Common Mistakes of  Merchant Exporters and Tips  : 

 Merchant Exporter  : 

Merchant Exporter is the one who purchase the products from the manufacturer or wholesaler and exports to to the buyer.

  

Common Mistakes of  Merchant Exporters  :  

 

Merchant Exporters usually try to cover all the product line from the buyer enquiries , They are not learning any product in depth so that they are lacking in product knowledge. 

When Merchant Exporter has less knowledge about the product they can not reply to the buyer queries immediately it creates a communication problem and which leads to loss of order or buyer.

 Since most of the merchant exporters outsource  a third party firm to pack the shipping materials, They may not meet the packing standards as expected by the importer where in some cases it leads to material damage or rejection in customs etc.

Most of the Merchant exporters always focus only on export business without the domestic supplying experience where they are not aware about some practical barriers in domestic so they face the higher barrier in export operations.

Tips to the Merchant Exporters :

It is suggested to start domestic supply Initially and then plan about export business which will really give a practical exposure about the business.For example if some one does not know swimming in a small pool who can not directly swim in a big ocean.

Merchant exporters have to gain more product knowledge before starting the business operations

It is advisable to go through all the payment terms in depth in the export transactions 

Merchant Exporters need to have the knowledge about different type of packing methods.

They can built their online presence through blogs, websites or social media platforms to make their business available to the Global buyers.