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Trade Leads - Are You Using Them To Your Advantage?

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With the explosive growth of the internet today, importers look for import trading leads globally for quality products, and exporters look for global export trade leads to sell their products. International trade leads come around quite frequently and in most cases, instantly.

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Trade leads, or business leads, by national or international business services facilitate different functions, reduce transaction time and costs, reduce supplier costs, generate new business contacts, and increase sales. With the explosive growth of the internet today, importers look for import trading leads globally for quality products, and exporters look for global export trade leads to sell their products. International trade leads come around quite frequently and in most cases, instantly.

In this age of anytime, anywhere communication, import export trade leads are made easy to find with a host of online business services offering international trade leads. Post a request for import or export trade leads and interested business parties can instantly view it around the world. When a potential business partner expresses interest in doing business with you, the interest is immediately communicated to you in the form of an email or an SMS message. The time needed to make contacts with business people around the world is reduced to less than ten minutes. All it takes is ten minutes to get a new contact, but as in all business, trust is earned only with a lifetime of effort.

Basically trade leads, import trade leads, export trade leads, and international trade leads are simple advertisements with buying or selling offers for products or services. Before the advent of the internet, trade leads took much more time to find due to tasks such as frequent visits to the Chambers of Commerce, Export/Import regulations and promotion agencies of different countries, brainstorming sessions, postal newsletters, and advertising in business publications. It is also very hard to ensure that the advertisement or offer reaches the potential buyer or seller due to the limited reach of trade publications.

The lightning fast import export trade and turnarounds of international trade leads does not ignore business practices. In fact, an online search can be used to find out what others have to say about a specific import or export business. In short, you do not have to rely solely on the company's profile listing on a bulletin board or the marketing material on their website.

It is not only sellers that post online trade leads. Buyers too benefit from posting their ads because sellers will be looking for pre-qualified buyers. If the buying offer of a company or an enterprise meets the products or services of a seller, the chances of a confirmed sale and a long lasting business relationship is almost guaranteed.

The elements of successful international trade lead posting include:

  • Clarity - clearly state what you offer or what you intend to buy.
  • Brevity - use enough words to describe the products.
  • Be informative - clearly state the terms of the sale, shipping and the present location of the products or the destination if you are the buyer.
  • Links to your product page - provide links to your website where interested buyers or sellers can learn more about the trade lead.


Having taken the right steps, international business leads can come effortlessly. With one or more business websites and listings at a professional international business service portal, finding trade leads has just been made easier.

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