LEVERAGING ECOMMERCE PLATFORM TO
INCREASE THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF YOUR
REPLICA MERCHANT ACCOUNT
BUSINESS
Any business transaction,
no matter how small it is, if done using
any electronic forms can be referred to
as e – commerce or electronic commerce.
The most common processes that are
performed online is marketing, selling
and buying of goods. E- Commerce
technologies are widely used in global
sourcing, import and export and
international trade. You can leverage e
– commerce platforms and technologies to
increase the profits of your import and
export business.
Given below are a few
points to help you concentrate on import
export for international trade.
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Obtain “international trade
directories” that are available at
consulates or the internet which
have a goldmine of information.
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Other than import export, obtaining
“international trade directory
catalogues” of products in huge
demand for the purpose of global
sourcing will also be very helpful.
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After obtaining all the required
information, you have to do proper
research on the import and export
licensing processes, opening bank
accounts and taxation rates in the
country. You require an extended
license number that has to be
mentioned on all the export and
import documents.
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There are a few products which are
not permitted for global sourcing
due to various reasons. You should
stay away from them.
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Import and export of goods such as
apparel, arms, pharmaceuticals and
chemicals need additional permits,
other than your import export
license. For start ups it is better
to begin import export or global
sourcing with a few uncategorized
items and then, gradually move up to
include these items. Conversely,
international trade or import export
in products such as seafood, poultry
and dairy require additional
handling facilities which add huge
infrastructural costs.
Leveraging e – commerce
for the purpose of import export
Internet is a beautiful
concept where all players, no matter how
big or small, have a level playing
field. Internet can be used to maximize
your import export or global sourcing
business with some planning.
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There are several free or paid
memberships on many international
trade portals that are dedicated
only for e – commerce. Your presence
on these sites provides the required
amount of exposure to targeted
consumers in global sourcing or
import export as is the case.
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List your e – commerce web site on
the big search engines, reputed
directories in the industry and also
issue regular press releases and
blogs which are only for
international trade.
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Your import and export business will
get a major boost if your ecommerce
web site is able to respond to new
product notifications, invoicing,
document sampling, chatting or
online negotiation and quotation
requests.
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Your e – commerce website can be
configured to take sample orders
from global sourcing customers
before getting engaged in a full
fledged import export. Your
customers will love this feature as
it will shield them from travel and
risk costs.
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Internet allows customers to pay in
several different ways which is
mandatory if you want to attract
global sourcing agents.
Contact
one of our helpful account
representatives to assist you in the
setup of
a
high risk merchant account or
offshore merchant account for a
high risk merchant.
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