E-business in trading... Chances and risks ?

I would like to start my own business as trader...
Could someone gives me some tips or advises in doing trading using internet ? What are the chances, when most of the buyers prefer sending inquiries or getting quotations just from factories instead of small traders ?

Thanks in advance for your help !!!



Bonymanu

Replying to [bonymanu]:at one timne or anther we all started out small. so we can understand your feelings at lest most of us. i know that it ican seem hard at first but if you do your homeowork and study
study study you will succeed. study also the countires you hope to dela with get to know there customs and trade practisses and also get to know the people. it will help in the long run.

Replying to [bonymanu]: search engine and B2B website can help you to find your buyer who are the factory instead of company.

1) Search engine:
you can use Keywords to find your buyers or sellers
keyword + manufacturer
Keyword + factory

Usefully Search Engine in the cyber-World
1
AOL Search
http://search.aol.com/

2
AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com/

3
Anzwers
http://www.anzwers.com/

4
The Yellow Pages
http://www.theyellowpages.com/

5
Go2Netv
http://www.100hot.com/

6
Canada.com
http://www.canada.com/

7
Direct Hit
http://www.directhit.com/

8
EuroSeek
http://www.euroseek.com/

9
Jayde Online
http://www.jayde.com/

10
Excite
http://www.excite.com/

11
FAST Search
http://www.alltheweb.com/

12
Go / Infoseek
http://www.go.com/

13
Google
http://www.google.com/

14
Go Hwy
http://www.gohwy.com/

15
HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/

16
Info Highway
http://www.infohiway.com/

17
Galaxy
http://galaxy.tradewave.com/

18
SearchHound
http://www.searchhound.com/

19
PowerSearch
http://www.powersearch.com/

20
Allbusiness
http://www.comfind.com/

21
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/

22
MSN Search
http://search.msn.com/

23
Netscape Search
http://search.netscape.com/

24
Northern Light
http://www.northernlight.com/

25
Open Directory
http://dmoz.org/


26
InfoSpace
http://www.infospace.com/

27
All The Web
http://www.alltheweb.com/

28
Webindex
http://www.webindex.net/

29
WebCrawler
http://www.webcrawler.com/

30
Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/

2) B2B website
my top 10 B2B trade website:
http://www.alibaba.com
http://www.bosslink.com/
http://www.ebay.com
http://www.made-in-china.com
http://www.globalsources.com/
http://www.diytrade.com/
http://www.ecplaza.net/
http://www.craigslist.com/
http://manufacture.com.tw/
http://china.busytrade.com/