that customer referrals are now leading the way in driving sales. So the new BT Tradespace is built to help your online reputation. We've lost the five star rating and old reviews in favour of 'Testimonials'. Plus customers can now become fans of your business. So once we're live, don't forget to get your happy customers to leave you a testimonial.
Photos

We're relocating all your pictures and making the feature more flexible, meaning you can have larger file sizes and more image sizes to play with.
Products and services

You don't have to worry; all the products you've got listed currently will be transferred into the new galleries and will also be moved into the shop.

But, buying and selling has changed and we've made things mega secure now. So, in order to make your products visible in your Tradespace shop you'll need to either get a PayPal account (if you don't have one) or re-enable/activate your existing PayPal account and download the security certificate. This way, customers know you're a safe business to buy from.

If you have services listed, they will be transferred to a separate services area. You will need to enable your BT 'Book it now' account from your 'My Tradespace' area to get the most of taking online bookings.
Videos

We've improved the whole process now so it's pretty simple, but to ensure you get the benefit of adding specific keywords to your video files and serve it from one location, we need you to upload your videos again once we launch. We understand this sounds frustrating but we promise it will be a painless experience.
Podcasts

Since video is the latest format to drive traffic, we're losing the podcasts feature altogether. But don't just throw away that time and effort - we suggest turning your material into video to benefit from our new features.
Communities and events

Communities are now core to the new BT Tradespace. We wanted to ensure that you get more from your community conversations so we're moving only a few communities with buzz. Of course, you'll still be able to set up new communities with enhanced features and, everyone will automatically become a member of 'The Lounge', our most active community so all is not lost.
Terms and conditions

Due to the improvements we’ve made to BT Tradespace we’ve needed to alter our terms and conditions. You can see the changes to our terms and conditions and on our conditions of use .