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What is the NextStep Directory?

The NextStep Directory is more than your average yellow pages. NextStepDirectory.com is a single database of business listing set across a network of directories offering comprehensive service information that allows users to make informed business decisions from one location.


The NextStep Directory has been built to assist in the daily operations of businesses. Whether for a small start-up, or a multinational firm, the NextStep Directory will make doing business easier in China.


Browse the site or register for free to take advantage of all the features.

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Your Second Home Online

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Google, Yahoo, MSN and other web crawlers are on the NextStep Directory on a daily basis. That means your company's updates, announcements, and other features are constantly being picked up by the search bots. The search bots are on our pages more often than your corporate website. This is key to generating search engine results linked to your company's directory listing. The directory allows you to take advantage of an optimized directory that acts as your "second home" online, and this "home" may be the easiest way to have customers find your front door through organic search on any of the thousands of search engines, or internally within the directory.

Listing on the directory is free and gives you...

Exposure and business lead generation:


  1. Multi-directory listing through NextStep "white labeling" network.
  2. Enhanced corporate search engine optimization for Google, Yahoo, and other search engines.
  3. A dynamic directory that allows them to create a unique corporate identity
  4. Companies are enabled with free communication tools to reach new customers. (Coming Soon)
  5. Business lead generation tools with premium subscription status. (Coming Soon)

For companies, a NextStep Directory listing provides you immediate exposure to a targeted user-base. Allow your satisfied customers to be a part of your sales team; good comments and positive ratings will set you apart from your competition. The directory also enables you to see what others are doing in your industry from the convenience of one website.

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We want your business to grow and gain exposure, so take the next step by submitting your company to the best business directory in China. Click here to get started.

The top four ways individuals and companies can take advantage of the directory today...

  1. An informed business decision can be made without having to leave the directory.
  2. Small/Medium companies can now take advantage of cost cutting outsourcing services.
  3. The community becomes a part of an individual’s or company’s decision making team with the power of NextStep Directory "crowd-sourcing".
  4. The individual can give positive feedback about their preferred service provider, a corporate and social goodwill.

Whether you are a business owner, manager, employee, or casual user, the directory offers relevant and easily manageable information to help you fulfill your business needs.


An ordinary directory offers some simple company contact information, but we take it one step further by offering an industry specific questionnaire and enabling our users to comment and rate on the services of individual companies. The comment and rating features allow you to make an informed decision about the company you want to put your business with.

The NextStep Directory is Dynamic and "Alive"

The NextStep Directory team has laid the framework. Now it is time for the business community of China to help the directory grow organically. Tell your friends, colleagues and other business owners to register their company today and to start talking about companies they have already worked with by using our unique commenting and rating features. A company registration is quick and easy, typically no more than 10 minutes to complete, and it is free to list on the NextStep Directory.


Company registration is done with a few clicks of the mouse, and after a NextStep Directory administrator approval, the listing is live for the whole world to see.

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Encourage your clients to use the site to tell the world just how good you really are. Users are more likely to seek the services of companies that have been given approval by others.

Think outside of the box and use the NextStepDirectory to build your business

Different users will find different ways to take advantage of the directory. Send us an email at info@nextstepdirectory.com to tell us how your business is taking advantage of the NextStep Directory. We will post useful tips here.


Here are a few ways to use the directory that we thought of.


  • You are an entrepreneur looking to establish your business in China.
    The directory is a great launch pad to find companies offering services you need. We would have loved to have had this at our disposal when we opened our first company several years ago.
  • Your company and/or family need to be relocated.
    There is nothing more difficult than packing up and moving to a new home or office, let one of the listed companies in the International Movers category assist you.
  • You are a Visa Services company.
    Do a quick check on the competition and what they are charging for Z Visa services.
  • You have a great product you want to export to your home country, but you do not have the first idea as to the import and export regulations for China nor your country.
    Leading Import/Export companies listed in the directory will give you the full picture of what it means to get your export business off the ground from China.
  • You have thought about making your business more "green", but don't know how to make it happen.
    Look inside the Green CSR category and you will find architects, consultants, and NGO’s who will be able to help you to make the correct "green" strategy for your business.
  • You are a graphic and web design company.
    You have been using the same printer just down the street from your office because it was convenient. Take advantage of the extensive list of providers in the Printers category to lower your costs and bring greater value to your customers.
  • You are working on your business plan for a future business that you will set up in Shanghai.
    The directory will give you a quick snapshot of your competition or maybe give you a clear idea of what companies may be able to assist you in your growth.
  • You are a business manager looking to find new employees, but you don't know where to get started.
    Our Headhunters category can put you in touch with the best executive search and recruitment firms in China.

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  • You're a business owner looking for an affordable and effective marketing solution.

    Directory listings are free, if you want to stand out in your industry, encourage your clients to voice their opinion on your services. Word of mouth marketing goes a long way.

    If you are looking for even more exposure learn how you can advertise on the NextStep Directory by visiting our advertising page.
The NextStep Directory "White Label" Affiliate Network

NextStepDirectory.com is now offering you the opportunity to white label China's most comprehensive business listings directory. Our white label system is aimed at any online business that wishes to benefit from a professional system that is integrated and branded to its own standards. By joining The NextStep Directory white label program, you will be adding thousands of pages of web content to your websites and providing your audience with a reliable source of business information, all managed and administered by NextStep Directory. Your fully branded white labeled business directory can be operational within one business week. Joining the white label network now is free and easy.


Ideal candidates for the NextStep Directory White Label Program include:

  1. Web portals that focus on social, business or professional career topics.
  2. Websites looking to add reliable business information that requires zero maintenance.
  3. Online print media websites that need a directory to support their content.
  4. Government websites interested in enhancing the user interface by providing an interactive business listings directory for their members.

CLICK HERE to learn more about the NextStep Directory White Label Affiliate Network