How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - 16 Methods
Using search engines to find customers is a skill that foreign trade personnel must master. Many newcomers in foreign trade hope others will tell them how to use Google for searches. I believe that while learning techniques from others is certainly necessary, if one solely relies on methods summarized by others, it would be difficult to find effective customers. Even if some are found, they would face significant competition because everyone uses these methods to look for customers. Therefore, I think learning to use search engines to find customers should start from two aspects: one is learning the help instructions of the search engine itself and keeping an eye on new technology applications; the other is analyzing customer search habits. The former is about learning search engine usage techniques, while the latter is about practical application techniques. The former can be improved through systematic study, while the latter requires understanding common methods first, then practicing personally, especially learning combined search methods. Regardless of whether it's Google, Baidu, Bing, Yahoo, or any other search engine.
The following are common methods summarized by predecessors for using Google to search for customers.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method One: Combined Search on Google.com
Search Method: Product + Purchasing Term + Various Suffixes + Email
Generally, when using Google to search for customers, it involves combining several key elements with spaces between them. Usually, 2-4 elements are sufficient for combination:
Purchasing terms like wedding dress importer, wedding dress distributor, wedding dress wholesale, wedding dress wholesaler, wedding dress wanted, buyer, buying wedding dress, wedding dress purchase, wedding dress purchasing, looking for wedding dress, interested in wedding dress, etc.
Various suffixes could be public email suffixes, domain name suffixes, company name suffixes, etc.
1. Public Email Suffixes
Google combined search elements like: bearing @gmail.com
bearing distributor @gmail.com
Looking for bearing @mail.ru
Other public emails include:
@hotmail.com,
@gmail.com,
@aol.com,
@yahoo.com
@yahoo.co.jp
@yahoo.co.uk
United States: @netzero.net, @twcny.rr.com, @comcast.net, @warwick.net, @comcast.net, @cs.com;
Germany @t-online.de, @multi-industrie.de;
France: @wannado.fr, @mindspring.com, @excite.com, @club-internet.fr;
Japan @yahoo.co.jp, @candel.co.jp;
United Kingdom @cwgsy.net, @btinternet.com, @sltnet.lk;
India @wilnetonline.net @cal3.vsnl.net.in @rediffmail.com @sancharnet.in @vsnl.com
New Zealand @xtra.co.nz
Russia @yandex.ru @mail.ru
Germany @t-online.de @multi-industrie.de
More public email suffixes can be found at: How to Use Google to Search for Buyer Emails [Elite]
2. Domain Name Suffixes
Such as .cn, .de, .fr, .us, .co.uk. More domain name suffixes can be seen at Country Domain Name Suffix Abbreviations
We can use the inurl command (note the colon is an English character and no space follows)
For example: (can combine importer, purchase, looking for, etc.)
inurl:.de bearing email, Germany
inurl:.fr bearing email France
Inurl:.us bearing email, United States
inurl:.it bearing email Italy
inurl:.au bearing email Australia
inurl:.br bearing email Brazil
inurl:.ca bearing email Canada
inurl:.jp bearing email Japan
More public email suffixes can be seen at: Country Domain Name Suffix Abbreviations
3. Company Name Suffixes
Each country’s company names have suffixes, such as China's Co., Ltd., Germany's GmbH, S.P.A., S.R.L., AG, S.A. (also can combine importer, purchase, looking for, etc.)
bearing GMBH email Germany
bearing AG email Germany and Switzerland
bearing S.A. email Southern Europe, South America
bearing S.A.R.L.email France, Spain
bearing B.V.email or bearing N.V email Netherlands, Belgium
bearing S.P.A email or bearing S.R.L.email Italy
Other country suffixes
APS: Denmark
Lda: Portugal
Ltda: Brazil, Chile
SP.Z.O.O: Poland
TIC: Turkey
S.R.O: Czech Republic
EIRL: Portugal, Peru
More company name suffixes can be seen at: Country Company Name Suffixes
These elements can be arbitrarily combined, but the basic three items cannot be omitted, otherwise the results will be less accurate. Of course, you can also search with two elements for more results and manually filter them.
Here are a few examples:
Wanted Bearing @hotmail.com Purchasing term + product term + public email suffix
Bearing .inc email Product term + company suffix + email
Inrul:.de bearing email Inurl command + domain suffix + product term + email
Other commands include:
Limiting the search scope to web page titles intitle:
Limiting the search scope to specific sites site:
Limiting the search scope to URLs inurl:
(Note the colon is an English character and no space follows)
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Two: Google National Website Searches
Method: Google.de search product translation word + email
If you have identified your product's end market, for example, your product performs well in Germany, then select Germany as your focus for development. The first method mentioned earlier can be used as a broad net cast, and now this method should be used for fine-tuning.
First, confirm the German Google, www.google.de, choose Google.de Use the following language: Deutsch
Then use Google Translate to translate your product and purchasing terms. For instance, bearing in German is Lager
You can try searching lager email first, then gradually add purchasing terms. If the websites found are in German and you don't understand, use the Google Translate tool to translate the webpage. As long as you find the correct email address, that's all you need.
National Google Websites Worldwide:
Germany www.google.de
France www.google.fr
United Kingdom www.google.co.uk
Japan www.google.co.jp
South Korea www.google.co.kr
Italy www.google.it
Switzerland www.google.ch
Canada www.google.ca
Israel www.google.co.il
Netherlands www.google.nl
Belgium www.google.be
Chile www.google.cl
Argentina www.google.com.ar
More see: National Google Websites Worldwide
At the same time, you can also use similar methods to search on local search engines in various countries, such as in German: www.google.de www.yahoo.de
www.altavista.de www.lycos.de
www.aladin.de www.acoon.de
www.allesklar.de www.fireball.de
www.web.de at.altavista.com
French: www.google.fr
www.yahoo.fr
www.seek.fr
www.hotbot.fr
www.netscape.fr
www.voila.fr
www.google.co.za
www.orange.fr
More multilingual search engines see: 16 Multilingual Search Engines
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Three: Google Search for B2B Inquiry Emails
Method: Input the name, phone number, etc., of the procurement party into Google
In B2B, usually, you can't see the email of the procurement party; only basic contact information such as company name, phone, address, fax, contact person, and procurement products are visible. You can input these single or combined pieces of information into Google for a search, remember to add "email" to the search element. If you find the company's website, you can search "@abc.com" or add the contact person's name in Google to see which one is most suitable.
Specific methods I've written before, see: How to Develop Customers Using Expired Inquiries
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Four: Google Search Competitors (Peers)
Method: Search competitors' company names or phone numbers
Search the company names of domestic competitors or foreign peers on Google to see where your peers appear. You'll find peers of your peers or their customers in these websites, perhaps they are your potential customers (search both the full company name and the abbreviation).
Additionally, search the phone, fax, email, mobile phone, even the boss's name and mobile phone number of your peers. You'll discover significant business opportunities (when searching for the boss's or purchaser's name or mobile phone number, you can add "PDF"). Just try it, and you'll know the effect.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Five: Google Search Famous Buyers in the Industry
Method: Same as above, if you know certain famous buyers in the industry, search their company names and emails thoroughly to see if there are any business opportunities.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Six: Google Search New and Old Customer Emails
Search the emails of foreign customers (including old customer emails and new customer emails) on Google. You receive new inquiries every day; try searching these customers' emails directly on Google. (You can also search the customer's mobile phone number or full name + company abbreviation together.)
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Seven: Google Search Giant Industry Distributors
Google finds giants in the industry not to do business with them, but to find their distributors, who helps them distribute products. Can these distributors be developed? Can they act as agents for our products?
Method: Search the brand abbreviations of the industry giants, or add distributor, wholesale, or reseller afterward.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Eight: Google Search Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry Association Members
Industry associations: Association, Alliances, Bureau, Council, Institute, Society, Guild
You can input your industry or product words + the above chamber association names in Google to find members' emails. If there are no emails, search the company name (full name or abbreviation) in Google again to find the email.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Nine: Google Search Industry Exhibition Members
Same method as above, enter known exhibition websites to find participating companies, search their names in Google to find emails.
If you want to know more exhibitions, you can check on exhibition websites or Google search exhibition websites. Product words or industry words + exhibition, trade show, fair can all be combined. www.eventseye.com is directly searched by inputting Trade Shows directory.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Ten: Google Search eBay Sellers
Sellers on eBay are your potential customers. You can wholesale products to them and let them sell for you.
Try Google searching inurl:ebay bearing email or inurl:ebay bearing, which can search out links to different national versions of eBay websites. Of course, you can also open different national eBay websites one by one to search for your products and contact those sellers. Links to various national eBay websites can be found at the bottom of www.ebay.com homepage.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Eleven: Google Find Distributor Websites wholesale or wholesaler
Currently, small-scale wholesale is popular, just like aliexpress. There are many wholesale platforms abroad, and we can consider sellers on these platforms as our customer targets and develop them properly. If half of the sellers on so many global wholesale platforms sell your products, you can sit at home and count money.
Distributor websites: www.wholesalecentral.com, www.toptenwholesale.com
wedding dress importer, wedding dress distributor, wedding dress wholesale, wedding dress wholesaler, wedding dress wanted, buyer, Kaufen Brautkleider, vestidos de novia, wedding dress purchase, wedding dress purchasing
More URLs can be seen at: http://sites.forexporter.com/sort40.html
You can also directly search wholesale or wholesaler or add the country name before it in Google.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Twelve: Google Search B2C/C2C Sellers shopping or shop
There are many B2C and C2C websites of various scales abroad, including large C2C websites like eBay. You can search these websites on Google, find the sellers on the websites, and contact them for development. Try searching shopping or shop on Google. More C2C websites can be seen at: http://sites.forexporter.com/sort42.html These were collected previously, and Google searches will yield updated and better websites.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Thirteen: Google Image, Google Video, Google Map, Google Shopping
You can combine the above methods with Google web search, and separately search products or combined searches in Google Image, Google Video, Google Shopping.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Fourteen: Google Find B2B Opportunities
To find B2B opportunities, you can input B2B-related words such as Manufacturers, exporters, suppliers, buyers, sellers, buy, marketplace, B2B, trade, products, portal, etc., in Google to search and find a series of B2B websites to see if there are any business opportunities.
If you want to find B2B websites in a particular country or continent, you can add the country prefix or continent name to the search combination, remembering to use three different ways to search, such as Canada, Canadian, CA, China, Chineses.
Google search method: Canada Manufacturers, Canadian suppliers
To identify the B2B website, you can use Alexa to check its value. This can be seen in my previous article: Free Online Promotion Methods [Elite]
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Fifteen: Google Find Business Directories
Same method as above, the search words can be directory or business directory, and you can also add the country name or continent name before them.
How to Use Google to Find Customers for Foreign Trade - Method Sixteen: Google Find Industry Websites
Product or industry name + directory, product or industry name + manufacturers, standalone product or industry name searches also work, try them all!
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