Find Trade Leads In Latin America And The Caribbean

Most of the countries around the world have been badly hit by the economic crisis. Imports, exports and spending have been sharply decreasing. This has left companies no choice but to find news ways to increase their sales and distribution channels.Most companies around the world have one similarity: their products and services are not sold in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is really a lost opportunity as the region represents 42 countries with a combined population of 609 million people.The obstacles of doing business:*Language challenges: Latin America and the Caribbean is a very diverse region with Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Creole and many more languages.*Hard to find information online: Did you ever try to find information about doing business in Latin America? It is really difficult to find up to date,reliable and useful information. When you do find an interesting website, it is in Spanish only.*Difficulty in finding Trade Leads. The definition of Trade leads are basically selling and buying offers which are often published online on leading B2B Trade portals such as Alibaba, Tradekey, EC21 etc.What is the first step in doing business with Latin America and the Caribbean?For the first time in many years, I finally found a B2B Trade Portal that is up to my standards as a serious businessman. MercaTrade.com just launched in September 2009 and it already boost thousands of trade leads.What I like about this website:*MercaTrade.com is available in both English and Spanish.*The website is simply designed and easy to navigate. It does not have advertising flashing everywhere which I hate in other websites.*The prices for their premium services are quite affordable and filled with useful features. Their PowerTrader Virtual showroom allows users to post unlimited trade leads with pictures, post the latest company news, display Tradeshow attendance, send out product updates and a lot more. The cost of this service is just $500.00 Remote Control Air Swimmer USD/year which is minimal considering that I would need to spend over $2500.00 USD/year for other leading Trade Portals.*If you don't have a money to spend right now, you can still post your flying shark balloon offers for FREE. You have some limitations of course but this is a great start.*Good news. They are adding several more features in 2010 China dropship at no additional cost to current premium members.*A wealth of business resources such as etiquette, trade information about each country, trade agreements etc.*There are other services like translation which is always useful when entering new markets.