A practical way into international trade

They make the products. You could help them
find their next market.

Manufacturers looking overseas need to know which distributors are worth approaching. Researching those companies, assessing their fit and opening the right conversations can be a service you charge for.

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Know what to offer, who to approach and what to deliver.Build your skills on a complete practice assignment.No inventory to buy or shipments to finance.

The shape of one assignment

Turn overseas partner research into a paid service.

They have the product.
You help them find a route to market.

Picture a Portuguese towel maker considering the Netherlands. Before it spends time approaching distributors, it needs to know who serves hotels, who carries the right products and what remains unverified. That is a specific question you can build a service around.

The clientHotel-towel manufacturer

Supplies the product information and approves the research brief.

Your serviceResearch & assessment

Review up to 12 businesses. Document fit, exclusions and open questions.

The potential partnerHospitality distributor

An introduction follows only when it is authorised and both sides agree.

Scoped research fee€900
At acceptance€450
On report delivery€450
The deliverableProfiles. Findings.
A next-step decision.

Fictional worked case from the Guide. These are invented teaching terms, not market rates or a customer result. The fee covers agreed research; outreach is a separate phase. No export sale is promised.

The value is in making the next decision easier.
That gives you a concrete service to offer.

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Choose your starting point

Get the method. Put it to work.

Learn the whole process with the Guide. Add the Launch Kit if you want the documents, workflows and workspace ready to adapt as you go.

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Written course · Editable working materials · One-time purchase

Level 01 / The complete course

The Guide

Learn what to offer, who to approach and how to deliver research a manufacturer can act on.

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Applicable tax included

One payment · Complete core method

  • The complete Export Partner course: 6 modules, 30 written lessons.
  • From defining your service to researching, qualifying and introducing potential partners.
  • Three fictional worked cases, showing the method in context.
  • A 30-day trial roadmap and your course workbook.
  • Essential checklists, outreach examples, glossary and When You Get Stuck guide.
  • Your First Assignment: eight candidate records, simulated replies, answer workbook and annotated review.
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The complete core method, in one course.

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What you open

53 Markdown notes in a linked Obsidian vault. Read, follow the examples and work through the exercises at your own pace.

Prices are in USD and include applicable tax. The Guide is $47 total; the Launch Kit is $97 total. Access your package in your Whop account after a successful purchase.

The work behind the introduction

Finding names is only the beginning.
Knowing which ones matter is the work.

A manufacturer could collect a list of company names. The harder questions come next. Which ones serve the right customers? What supports that assessment? What should be checked before anyone spends time on a call?

An organised researcher can help answer those questions. You define a manageable assignment, investigate it properly and deliver findings the client can use. Start with one product, one market and one clear decision. That is a practical way to test this model.

What you learn to deliver

Give a client something worth paying for.

01

An offer with a defined finish line.

Choose a product and market. Agree the research question, what you will deliver, what is outside the scope and how the fee is paid.

02

Findings the client can follow.

Research candidate companies, record your sources and assess their fit. Show the reasons for retaining, holding or excluding each one.

03

A next step with the right people.

Present the findings. With permission, approach suitable candidates and coordinate introductions where both parties want a conversation.

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Inside the Guide

Inside the course.

You could piece this together from scattered articles. This course gives you an order to follow: define the service, find a potential client, research the market, assess candidates and deliver the findings. Each lesson asks you to produce something and shows you what finished looks like.

30written lessons
3worked cases
30day trial roadmap

Use the 30-day roadmap to make a considered test of the model. Read a lesson, do the work and come back to the material when you need it. The linked Obsidian vault needs no community plugins.

01Your role and your offer
  • 1.1 Understand the commercial chain
  • 1.2 Turn a broad idea into a service package
  • 1.3 Price your work and plan the cash flow
  • 1.4 Set scope authority and information boundaries
  • 1.5 Build credibility before your first client
02Choose a product and market
  • 2.1 Learn the product before choosing the market
  • 2.2 Compare markets using questions and evidence
  • 2.3 Understand channel economics without guessing margins
  • 2.4 Assess readiness and recognise a poor fit
  • 2.5 Write a focused market and partner brief
03Find and approach manufacturers
  • 3.1 Build a manufacturer prospect list
  • 3.2 Find the right contact and keep a clean pipeline
  • 3.3 Write outreach that earns a relevant conversation
  • 3.4 Run a discovery call and diagnose the assignment
  • 3.5 Write a proposal and handle the buying decision
04Research potential distributors
  • 4.1 Design a search strategy and source map
  • 4.2 Read company websites and classify the business
  • 4.3 Build evidence records and manage uncertainty
  • 4.4 Run an efficient research session and use AI carefully
  • 4.5 Convert the longlist into a research finding
05Qualify and approach partners
  • 5.1 Build a qualification framework that supports judgement
  • 5.2 Verify material claims and handle warning signs
  • 5.3 Prepare and run a distributor conversation
  • 5.4 Manage replies follow-ups and stalled conversations
  • 5.5 Decide when a candidate is ready for introduction
06Present findings and manage introductions
  • 6.1 Write a report a client can act on
  • 6.2 Run the review meeting and coordinate the handoff
  • 6.3 Close the project and administer your fee
  • 6.4 Learn from outcomes and offer useful follow-on work
  • 6.5 Build a repeatable practice and complete your capstone

Also included: your course workbook, essential checklists, outreach examples, glossary, a When You Get Stuck guide, and a complete fictional first assignment with eight candidate records, simulated replies and an annotated review.

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Open the material.

See the level of detail before you decide. These are actual excerpts from the course and a completed fictional client report.

EXPORT PARTNER GUIDE / COURSE MAPObsidian vault · excerpt

Module 4 — Research potential distributors

  • 4.1 Design a search strategy and source map
  • 4.2 Read company websites and classify the business
  • 4.3 Build evidence records and manage uncertainty
  • 4.4 Run an efficient research session and use AI carefully
  • 4.5 Convert the longlist into a research finding

Extra practice — Your First Assignment

A complete fictional project to apply the course: client documents, eight candidate files, simulated replies and scope changes, an answer workbook, and a separately stored annotated solution.

Follow the sequence, use the worked example throughout and record your outputs in My Course Workbook.

Guide: 53 Markdown notes. Full Launch Kit: 113 notes including the Guide, plus editable files and Partner Desk. Only selected excerpts are shown here.

Inside the Launch Kit

Spend less time starting from scratch.

The Guide shows you how the work is done. The Launch Kit puts prepared working materials beside it. Open the brief, adapt the proposal, plan a research session and see how a finished report can read.

01 / Set up the service

Give the offer a clear shape.

Six setup guides, five editable Word masters and a fee planner workbook for your brief, proposal, capability sheet and scope changes.

02 / Start your research

Three categories to explore.

Hospitality textiles, transit packaging and specialist components. Source routes, fit questions and worked evidence—not live qualified lead lists.

03 / Use AI with judgement

Eight defined workflows.

Reusable prompts, fictional inputs, authored examples and flawed-output checks. Review the work before using it; no AI subscription is included.

04 / Write the right message

Twelve correspondence cards.

Annotated situations with clean text masters for preparing communication throughout an assignment.

05 / Deliver the findings

Documents to work from.

Four editable Word masters, five fictional completed examples and seven guides for client delivery.

06 / Handle complications

Six advanced field notes.

More complicated project situations, with decisions, completed outputs and exercises to work through.

Also included · Partner Desk 1.0

Keep the evidence
beside the decision.

A local companion app for briefs, candidate assessments, follow-up and report drafts. Keep a full JSON backup of your work, or exchange candidate summaries as CSV.

Actual Partner Desk screen. Fictional training records.Click the screen to enlarge ·

Requires Python 3.9+ and a computer. macOS with a Chromium browser is the tested path. Setup and an illustrated walkthrough are included. Runs locally; the app, Word files and Obsidian notes do not sync automatically.

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Includes the complete Guide.

The question that matters

“How do I find a manufacturer
who would pay me?”

Start with manufacturers whose products you can understand. Look for a relevant market question, find the person responsible for it and approach them with a specific reason to talk.

The Guide takes you through building a manufacturer prospect list, finding the right contact, writing outreach, running a discovery call and proposing a scoped assignment. Client acquisition is part of the method.

If you have no previous client work, begin with the fictional assignment. Use it to practise and prepare an honestly labelled sample of your approach. Build your credibility around the quality of your thinking and the clarity of your offer.

It takes research, outreach and follow-through. You get a sequence to practise instead of another open-ended idea.

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Before you buy

The practical
questions.

Know what you are getting, how you use it and what the work involves.

How do I receive my files?

Checkout is handled by Whop. After a successful purchase, sign in to the same Whop account and open your Export Partner product. The private download area contains your ZIP and opening instructions. Guide buyers receive the complete core vault; Launch Kit buyers receive the full bundle, including the Guide and Partner Desk.

Do I need an existing trade network?

You can begin the lessons and fictional exercises without contacts. The course teaches how to find and approach manufacturers and research potential distributors. Building real relationships still takes work; the product does not supply clients or guarantee replies.

What service does this teach me to sell?

Defined research, candidate assessment and authorised introduction work for manufacturers exploring overseas distribution. It teaches how to agree a scope and fee for that service. It is not a promise of commissions from bulk commodity deals.

Is the Guide complete on its own?

Yes. The Guide contains the full core method, worked cases, exercises, checklists and outreach examples. The Launch Kit adds prepared working assets and Partner Desk. You do not need it to access essential lessons.

Is this a video course or coaching programme?

It is a written Obsidian course with practical exercises. The Launch Kit adds editable documents, a workbook, workflows and the local app. Video training, live coaching and done-for-you outreach are not included.

What do I need to open the material?

The course is plain Markdown in a linked Obsidian vault and needs no community plugins. The Launch Kit includes DOCX and XLSX files; its fee planner was checked in desktop Excel on macOS. Partner Desk requires Python 3.9+ and runs locally in a browser. macOS/Chromium is tested; mobile and other platforms are not certified.

Do I need to buy stock or finance shipments?

No inventory purchase is required for the service taught. You are providing research and coordination. Allow for learning, research, client acquisition and any external software costs; commercial risk and the possibility of not finding clients still exist.

Are the research kits real lead lists?

No. They provide source routes, search questions, fit checks and worked evidence to help you research. The example companies, correspondence and outcomes are fictional. You must find and verify current information for a live assignment.

Does the AI do the assignment for me?

The eight workflows give you prompts, authored examples and review guidance for defined tasks. You choose an external AI service if you use them; no API integration or subscription is included. You remain responsible for checking sources, confidentiality and outputs.

Will the 30-day roadmap get me a client?

The roadmap structures a trial of the method. It is not a client or income guarantee, and you can take longer. The practice assignment lets you build experience before deciding whether to pursue live work.

Start with one assignment.

You do not need to decide on a new career.
Decide to learn how the work is done.

The Guide gives you the full method and a complete fictional assignment to try it on. Work through it, see how you handle the research, and give yourself a clearer basis for the next step.

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