All Courses
Below you will find our current courses. You can click on a course here to register, or if you are already registered you will see a button that says "continue study" and you can click there to go back into the class.
We are working with international trade experts from businesses and government support offices to add more courses all the time. Check back and see what has been added!
The Buying Overseas Classes are a lower base price than the Selling Overseas Classes right now. If you have a coupon code received from a partner organization you can enter it at check out.
Buying Overseas for Beginners – Product Class
For many of our clients their problems start here - they have not documented and defined their product expectations correctly. The factory will do what you tell them, and if you don't tell them effectively they won't do it. In this class you will learn how to get ahead of problems and get the best product.
Buying Overseas for Beginners – Supplier Class
Having a good supplier is so important to a business! In this class we cover how to find suppliers, to qualify them to make sure they meet your needs, to negotiate and set expectations for the product and delivery. This is a critical topic to your overall business success.
Buying Overseas for Beginners – Cost Class
Your final cost, that we refer to as Landed Cost, is critical to gauging your profitability before buying from overseas. This class teaches you how to find out what the extra costs of importing will be for your product and how to calculate the final landed cost.
Buying Overseas for Beginners – Placing an Order Class
Your order is a legal document that binds both the buyer and the seller. It is also used by outside stakeholders like customs, the freight forwarder, banks, etc. So knowing what information needs to be included - INCO terms, the correct HS code, additional Terms & Conditions - is critical.
Buying Overseas for Beginners – Quality Control Class
You will hear many people talk about buying products overseas only to get them into your warehouse and discover quality problems. In this class we will teach you how to reduce the risk of poor quality parts.
Buying Overseas for Beginners – Shipment Management Class
Moving goods across international borders involves many different stakeholders - customs in both countries, the freight forwarder, tax authorities, etc. It is important to understand both what is legally required and best practices to make sure the goods move through without a problem.
Buying Overseas for Beginners – Intellectual Property Class
Your Intellectual Property is one of the most important assets of your business - your designs, your logo / trademark, any patented functions. This course will show you some important ways to protect those assets.
Selling Overseas for Beginners – Product Class
When you sell overseas you have different customer expectations, different regulations from that government, concerns about how the product will perform overseas, and more! This class helps you prepare for those outcomes.
Selling Overseas for Beginners – Customer Class
Your customer is always important. But in an overseas sale it can be more difficult to assess your customer- to know if they will pay, if they pose an IP risk, how to manage the order, etc. This class focuses on how to work with overseas customers to make sure both you and they are satisfied with the transaction.
Selling Overseas for Beginners – Price Class
A major aspect of your success selling overseas is how competitive your price is in the market, while also ensuring your profit. This class will cover how to price your product, including calculating all the costs of moving goods across borders.
Selling Overseas for Beginners – Order Class
Your order to the customer becomes a legal document when the goods & money cross the border. So its very important to understand how to format the order, pricing, etc. before you finalize. This class will help you to understand how to establish the best practices for accepting overseas orders.
Selling Overseas for Beginners – Returns & Warranty
Learn how to assess the complications of managing returns and warranties across borders. You may need one policy for domestic customers and another for international.
Selling Overseas for Beginners – Shipment Class
Moving goods across international borders involves many different stakeholders - customs in both countries, the freight forwarder, tax authorities, etc. It is important to understand both what is legally required and best practices to make sure the goods move through without a problem.
Selling Overseas for Beginners – Intellectual Property
Your Intellectual Property is one of the most important assets of your business - your designs, your logo / trademark, any patented functions. This course will show you some important ways to protect those assets.
Intermediate Course – Tooling Course
A more in-depth course all about procuring and protecting ownership of your tooling and molds.
Buying Overseas for Beginners - The Series of 7 Classes
- Product Class
- Supplier Class
- Cost Class
- Placing an Order Class
- Quality Control Class
- Shipment Management Class
- Intellectual Property Class
Selling Overseas for Beginners - The Series of 7 Classes
- Product Class
- Customer Class
- Price Class
- Placing an Order Class
- Returns & Warranty Class
- Shipment Management Class
- Intellectual Property Class
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