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ELIGIBILITY TO JOIN
* To join the NBWE network, you must either reside or conduct your business within the wider northern region of Sydney (broadly speaking the area bounded by Sydney CBD to Hornsby to Palm Beach to Manly to Sydney).
* Exhibiting at expos is entirely optional, and many members choose to join us just to be listed and access our web and Facebook traffic.
* All members have a common membership expiry date of 23rd April, at which time invitations will be made to renew for twelve months.
* Only NBWE members may exhibit at our expos.
* Some outside-of-area or online businesses may be offered membership in certain service categories where these are not sufficiently available in our area.
* Expos on the Northern Beaches are conducted and promoted under the NBWE name. Expos on the North Shore are conducted and promoted under the NSWE name. We operate two different websites and you are listed on both for the same fee when you join. These are www.nbwe.com.au and www.nswe.com.au
* NBWE reserves the sole right to approve new memberships, continuing memberships and membership renewals. NBWE will decide the number of members allowed in each service category on the website and at expos.
JOINING OPTIONS
* For new, small or developing businesses, a Standard Page provides a low cost webpage with basic features.
* For established businesses, a Custom Page provides a wider range of design features for an enhanced web profile.
* The Standard Page provides approximately 150 words of text and an image that is sized to fit within a 500px square window, a bold font business name, plus a contact details box which includes an email and website link. The page layout is in black and white, with no colour options (apart from your image), nor is font selection or a logo space available. Click here to see an example of a Standard Page.
* The Custom Page has a wider range of features, including a logo, a Send More Information feature, a larger image, a range of colour backgrounds and fonts. There are also five different page layout designs to provide more flexibility to meet your particular requirements. Click on these to see the range of layout design options: Custom Page 1, Custom Page 2, Custom Page 3, Custom Page 4, Custom Page 5.
* All webpages include an "auto-notifier" feature. Each time your webpage is visited, an email is generated informing you of the visit. This feature provides a "real-time" measure of how much exposure your page is receiving.
JOINING REQUIREMENTS
* New members need to supply the separate components that will be used to build their webpage, depending on whether they are joining with a Standard Page or a Custom Page. The separate components are: a textual description of their product or service as a ".doc" or "rtf" file; an image/logo as a jpeg file at pixel size specified; plus contact details such as address, contact numbers, email and/or weblink. Just email this material to richardalaba@optusnet.com.au
* New Custom Page members may suggest one of the five template designs, but the final decision is based on the supplied material and how it best suits the template. Layout and/or colour suggestions are welcome, but are best supplied as a digital representation (as opposed to written descriptions) as your definition of "light blue" may differ from the designers. Page layout suggestions MUST be one of the five available templates (see above). Colours will be chosen to best suit your supplied logo and/or image. As a professional design company, final design decisions rest with the webmanagers, Chilli Creative Co. Changes as distinct from corrections will incur a change fee.
* It is the responsibility of all new members to ensure all contact details and spelling are correct prior to submitting. If an email address is supplied, the members page will include a direct email link as well as a "Visitor Notification" which generates an email to the supplied address each time the page is visited. It is the members responsibility to verify that all of the supplied information and links are correct and functioning within seven days of their page going live. Any corrections (as distinct from changes) that are requested beyond this time will incur a charge.
FEE STRUCTURE
* The joining fee for a Custom Page is $375 (gst inc). This fee includes your first year of membership.
* The joining fee for a Standard Page is $275 (gst inc). This fee includes your first year of membership.
* For either type of page, you may have a duplicate listing in any other category other than your main category for an extra $50 per listing.
* Twelve months membership renewal for both types of pages (23 April to 23 April) is $275 (gst inc).
* For multiple listings, renewal is $50 per listing other than your main category listing.
* For applicants joining part way through the membership year, there is a partial discount of $50 per quarter off the total fee for a Custom Page membership, and $25 per quarter off the total fee for a Standard Page membership.
* An expo advertising levy of $195 is paid for each expo that you attend. The advertising levy covers the cost of advertising each particular expo.
* Expo exhibitors are provided with a trestle table, a white tablecloth and two chairs. A wall space or access to a power outlet cannot be garanteed.
* You may request a change to your webpage at any time. Fees are $60 for an image swap; $60 for a text change; and $180 for a full page revamp. An upgrade from a Standard Page to a Custom Page is $180. All figures quoted include GST.
* Once paid, Membership Fees, Renewal Fees, Webpage change Fees, and Registration Fees are not refundable.
GENERAL EXPO RULES
* Attendence at an expo is via a completed Registration Form and payment of the specified advertising fee for each expo;
* There is a general limit of four exhibitors per category, except where space permits a higher number;
* Venues (other than the host venue) are not eligible to register for expos;
* In categories with more that four members, expo registrations will be on a rotational basis wherever possible;
* Members are not permitted to advertise services other than those stated on their nbwe membership webpage;
* Exhibitors must limit their advertising to the display of their goods and services in the space provided within the expo venue. Distributing advertising anywhere other than the provided expo space is not permitted;
* Pressure selling techniques are not permitted at our expos;
* No direct-to-public retail selling is permitted at any of our expos;
* In the event that serious complaints are made about the services, products or behaviour of a member, NBWE reserves the unconditional right to remove the member from our websites.
JOINING OUR NETWORK
* To join our network, please use the online application form via the link below. When it is filled out and submitted, a copy will be emailed to NBWE/NSWE and a copy sent to your email address.
* Before you apply to join, take the time to read the current and archived copies of the NBWE/NSWE Newsletters which are stored on the Members Only section of this site. The Newsletters give you a fuller picture of Network issues, website visitor statistics, expo rules and other matters that arise from time to time.
* In the interest of balance across the website, some service categories have limits on the number of suppliers that can join at any given time and some categories have specific criteria that must be met before membership is offered. Currently, there is a freeze on new memberships in the categories of celebrants and photographers, and attendance at expos for current members in those categories is based on a calendar-year roster found on the ’members only’ part of this site.
*If you wish to proceed with an application to join us, please make contact via phone (9948 4492) or email to confirm your eligibility to become a member before completing the online application form below.
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