New websites for the death industry have slowly been making their way onto the internet for a number of years. There are sites for obituaries, memorials, many sites to find Funeral Directors and some pretty hard to find ones for Manufacturers and Suppliers.

Whether you are working in the industry or are a consumer it is quite easy to spend at least half a day or more selecting a site just for some simple information.

Some sites are difficult to work through, some are good, others are a down right nightmare and some are shockingly out of date.

The new site on the block is set to take the world by storm. At last there is a one stop global shop. No why didn’t someone think of this before?

Absentfriends.com offers a full service to the public, funeral directors and associates, suppliers and manufacturers. Ah! But what is a full service? Well, in the case of the public site absentfriends.com offers obituaries, memorials, webcasting, funeral planning, grief resources, a full database of funeral directors, florists, caterers etc, and chat sites.

One of the chat sites, called “The Wall” is specifically designed for the younger generation and is one of the cleverest online grief tools to be seen. This should have an enormous impact on helping young folks to deal with grief.

The memorial site is very easy to use. It is really modern and anyone can upload their own details about deceased family or friends without a problem. Videos, music, photos and a timeline are on the memorial site which can either be private for friends and family by request, or open to public view, but most amazingly it is FREE of charge and the information is online forever. A brilliant way to start your own family tree.

We all know newspaper obituaries can cost a small fortune, but you can put an obituary on absentfriends.com for FREE too. For a small fee you can upgrade to a premium obituary where you can include versus and photos.

This public site is the best around without a doubt. It’s a place where everyone will feel comfortable going, especially the younger generation who currently use sites like Facebook as a grief centre. Now they have an alternative.

The trade site is all about assisting the funeral trade worldwide and has some pretty amazing tools and services available for little or no cost. Funeral Directors can take the opportunity to join as a Business Tools member. For a small fee which entitles them to added benefits. All in all absentfriends.com is a site well done and is no doubt going to change the face of the funeral industry.