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Who do you plan to trade with?

• Any GXS TradeWeb subscriber (open trading)?
• Only your Trading Community Sponsor?
• Your Trading Community Sponsor and other subscribers?
• Members of an Association?

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When you register to use GXS TradeWeb, you are automatically included in the GXS TradeWeb open trading community. This means that you can trade with any subscriber of GXS TradeWeb that agrees to trade with you.

Note that companies in the GXS TradeWeb Directory designated as Community Sponsors restrict their trading community. These companies require approval prior to initiating or accepting EDI exchanges.

Use the process below to get started using GXS TradeWeb.

Stage	Process
1	Review the GXS TradeWeb Service Requirements to ensure that you can use the service.
2	Sign up for GXS TradeWeb and complete the registration. Select No when asked if you will be joining a Trading Community or Association.
3	On the final page of registration, read and print the instructions, and then click the Go to your Company Trading Center bar to access your new Company Trading Center home page.
4	Use the GXS TradeWeb Directory to look up potential trading partners.
5	Contact the company to initiate the relationship and discuss trading rules.
6	Use the GXS TradeWeb Directory to add the company to your Personal Directory.

In GXS TradeWeb, a sponsor is not a subscriber of the service. Rather, sponsors are typically large EDI-enabled companies trying to extend the reach of their EDI programs. These companies maintain a profile in the GXS TradeWeb Directory, and have configured their EDI systems to exchange EDI messages through GXS TradeWeb.

These companies sponsor closed Trading Communities. This means that only approved subscribers can exchange EDI messages with the company.

When you become a member of a Trading Community, you

• Have access to all EDI forms provided by the community sponsor.
• Are eligible for any special pricing provided by the sponsor.
• Can openly trade with the sponsor.

Use the process below to get started trading with your Trading Community sponsor.

Stage	Process
1	Review the GXS TradeWeb Service Requirements to ensure that you can use the service.
2	Make sure you have the Community Access Code and Marketing ID -- these are provided to you by either GXS or the trading community sponsor.
3	Sign up for GXS TradeWeb and complete the registration.
4	On the final page of registration, read and print the instructions, and then click the Go to your Company Trading Center bar to access your new Company Trading Center home page.
5	Contact the trading community sponsor and provide them the EDI Address that you receive when your registration is confirmed. This address also appears on your Company Trading Center page.

A Trading Community is a collection of trading partners who freely exchange EDI documents with each other using pre-approved EDI forms, standards, information categories and processes. A community sponsor may or may not be present.

When you become a member of a Trading Community, you

• Have access to all EDI forms provided by the community sponsor. The community sponsor is generally a member of the GXS EDI trading community who has agreed to accept messages from preapproved GXS TradeWeb subscribers.
• Are eligible for any special pricing provided by the sponsor.
• Can openly trade with the sponsor.

Use the process below to start trading with your Trading Community.

Stage	Process
1	Review the GXS TradeWeb Service Requirements to ensure that you can use the service.
2	Check the Service Requirements for the information you will need to sign up and register. Important Make sure you have the Community Access Code and Marketing ID -- these are provided to you by either GXS or the Trading Community.
3	Sign up for GXS TradeWeb and complete the registration.
4	On the final page of registration, note the instructions, and then click the Go to your Company Trading Center bar to access your new Company Trading Center home page.
5	If applicable, contact the trading community sponsor and provide them the EDI Address that you received when your registration was confirmed. This address also appears on your Company Trading Center page.
6	Use the GXS TradeWeb Directory to look up potential trading partners within your Trading Community.
7	Contact each company to initiate the relationship and discuss trading rules.
8	Use the GXS TradeWeb Directory to add each company to your Personal Directory.

Trading Associations are a collection of companies who share common business practices and benefit from the collective interests and efforts of all members of the association. The association defines EDI documents and associated business rules for its use. All members of the association use the same set of forms - sponsored by the association - when trading documents with each other.

When you become a member of an Association, you

• Have access to all EDI forms used by association members.
• Are eligible for any special pricing provided by the association.
• Can openly trade with other association member companies, who may or may not be members of Trading Communities.

Use the process below to get started trading with members of your Association.

Stage	Process
1	Review the GXS TradeWeb Service Requirements to ensure that you can use the service.
2	Make sure you have the Association Access Code -- this is provided to you by either GXS or the Association.
3	Sign up for GXS TradeWeb and complete the registration.
4	On the final page of registration, read and print the instructions, and then click the Go to your Company Trading Center bar to access your new Company Trading Center home page.
5	Use the GXS TradeWeb Directory to look up potential trading partners within your Association.
6	Contact the company to initiate the relationship and discuss trading rules.
7	Use the GXS TradeWeb Directory to add the company to your Personal Directory.