subject: Importers Bring It Home [print this page] Global business thrives through the efforts of importers. These individuals are able to track down and identify items that they believe will fetch a handsome price back home. Importers have a thankless job really. The domestic marketplace, despite its relative familiarity, is a very international arena. Most products for sale at the corner grocery store or the local shop do not come from the country they are sold in. The vast majority of products come from overseas and it is the responsibility of importers to track them down and bring them back.
These individuals have a very vital role in driving world commerce. The earliest importers were mostly the great explorers of the golden age of sea travel. These persons would travel the globe and open up new routes of trade between their homelands and the recently encountered nations they had the luck to encounters. These early importers often trafficked in spices and silks, two luxuries in high demand back in Western nations. Great profits could be made by bringing these commodities back home and despite the obvious dangers inherent in this early phase of globalization, more and more people would venture out to seek riches.
However, as this romantic notion of early importers began to give way to a more rational and organized approach, the influence of these traders was still felt. These people had a keen eye and a business savvy about them that could inherently direct them towards goods that would fetch a high price in their home country. And today, social networking is key when working as an importer.
Social networking is important in all aspects of the business world. This stems from business being made up of people. Businesses rely on people to propel growth and move forward. Without people there would be no business, commerce or trade of any kind. Humans are social creatures and it makes sense that their dealings would be heavily influenced by social dealings. Humans are such social creatures that an entire wave of devices to enable people to be more closely connected has spring up almost overnight.
Technologies that have provided the path forward are typically based around communications. The telegraph spawned the telephone which in turn generated the cell phone. The outpouring of communication devices in recent decades has made social networking even more important because of its ease and accessibility. The world of business has taken notice of this and responded.
More and more business is being conducted through unofficial channels. This includes social networking websites. However, most of these sites are dedicated to private use. These users are not business professionals looking to make a deal. Nevertheless, the advantages these sites provide have led to the creation of purpose built social networking sites that cater to business professionals. This can help augment businesses in ways never before seen. Importers can utilize these websites to find suppliers and products more efficiently than ever before.
