| Import and export has made the world a very small | | | | they will be hoping to get a bigger order from you in |
| place. Nowadays any one can get anything they | | | | the future. |
| want, either in shops or over the internet. It is | | | | Some companies are such that they will ship you |
| obviously cheaper if you travel and purchase, but you | | | | small quantities without you having to so through the |
| can take benefit of the price difference, only if you | | | | sample order routine. If you are in this business, then |
| decide to purchase in bulk, otherwise it is of no use. | | | | it is a must that you get yourself a computer, almost |
| At the same time traveling abroad is tiresome and | | | | all the work in this business is done through emails. |
| there are language barriers that you have to | | | | Also when ever you are corresponding to with them |
| overcome. People would instead prefer to pay a little | | | | in writing, always use a letter head instead of an |
| more to shop comfortably, and this here the role of | | | | ordinary paper; these small things make a lot of |
| exporters and importers come in to play. | | | | difference in creating a good impression. |
| Import and export is a business that any one can do. | | | | Email means that you can get all the information that |
| You can even start up an import and export business | | | | you want in jet speed. Via email you can ask for a |
| from your home and enjoy the convenience of | | | | quotation and they generally send you a Performa |
| flexible work hours. You may have heard that it is | | | | invoice that is an invoice in advance. You have to |
| difficult to import small quantities, and also about the | | | | wire the money electronically which can be easily |
| custom problems. But the fact is that all these | | | | done through your bank. |
| information are absolutely wrong!! Yes there are no | | | | Internet has made exporting goods to the small |
| such difficulties at all. In fact the companies in Hong | | | | retailers very easy. Even a decade ago, exporting |
| Kong, China and South Korea will ship you any | | | | goods to small retailers was an up hill task. The |
| quantity that you want. Even in the case where a | | | | suppliers would be faced with innumerable problems |
| particular company mentions a minimum order, you | | | | such as difficulty in accepting small payments, |
| can order a smaller quantity in the name of sample | | | | expensive communication and lack of information. |
| order! You can order as small a quantity in the name | | | | With the advent of internet, and free flow |
| of sample order, and you can also keep re ordering | | | | information, traders can easily trade across the world |
| samples. The company will accede to your request as | | | | and order and sell where ever they please. |