Frequently Asked Questions

What is a BusinessCard2TM?

BusinessCard2TM is the world's first internet business card, featuring an open, fully searchable, and user-driven tool for professional marketing on the web. It has been designed to help you advertise your professional self and operates just like your print business card, but on the web.

What does BusinessCard2TM do?

There are three primary functions one can perform via businesscard2.com:

  1. SEARCH for people. Find product and service providers, employees, colleagues and more. Locate old friends, former classmates, key decision makers or subject matter experts. Prospect for opportunities through others and connect with them directly.
  2. PUBLISH, promote, and advertise yourself by extending a version of your business card to the web. Use BusinessCard2TM to freely connect with new sales channels and increase your visibility on the internet. Brand yourself to the global marketplace and allow others to find you.
  3. WIDGETIZE your professional self. With BusinessCard2TM you get the technology to pass, share, drop, and download business cards on the web. The BusinessCard2TM Widget can be used on websites, forums, blogs, email, and many other locations.

How many people are on the BusinessCard2TM site?

New BusinessCard2TM users are discovering and registering with us every day. Since we're growing so fast, it's difficult to list the exact number of people using BusinessCard2TM at any given time; but we can tell you that we launched Lyro with thousands of users and in 2008 alone we’ve grown to serve hundreds of thousands of users.

What is BusinessCard2TM?

Prior to launching BusinessCard2TM, the team of Workface Inc. tested our technology under the name "Lyro". We appreciate the thousands of people who used Lyro to help us improve the technology. In May 2008 we discontinued the Lyro test and fully implemented the technology into BusinessCard2.

Why would I use BusinessCard2TM?

BusinessCard2TM is a secure, convenient and effective worldwide directory of professionals located within a single online portal. It is novel system that enables you to be searched and found through major search engines (GoogleTM, YahooTM, AskTM). Anyone searching for a professional, a service provider, an expert, an advisor, or a decision maker can usually find the type of person they're looking for in seconds with BusinessCard2TM.

How do I use BusinessCard2TM?

BusinessCard2TM is simple and effective. Go to the site, fill in the search bar with your criteria, and click search. Or, join BusinessCard2TM to create and publish your internet business card with as much or as little information as you like, then connect with other BusinessCard2TM users as appropriate. Build new contacts, find suppliers and/or customers, and connect with business partners with no boundaries or barriers.

How much does a BusinessCard2TM cost?

BusinessCard2TM is fundamentally a free product. We are adding additional unique and enhanced features and functions that can be purchased if you choose, but your basic internet business card WILL ALWAYS BE FREE TO YOU.

What information does BusinessCard2TM display?

That's the beauty of our platform - you can display as much or as little about yourself as you like. The more information you input and upload, the more you make searchable, and thus the greater the likelihood you'll be found by potential customers and partners.

Can I connect with other users?

BusinessCard2TM is perfect for connecting and building relationships. It provides basic contact information - name, company, job title, address, phone number, industry and function and photo, etc. BusinessCard2TM is also a great place to upload files and other digital assets that may be valuable to potential customers. Once you join BusinessCard2TM, you can contact anyone you find within BusinessCard2TM.

Who can use BusinessCard2TM?

Anyone who is a profession that has a product or service to offer (over 66 million in the US alone and over 300 million worldwide. Most of us also use email and the internet to connect with others. BusinessCard2TM combines contact management tools and a self-promotion platform to deliver a secure worldwide directory of professionals within a single website portal. However, we appreciate the fact that our users did not wanted to be limited within a walled garden. Our response was to widgetize the business card for the internet. Neat, huh!

BusinessCard2TM users come from all walks of life: from people who specialize in massage to a bike shop owner, and from a professional pilot to Miss New Jersey. BusinessCard2TM invites all types of business and service people to participate with no limitations on industry, race, or nationality.

Is my information protected if I join?

We realize that privacy and security are very important concerns for anyone that uses the internet. BusinessCard2TM takes all reasonable precautions to keep your information safe and secure. You decide what information will be made publicly accessible.

Why aren't there banner and other advertisements on BusinessCard2TM?

At BusinessCard2TM we believe YOU are the advertisement. We have resisted temptation to do what the other guys have done - plaster the website with banners, pop-ups, etc. Our vision is for BusinessCard2 to always remain people-friendly and to be a trusted destination for real people.