5 Steps to Export and Win Your First International Sale Fast
Most new exporters do not fail because their products are weak. They fail because they guess the process and lose weeks on trial tactics that never reach real buyers. At High Business International we teach a simple plan you can execute this month. Follow these five steps to export in 90 days and lock in your first international sale with confidence.
Step 1. Pick one offer and one country
Do not try to sell ten products to ten regions at once. Choose a single hero product with a clear benefit and match it to one country where demand and compliance are in your favor. This focus reduces research time and raises reply rates. If you want strategy posts to support this step, browse our Global Trade and Export Strategy category for practical targeting ideas.
Step 2. Price with landed cost clarity
Winning buyers starts with pricing they can trust. Build a clear calculation that includes unit cost, packing, inland trucking, export fees, and the right Incoterm. When your number is clean, your quote feels professional and your negotiation has a floor. The 90 Day Export Sprint walks you through this math with simple templates so you do not guess or undercut your margin.
Step 3. Use outreach that gets replies
Buyers ignore generic pitches. Use short messages that match the buyer role and speak in their language when possible. Lead with a benefit, remove risk, add a proof point, and ask a direct question. Aim for a reply, not a sale in the first email. For quick wins, explore content under the export in 90 days tag and apply the messaging patterns today.
Step 4. Quote with clean documents and timelines
Once a buyer replies, move fast with a professional pro forma invoice and a simple delivery timeline. Include product specs, HS codes when relevant, payment terms, and shipment window. Use clear next steps and ask for confirmation. This reduces back and forth and keeps momentum while the buyer is warm.
Step 5. Deliver, follow up, and set the reorder
On time delivery builds trust. Send updates at key milestones and reconfirm post delivery feedback. Then offer a reorder plan with an incentive or a packaging improvement. The goal is not a single win. The goal is a repeatable export engine that keeps your line running and your margin growing.
Shortcut the path with the Export Sprint and Cooperate Program
The five steps above come directly from the 90 Day Export Sprint book series. It is a complete plan that teaches you what to do each week and includes scripts, templates, and checklists. Order here to begin now. Buy the 90 Day Export Sprint. If you want to pair training with verified access to buyers, add the High Business International Cooperate Program and choose the right tier for your product range and growth goal.
- Basic Plan. One buyer deal guarantee and a focused starter toolkit.
- Advance Plan. Multi product support, pitch deck, and five buyer deals.
- Gold Plan. Priority badge, ten buyer deals, monthly coaching, and scaling support.
Your next move
Pick a country and a hero product today. Build a clean landed price. Send five quality messages using a benefit first script. When the first buyer replies, send a professional quote and a simple timeline the same day. Then deliver, measure, and tee up the reorder. This is how you go from local to global in one quarter.
Get the 90 Day Export Sprint and start the process now. Add the Cooperate Program tier that fits your stage to connect with verified buyers faster and turn your first sale into a repeat order.
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