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The Lowtax Network of sites was
launched in 1999 by an established international business
publisher to fill a perceived need for an electronic source
of information on offshore and 'low-tax' regimes worldwide.
In spite of bad timing (1999
was no moment to start a dotcom!) the first site, www.lowtax.net,
was an immediate hit with visitors and advertisers alike.
Now, four years later, there are five sites, attracting more
than 50,000 visitors monthly, who clock up more than 300,000
page views. Our editorial team of 20 newswriters and journalists
strives every day to maintain a complete, thorough and accurate
service.
Visitors are divided roughly
equally between end-clients (business-people, investors, expatriates)
and professional service providers (lawyers, accountants,
consultants). This geographically-diverse audience comes from
many walks of life, but as we know from their e-mails, one
thing they have in common is an appreciation of the quality
of our content.
Except for the Lowtax Shop (see
opposite) and a subscription newsletter, our content is free
to the user, with revenue being derived from advertisers and
'syndication' clients - other web-sites which buy our content.
Building the sites and developing
good visibility on search engines required substantial investment,
but the business turned the corner in 2002. Now, in 2003,
we are implementing a long-held plan to broaden the content
of our sites with the launch of www.lawandtax-news.com, a
site which addresses the wider needs of international businesses
for immediate and accurate information about world-wide tax
and legal developments.
Here are our five sites, briefly
characterised:
www.lowtax.net:
1,500 pages of detailed, factual information covering the
tax and legal regimes in 35 offshore and 15 onshore countries.
www.tax-news.com:
a daily worldwide tax news service with a 12,000 story searchable
archive.
www.investorsoffshore.com:
news and reference data for alternative investors and expatriates.
www.offshore-e-com.com:
news and background on offshore e-commerce.
www.lawandtax-news.com:
news and reference material on law and tax for international
businesses, covering 20 key world-wide countries, with another
30 soon to come.
For further information, contact
director michael bell mgbell@lowtax.net.
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