Replying to [wsl-love]:
This is a very costly approach to enter the trade business. Where you buy the product first and then look for customers, so you invest money and time and then need more money to promote the product through ads in newspapers, radio stations, etc. to the market you want to target. I could consider this scenario a serious gamble.

In my case I started the other way around. I learned about people wanted some products but they could not find them in the local market, so I did my homework, found out who produced those items and start making phone calls to check prices and quality, finally I decided for one provider and purchased my first order.

Still I had to do some heavy marketing as I wanted the market to know that the product was here already, and could call me at my numners to order. This scenario was a safe bet, because I knew they needed the product, the problem was to sell it at the right price. So far that has been my approach, and it is working fine to me. As I build my client list and talk to them, I get more insights as to what additional products they want, and get them for them. I started with one provider, now I have 5 and plan to expand to ten in the next two years. Hope it helps

Vicente Huaman