Hi everyone I'm silas from China

I'm putting together a platform that connects Chinese businesses, teams, or individuals looking to go global with people in target countries who are actually interested in what they do.

Basically,
— connecting businesses, teams, and individuals who are expanding overseas with local industry folks who are keen to get involved.
— and connecting people who want to take their business model or expertise to other countries with local partners who are interested in teaming up.

I hope find some insight and advice from this forum and from you.

Hey Silas from China My name is Yoram
Welcome to BHW & I wish you the best on creating your business

Yoram said:

Hey Silas from China My name is Yoram
Welcome to BHW & I wish you the best on creating your business

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Hello Yoram,

Thanks and have a nice day!

silas001 said:

I'm putting together a platform that connects Chinese businesses, teams, or individuals looking to go global with people in target countries who are actually interested in what they do.

Basically,
— connecting businesses, teams, and individuals who are expanding overseas with local industry folks who are keen to get involved.
— and connecting people who want to take their business model or expertise to other countries with local partners who are interested in teaming up.

I hope find some insight and advice from this forum and from you.

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Welcome aboard Silas

What niches do you work on? What kind of products are you able to provide? Do you do drop shipping?

bartosimpsonio said:

Welcome aboard Silas

What niches do you work on? What kind of products are you able to provide? Do you do drop shipping?

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I haven't decided which business segment to focus on yet. My current idea is simply to facilitate Chinese companies going global (finding local partners/collaborators).

Regarding drop shipping, I have no experience in this area.

You can try browsing platforms like wholesale2b and doba.

China has very inexpensive goods, such as affordable lab-grown diamonds (with IGI certificates, originating from Henan, China), natural pearls, etc.

China also lacks many goods, such as natural bezoar (an extremely expensive traditional Chinese medicine, more expensive than gold); and some medicines that have been approved for sale in China but are not yet available for purchase.

I hope you can find the best products to achieve greater profitability.

One thing I’m curious about, how you are planning to validate demand on the “local partner” side? Like, will you already have people/businesses in target countries lined up, or are you thinking of building that network after onboarding Chinese companies?

Exploita said:

One thing I’m curious about, how you are planning to validate demand on the “local partner” side? Like, will you already have people/businesses in target countries lined up, or are you thinking of building that network after onboarding Chinese companies?

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This is the challenge: solving the cold start problem for both parties. I don't have a particularly good solution. The general idea is to first gather the demand from the enterprise side.

Welcome aboard! Hope you achieve great results with your business here.

silas001 said:

I'm putting together a platform that connects Chinese businesses, teams, or individuals looking to go global with people in target countries who are actually interested in what they do.

Basically,
— connecting businesses, teams, and individuals who are expanding overseas with local industry folks who are keen to get involved.
— and connecting people who want to take their business model or expertise to other countries with local partners who are interested in teaming up.

I hope find some insight and advice from this forum and from you.

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welcome silas! that sounds like a massive project but finding reliable local partners is always the hardest part of cross border stuff. most people here are heavily into seo, ads or affiliate marketing so you might actually find some decent connections if the margins are good. what kind of industries or niches are these chinese businesses mostly targeting right now?

silas001 said:

I'm putting together a platform that connects Chinese businesses, teams, or individuals looking to go global with people in target countries who are actually interested in what they do.

Basically,
— connecting businesses, teams, and individuals who are expanding overseas with local industry folks who are keen to get involved.
— and connecting people who want to take their business model or expertise to other countries with local partners who are interested in teaming up.

I hope find some insight and advice from this forum and from you.

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how this works? can you elaborate