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Tips and Procedures

Print and post (pin-up, tac-up, tape-up, staple-up, stick-up) this section in your work area in plain sight. You will be able to see this and refer to it each time you work an order.

Tips for searching:

When searching for buyers under "Current Trade Opportunities (W.B.E.)" or any other database use these search words: (the underlined terms are search keywords)

Load Size such as FCL or full container load.

Time Frames such as urgent, asap, immediate.

Weights such as tons or mt.

Foreign City such as London.

Foreign Country such as France.

Products such as furniture, paper, or precious Stones.

or any other category you can think of to search.

When using each of these words individually to search, you will get a broad variety of results with different product names. Sometime there is no email address in the order to contact the person named in the order directly. When this happens, take the product name, go to "Independent Trade Databases (Links). Click on a link you are familiar with and find “Lead Types” or “Offer Types”. Click the drop down menu and highlight "Offers To Buy". Put that product name in the search box and work all the orders. Each order in this area will have email contact. All of the search words underlined above should also be used in all the "Independent Trade Database Links", under "Offers to Buy".


The Procedure:

Once you have found an order you wish to work, look for 4 main components:


(1) Product name (with any specifications)
(2) Quantity (exact amount)
(3) How to Contact the company (email)
(4) Preferred method of shipping (CIF, CNF, C&F, CF, CFR, FOB, FAS, Ex Works, etc...) and the exact destination.

(EXAMPLE: CIF London, England)

QUOTES MUST HAVE DESTINATION INFO AND METHOD OF SHIPPING, TOGETHER WITH PRODUCT NAME AND QUANTITY.

At this point, concentrate on the offers that have complete information, contact the supplier to get the proper type of quote.

If the order is missing any of these four (4) components, you then contact the buyer and get the missing info. The product name, the exact specifics of the product (if any), the quantity, the specific preferred method of shipping (CIF, C&F,CF, FAS, CNF, CFR, Ex Works, etc.) and the exact destination must all be in a request for quotation.

 

   
 
 

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