Buying Agent, Buyer Support and Export Services

Since January 2006 we offer our buying agent and professional buyer support services to assist your sourcing of local handmade products in northern and northeastern Thailand. All our support services comprise fair trade practices related to manufacturing artisans and workshops.

We offer our professional qualifications and experience in:

• knowledge of local products and product supply chains
• knowledge of the local wholesale, export, artisan and manufacturer marketplace
• understanding of local business culture and practices
• experience in effective relations with both very small and larger manufacturers
• experience in researching local products, artisans, manufacturers, support organisations and supply chains
• english speaking, university level staff with business, legal and customer/supplier relations backgrounds
• manufacturing schedule follow up, problem solving, in process and final product quality control
• product packaging, packing, export documentation and shipping
  

Our services can be tailored to your specific needs and are available at reasonable fixed rates. If you are a buyer visiting Chiang Mai and northern Thailand and are interested to know more about our buyer support and buying agent services, feel free to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.

Our services:

• canvassing specific products or product lines
• retainer service for canvassing and exporting specific products or product lines
• hire of a vehicle with driver (or small motorcycle) and a thai/english speaking professional on per day basis
• office support infrastructure with wireless lan, phone and thai/english speaking professionals on per half-day basis
• a Thai homemade free lunch at our farm house, made with our home-grown rice, with any of these services
• periodic manufacturing follow-up services on an order/manufacturer basis
• use of our discount agreements with major courier services
• final quality control, export packaging, freight arrangements, documentation
  

We like to fully prepare your visit and give you our undivided attention. May we request you to contact us ample in advance of your visit.

We are not in a position to render support services for new, furniture scale wooden objects where raw material origins cannot be sufficiently traced.


A small selection of products made in Thailand's countryside:

	Banana Tree Boxes		Floating Candles		Indoor Candles		Ceramic Cups		Ethnic Earrings
	Paper Folding Fans		Soap Flowers		Sisal Hats		Jade Necklaces		Parasols
	Ethnic Silver		Ceramic Vases		Ceramic Vases		Wire Art		Wood & Coconut