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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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