Como iniciar un negocio de exportacion

You should first find a competitive productive activity (services, manufacturing or natural resources) in your location and then try to establish a relationship with the providers, this activity may be, for example, artcrafts. then you have to visit craftmen in your location and show interest in buying their products and understanding in deep the nature of the product you want to export.

International clients are highly demanding, so you must carefully consider building a poll of providers that guarrantee you: quality, quantities and reliability.

Once you have selected the provider then you have the first half (but the most difficult is to come) now you have to build trust in potential buyers abroad of the product you selected to export.

In my experience I founded very useful the help of my country embassy in other countries, as well as this I highly recommend you to build an online (and printed) catalog. You should be extra careful with details in those marketing materials, NO typos, no false statements, try to be as accurate as possible and, of course, try to have those materials in at least two languages that are relevant for what you are exporting. Also be ready with quotation templates and check the payment method best suits you. again trust is important in this regard.

In this stage you may find in statistics about export of your country (given in any Economy Ministery website) about top foreign countries that most likely buy the kind of products you choose to sell from your location, keep it simple but be persistent as it takes a lot of work to get the first order, however, once you start, you will be in one of the most lucratives activities of the world and prosper you, as well as your family.

Wether you are starting from scratch, or having some investment capital, feel confident to start your venture, don´t worry, try to strenght relations with your friends and family, and the friends of your friends and the family of your family, try to find in your personal network those fellows that may help you connect the chain (find the best provider or find the first client) in any case prepare your selling speech for each case and be ready to show leadership and motivation, remember that doing business is a human activity and in involves inter-personal relationship skills.

Also, remember to keep it simple since export follows the same principle of local selling, you buy as cheap as possible and sell as expensive as possible (your profit will be the difference)

buy cheap and sell expensive (but be fair in both sides)

Don´t kill the gold eggs chicken by trying to get all the eggs at once, keep you balance and try to not be so greedy.

Beware of international scams!. In my website http://www.somosnegocios.comI have many recommendations for doing business internationally, check in the FAQ section.

If you have further questions feel free to ask me. If anyone wants to import products form Japan just let me know what can I do for you.