Finding a Foreign Distributor
As tricky as it can be to obtain financing for a global expansion program, finding foreign business partners can be even tougher. If we can find foreign distributors for ours product, we will be able to simply sell them products and let them worry about reselling them at a profit in their domestic markets. Distributors are nice because they can offer foreign customers top-notch service and are easier for we do deal with because they typically buy enough of ours product to build up an inventory.
We may be able to find a foreign distributor by simply looking around ours country or state for a foreign company with a Oman. representative. Trade groups, foreign chambers of commerce in the Oman, and branches of Oman chambers of commerce in foreign countries are all good places to start ours search for a foreign distributor.
International business consultants can provide valuable help the first few times we are trying to evaluate a foreign distributor. If we prefer to do the job ourselves, look for the following when assessing in a foreign distributor: