Comments on: Could you recommend good resources for learning to start an Import Export Business? http://www.exportblueprint.com/blog/209/could-you-recommend-good-resources-for-learning-to-start-an-import-export-business-2/ The Three Proven Principles Of International Sales Success For Small & Medium-Sized Companies Sat, 01 May 2010 04:25:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: imisidro http://www.exportblueprint.com/blog/209/could-you-recommend-good-resources-for-learning-to-start-an-import-export-business-2/comment-page-1/#comment-579 imisidro Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:28:59 +0000 http://www.exportblueprint.com/blog/export-import-business/could-you-recommend-good-resources-for-learning-to-start-an-import-export-business-2#comment-579 I recommend reading the articles: Starting a Home-Based Exporting Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol8/exporting.htm Laying the Foundations of Your Home Based International Trading Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol21/trading.htm Check out the following websites Federation of International Trade Association http://fita.org/index.html CMTAC Trade Information Database http://latrade.cmtac.org/trade_info/index.cfm Don'ts of Importing http://www.gattiassociates.com/CM/Articles/Articles1277.asp Flowchart of the export process http://www.export.gov/exportbasics/index.asp Going Global http://www.going-global.com/articles/ You may also want to check out the following books: - Import/Export: How to Get Started in International Trade - Exporting, Importing, and Beyond : How to 'Go Global' With Your Small Business - Selling to the World: Your Fast and Easy Guide to Exporting and Importing - Start and Run a Profitable Exporting Business - Start Your Own Import/Export Business I am importing a few products from the Philippines. Shipping cost is high, and a large box of items could set you back P15,000-25,000 pesos (around $300-$500). If you talk of crates, so much more expensive. I suggest your fiance, aside from looking for products, actually start looking for brokers that can help them. In my experience, eBay is not the best marketplace for them, especially if you talk of handicraft items. I've never had much luck selling Philippine products on ebay. Buyers are not familiar with the products, there's little demand for it. Shell jewelry boxes from Cebu for example, with matching picture frames are great looking - but I can never sell them on the first listing. Sometimes it takes me 5-10 relists to dispose of the item. I even tried selling papaya soap which is very popular in the Philippines, only to find limited buyers on ebay. The only thing that sells fast for me from the Philippines are vintage Philippine postcards (circa early 1900s), freshwater and South Sea pearl jewelries, and antique items (Ifugao, Maranaw, and other ethnic tribes). Thailand is a better place to get products. I have no problem selling pewter liquor holders from Thailand or their jewelries. I also import a lot of benjarong jars, and I can sell them real fast. Even batik paintings sell faster.<br><b>References : </b><br>I am originally from the Philippines I recommend reading the articles:

Starting a Home-Based Exporting Business
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol8/exporting.htm

Laying the Foundations of Your Home Based International Trading Business
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol21/trading.htm

Check out the following websites

Federation of International Trade Association http://fita.org/index.html
CMTAC Trade Information Database http://latrade.cmtac.org/trade_info/index.cfm
Don’ts of Importing
http://www.gattiassociates.com/CM/Articles/Articles1277.asp
Flowchart of the export process http://www.export.gov/exportbasics/index.asp
Going Global http://www.going-global.com/articles/

You may also want to check out the following books:

- Import/Export: How to Get Started in International Trade
- Exporting, Importing, and Beyond : How to ‘Go Global’ With Your Small Business
- Selling to the World: Your Fast and Easy Guide to Exporting and Importing
- Start and Run a Profitable Exporting Business
- Start Your Own Import/Export Business

I am importing a few products from the Philippines. Shipping cost is high, and a large box of items could set you back P15,000-25,000 pesos (around $300-$500). If you talk of crates, so much more expensive. I suggest your fiance, aside from looking for products, actually start looking for brokers that can help them.

In my experience, eBay is not the best marketplace for them, especially if you talk of handicraft items. I’ve never had much luck selling Philippine products on ebay. Buyers are not familiar with the products, there’s little demand for it. Shell jewelry boxes from Cebu for example, with matching picture frames are great looking – but I can never sell them on the first listing. Sometimes it takes me 5-10 relists to dispose of the item. I even tried selling papaya soap which is very popular in the Philippines, only to find limited buyers on ebay.

The only thing that sells fast for me from the Philippines are vintage Philippine postcards (circa early 1900s), freshwater and South Sea pearl jewelries, and antique items (Ifugao, Maranaw, and other ethnic tribes).

Thailand is a better place to get products. I have no problem selling pewter liquor holders from Thailand or their jewelries. I also import a lot of benjarong jars, and I can sell them real fast. Even batik paintings sell faster.
References :
I am originally from the Philippines

]]> By: jean a http://www.exportblueprint.com/blog/209/could-you-recommend-good-resources-for-learning-to-start-an-import-export-business-2/comment-page-1/#comment-578 jean a Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:43:59 +0000 http://www.exportblueprint.com/blog/export-import-business/could-you-recommend-good-resources-for-learning-to-start-an-import-export-business-2#comment-578 from the phils., try going to DTI or CITEM. they are very helpful espcially to beginner entrepreneurs. what particular product you have in mind? there are lots to bring to the US. materials come in cheap from the philippines. the only setback is the price of freight or shipping. it is usually 200% higher than the cost of your actual product so you have to consider this when costing.<br><b>References : </b><br> from the phils., try going to DTI or CITEM. they are very helpful espcially to beginner entrepreneurs.

what particular product you have in mind? there are lots to bring to the US. materials come in cheap from the philippines. the only setback is the price of freight or shipping. it is usually 200% higher than the cost of your actual product so you have to consider this when costing.
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