It's free.

There's no catch. It's free because we believe small businesses can help each other tremendously and xquic gives you a place to do just that.

It's free forever.

xquic helps businesses in 2 primary ways. First, xquic provides tools to help businesses operate. These tools are focused on areas where we have seen small businesses struggle most. For example, we've heard small business owners suffer from vendor contracts renewing without their knowledge, paying for parts because they could not find the vendor warranty paperwork, and struggling to find the right people to fill high turnover positions. Second, xquic provides an easy way for businesses to learn and share with other like minded businesses in the community. Nine times out of ten, someone in the community has faced the same problem before! Let's all help each other out.

xquic is designed to help employees collaborate with other employees within a business, within a company, and across the professional community. You do not have to be a business owner to join xquic.

xquic uses the term company to refer to a group of 1 or more businesses under the same ownership or management company. xquic uses the term business to refer to a single business. To get started, you can set up your business. At any point in the future, you can upgrade your business to a company.

Yes! We allow vendors to advertise their business on xquic. Please contact us if you have specific questions.

xquic provides instant messaging, video calls, video conference, and screen sharing.

xquic is designed to help your employees collaborate with other employees in your business and company. You can connect team members across your businesses easily based on department and role. Typically, supervisors, managers, directors, and owners all benefit greatly from high collaboration. You are welcome to add specific employees from your business or all employees based on your needs.

The headliner is a public description of your choice that will appear on your user profile for other xquic users to see.

Yes. Click on My Contacts in the top menu icons. Click on the Invite button. From there you can load contacts into xquic.

No. You can be an employee of a business, a business owner, an employee of the management company of a business, or unemployed. xquic is designed to help all types of users who want to collaborate, share, and learn from other professional colleagues in the same industry.

Yes, you can join the xquic community even if your business has not been claimed in xquic.

No, xquic automatically allows you to connect with your business team members. If a business team members leaves the business, that person will no longer be part of your contacts unless you have explicitly added them to your contacts.

You can use the search bar at the top of the screen to search for vendors, businesses, people, listings, and groups. You can use the filters on the left to narrow your search. The vendor search results include the vendor rating and reviews. You can also find vendor recommendations from other xquic users using Community Groups and Business Groups.

You can create a business team by opening the My Businesses page. Select your business. Click on the Add Team Members button. Invite people to join your business team on xquic.

xquic is designed to help your employees collaborate with other employees in your business and company. You can connect team members across your businesses easily based on department and role. Typically, supervisors, managers, directors, and owners all benefit greatly from high collaboration. You are welcome to add specific employees from your business or all employees based on your needs.

It is possible but we encourage you to keep your business team limited to persons who are part of your business team. You can invite people to xquic as your contact. xquic community groups are used to collaborate with people outside of your business. You can also link you business to other businesses.

Any business team member can invite other team members to your business team. The business admin or business editor of the business will be asked to approve all team member requests before the member is added to your team.

A business team member can have one of four privileges. Privilege determines the actions that a member can perform on your business in xquic. We recommend assigning the privilege business admin to the business owner. A business admin has full rights to perform any action on the business in xquic, including removing the business. We recommend assigning the privilege business editor to the person who will be responsible for setting up your business in xquic.

xquic uses the term company to refer to a group of 1 or more businesses under the same ownership or management company. xquic uses the term business to refer to a single business. Company admin is a privilege assigned to a team member of a company. The privilege company admin is typically assigned to the company owner. The company admin has full rights to perform any action on the company in xquic, including each of the businesses that are part of the company. A business admin is a privilege assigned to a team member of a business that is part of the company. The business admin has full rights to perform any action on the single business in xquic.

You can claim as many businesses as you have in xquic. These businesses will appear under My Businesses. If you want to easily collaborate between your businesses, you can upgrade one of your businesses to a company and add all the businesses under that company. This will allow you to create company-wide groups for easy communication and share company-wide listings.

Yes. An employee can be added as a team member to each of the businesses that he or she is part of.

Claiming a business makes you the assigned owner and/or management company of the business in xquic. This gives you authority to set up the business in xquic, invite team members, add your vendors, and more.

The owner or management company of a business should claim the business in xquic. If you are not the owner or management company of the business and you attempt to Claim the Business in xquic, your request can be denied and/or revoked.

If you own more than one business and you want to combine them under one company, you can upgrade one of your businesses to a company.

A linked business is a business in which you are not a team member but you work closely with. By linking to other businesses, you can see share marketplace listings, invite each other to community groups, and see each other's primary business contact.

In xquic you can see all the team members in your business team. We do not share all the team members of businesses in which you are not a team member.

You can link your business to another business or a company. If you have a company, you can link your company to another business or another company. You can easily communicate with team members of your linked businesses by forming a community group and inviting your linked business team members to the group. You can invite members to your group from the Invite Members page in Manage Group.

If you searched and your business is not showing up, submit a business form for review. Our team will verify key information and upon approval, your business will be automatically appear under My Businesses.

You can report a problem by clicking on Contact Us at the bottom of the page. Tell us the business name and provide us with your contact information. We will get back to you within 48 hours.

No. One xquic user can claim a business at any given time. Other employees of the business can join the team after a business is claimed in xquic.

A vendor is a person or company offering something for sale. In xquic, you can use the search bar at the top of the screen to search for vendors, businesses, people, listings, and groups. You can use the filters on the left to narrow your search. The vendor search results include the vendor rating and reviews. You can also find vendor recommendations from other xquic users using Community Groups and Business Groups.

After you have Claimed a business on xquic or joined a business team on xquic, you can set up the vendors you use for that business. For each vendor, you can track the vendor contact, vendor specific notes, upload contracts that you have signed with the vendor, and track vendor contract expiration dates.

Use the search bar at the top of the screen to find the vendor. Click on the vendor name. Click on the button Rate & Review. This allows other xquic users to see your rating and comments.

The blue circle indicates the average public rating for the vendor based on vendor reviews from other xquic users. The xquic pink-colored circle indicates the average rating for the vendor based on vendor reviews from your business team members.

Yes. When you find a vendor on xquic, click on the button Add Vendor. While adding a vendor, you can select one or businesses that use that vendor.

If you searched and the vendor is not showing up, complete a new vendor form and submit it. Our team will verify key information and upon approval, the vendor will be automatically added to your selected business.

We support honest and open communication. Reviews must be respectful and cannot contain profanity.

No, a vendor cannot remove your review.

Yes. Use the search bar at the top of the screen to find the vendor. Click on the vendor name. Click on the button Edit Review.

Yes. When adding a group, select group type Business Group and select the business that you want. Only team members of that business will be able to join your business group.

Yes. After adding your group, go to Manage Group. From there, you can create up to three Membership Questions. When a person requests to join your group, the person will be asked to answer your membership questions. As a group owner, you can see the person's responses in Member Requests.

No. We encourage you to invite non-xquic members to your community group by using the Invite to Group with Link. Copy the link and send it out. When someone you invite receives the link, they will be asked to sign into xquic and join your group!

Yes, a group can have multiple owners. A group owner can invite members, approve member requests, set up membership questions, manage members, and modify group settings. You can assign group owners from the Members page in Manage Group.

xquic has designed Business Groups to allow team members of a business to easily communicate with each other. To create a business group, go to My Groups and add a group. Select Group Type Business Group and select your business name. This will allow team members from your business to join the group. You can further restrict your group based on department, role and other group attributes.

A community group is used to collaborate with other xquic users. You can seek out other xquic users based on their industry, affiliation, department, and role. Business groups are used to collaborate with other business team members. Business groups are also used to collaborate with other company-wide team members.

xquic supports 2 types of groups, a community group and a business group. Anyone can create a community group. Any business team member can create a business group. The person who creates the group becomes the group owner. The group owner can be changed later at anytime from Manage Group.

Yes and no. Anyone can request to join a visibile community group. It is up to the group owner to approve the request.

You can use the search bar at the top of the screen to search for groups using keywords. Use the filters on the left to narrow your search. The group search results include suggested groups based on your department and role. Make sure your department and role are up to date on your team card and user profile.

xquic has a feature designed to find the right users to join your group. xquic calls this Boost Group Membership. You can boost group membership by tailoring your group for specific roles, specific departments, a specific industry, or specific affiliations. xquic will automatically suggest users to join your group who match your criteria. To set this up, go to About Group in Manage Group and click on Edit Group button. At the bottom, you will see a place to add Group Attributes. For example, you can encourage other users who are guest services managers in the Marriott franchise to join your group or you can encourage other owners of Subway to join your group.

A discussion is a breakout session in a group that you are already part of. Discussions are typically created for specific topics within a group that involves a subset of the group members who are intersted in that topic.

No, to join a business group you must be a member of that business team. It is up to the group owner to approve the request.

Yes, any business team member can create a company-wide group as long as the business is part of a company. To create a company-wide group, add a group. Select Group Type Business Group. Select the company as the business. Add the group.

This is up to the group owner's discretion. The group owner must approve the request before the member is added to the group. The group owner can also remove members from a group. xquic does not maintain any sort of "exclusion list" for a group.

xquic allows you to track your surplus items from any renovation project in the marketplace. When you add a surplus item to xquic using the marketplace, you can enter the storage location of that item so that you never lose track of where you put it! Go to the Marketplace to add your Surplus Items.

A listing is an item that you want to sell to another business in your company or another business in the community.

xquic does not handle payments at this time. Once the buyer and seller have agreed on an item and price, it is up to the buyer and seller to exchange the money and the item.

Yes. xquic allows you to upload pictures from your phone to your listing in marketplace.