Country Search
How to make a Country Search
Country Search Results
Customizing your Country Search Results
Sending Inquiries from your Country Search Results
Country Search
The Country Search function helps you find products or suppliers from specific countries and regions. To search:
To search:
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Click the "Country" link under Search in the left navigation bar. |
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This will take you to a list of countries arranged by region.
To focus your search within a specific country covered by Global Sources, you can also select from the list of sourcing sites for various countries and regions. |
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Select a category if you wish, otherwise your search will cover all categories. You can also select to search for Products, Suppliers or News. |
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Enter your product or supplier keyword(s). |
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Check and select the countries from which you want to source then click Search. |
Country Search Results
In the Country Search Results, you will find:
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A list of product categories related to your keyword(s) showing the number of products and suppliers available in your selected countries. |
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A list of matching product profiles. These include product photographs, product descriptions, links to suppliers' websites and links to related product categories. |
Customizing your Country Search Results
When you do a Country Search by Product:
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Select View more categories, at the end of the list of categories, to see all relevant product categories. |
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Within a product category, if there is a long list that takes up more than one page, click on the page number links at the bottom of each page to see more product profiles. |
When you do a Country Search by Suppliers:
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Within a product category, underneath the list of suppliers, click on View other suppliers at the end of the list of supplier names to see all relevant suppliers including those who do not advertise with Global Sources. |
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Click on View more categories at the end of the list of product categories to view more product categories that match your search. |
Sending Inquiries from your Country Search Results
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You can send inquiries direct to suppliers from the Country Search Results page:
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Select the products or suppliers which interest you and click Inquire Now. |
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Fill in the resulting Request for Information (RFI) form. |
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Click Send. |
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If you wish to send your inquiries later, add the products or suppliers in which you are interested to your Inquiry Basket:
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Select your products or suppliers and click Add to Basket. |
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These products or suppliers will be marked "Added to Basket". |
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To check the contents of your Inquiry Basket, click on the Inquiry Basket link in the left navigation bar. |
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The Inquire All button
You can easily inquire about all products or suppliers in a specific product category by using the convenient Inquire All button.
If you have made a search for products:
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On the Search Results page, click the product category which interests you. You will be presented with a list of all products in this category. |
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Click the dark blue Inquire All button. |
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Fill in the resulting Request for Information (RFI) form and click Send. |
If you have made a search for suppliers:
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On the Search Results page, you will see a list of suppliers that match your keyword, followed by a list of product categories also matching your keyword. Select the product category which interests you. |
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If there is at least one product listed, you will see the dark blue Inquire All button. Click this. |
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Fill in the resulting Request for Information (RFI) form. |
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Click Send. |
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If there are no products listed in the product category, the Inquire All button will not be available. However, if there are a number of suppliers listed for this product category, this means these suppliers can provide relevant products, but do not currently advertise comprehensive company and product information with Global Sources.
To inquire about products from these suppliers, select the supplier in which you are interested and click the Inquire Now button.
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