Finding buyers
How to find buyers for export. Eight methods, where each falls short, and five questions that turn a list into a first email.
How to find buyers for export from India. Seven channels Indian exporters use, and how to check a buyer before you write.
Export buyers list. Where lists come from, what each really contains, and a ten-minute check per company.
How to find distributors abroad. Where distributor candidates come from, the questions that separate a partner from a warehouse, exclusivity and contracts.
Export agents, EMCs or direct outreach. What export agents, EMCs, trading companies and distributors do, how they are paid, and when finding buyers yourself makes more sense.
How to find importers in the USA. Public sea manifests, what they leave out, and what US buyers ask first.
How to find importers in the UK. HMRC's free importer names by commodity code, and the rules for a first email.
How to find importers in Germany. No public customs records, trade fairs, demanding buyers and strict email rules.
How to find importers in Canada. The free Canadian Importers Database by product, city and origin, and what it leaves out.
How to find importers in Australia. No public customs lists, strict biosecurity, and how exporters find Australian buyers.
How to find importers in the UAE and Dubai. End buyers, distributors and re-exporters, and where UAE lists come from.
How to find importers in France. Free company checks in the Annuaire des Entreprises, French customs statistics, Paris trade fairs and email rules.
How to find importers in Mexico. The SIGER register, chambers, Data México by state, NOM labels, and why Mexico is sold region by region.
How to find importers in Saudi Arabia. Commercial registration checks, chambers, agents and distributors, SABER and SFDA rules, fairs in Riyadh and Jeddah.
How to find importers in Singapore. A re-export hub: ACRA checks, trade bodies, import permits and how to tell a trader from an end buyer.
How to use Trade Map. Choosing an export market with the ITC's free tool, step by step with real screens.
Comparisons
Customs data vs buyer research. The structural limits of customs data, what the platforms cost, and when to use which.
Volza pricing and alternatives. Volza's plans and limits, and how Outfound approaches the same job.
TradeAtlas alternative. TradeAtlas plans from $2,750 a year, TradeCalculus, and where customs data falls short.
ImportGenius pricing and alternatives. US shipment data plans from $229 a month, and where they stop.
Panjiva alternatives. S&P Global's trade data platform, unpublished pricing, and a different way to find buyers.
Shorter notes from the field are on the blog.
Last updated: · By: Tolga Tatar