An online and virtual trade conference and website portal featuring advertisements, the sharing of trade information, video conferencing, instant messaging, communications features, messaging features for offline users, group discussions, forums, special events, meetings, conferences, calendars of events, and real estate services and vendors and the services of others with static and rotating ads by category, a membership and forum section, dissemination of information for the real estate field, social networking and referral mechanisms, email systems, location and geolocation features combined with mapping of users of the portal, realtor profiles, searchable content useful in the real estate field, payment systems, ecommerce functionality, contests, prizes and promotions, product showcases, special events notifications, search engine, products ratings, participant registration, verification, authentication, password generation and access