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Welcome to the Exciting World of Imports and Exports
Hi! My name is George Paukert and I am going to introduce you to the most exciting business of the new millenium.
Briefly about my background. I was born in a communist country, Czechoslovakia. In 1968 when the Soviet tanks rolled in to "liberate" us, I left the country. When I came to America in 1969 with less than $50 in my pocket, I had no friends, no job, and couldn't speak a word of English. The reason I am mentioning this is to show you that despite the odds I had against me, I was still able to succeed. Every day someone else is beating the odds. And it can happen to YOU tomorrow!
How did I start? You name it, I tried it. From mail order to selling hotdogs on weekends while holding a job as a factory worker working for minimum wage. One year after coming to America, I opened a toy store on a "shoe string" - which means I had no money of my own and only a small prayer to succeed. But I did! I used OPM - Other People's Money ! Later on you will see an example of how YOU can - with NO Money and NO Credit - start your business TOMORROW!
This is a picture of my second toy store.
While in the toy business, I learned how profitable it could be if I imported certain merchandise myself. This is how I got my start in the Import/Export business. Later on, I became the head of the Import Dept. of a major retail organization and sat on almost every Buying Committee.
When I opened my first toy store, I realized the American Market was missing a lot of toys available in other parts of the world. For various reasons, the importers would not bring them to the United States in the early 70's -- not enough interest, or high prices. Later on it became "fashionable" to import everything from Japan, Taiwan, or Hong Kong.
For me, the most attractive part of imports was very simple: You could make 5 times to 10 times more money than you could on the normal markup which averaged around 40%. For example, if you bought a toy from a domestic supplier/manufacturer which cost you $5.00 delivered, you could sell the toy at $9.99 to get a full markup of 50% , discount it at $8.99, or give it away for $5.99. However, if you keep doing that, you won't be in business too long.
The main reason retailers go out of business is because they don't make enough money to cover all their expenses and show a profit. If you look over the last 25 years, many discounters have disappeared because they didn't make enough money! The same thing happened to department stores and small stores --- and it will happen to everyone who doesn't make enough profit.
I realized if I import desirable, salable items not available in the USA, I will make a substantial profit. Slowly I turned my store (later stores) from just scraping by into highly profitable operations. I began to import toys from Australia, Asia, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Germany. For example, I bought Koala bears made of real fur from Australia which cost me from $1.00 - $16.00 depending on the size and was able to sell them for $10.00 - $100.00. Of course, Qantas Airlines helped me with their TV commercials which showed a little koala bear climbing a tree. They still use the same commercials today. I did the same thing with Flamenco dancer dolls from Spain - tremendous markup and profit.
These were my beginnings in imports and exports. The reason I am explaining all this to you is that you will learn I am highly qualified to teach you about imports. Later, I disposed of my toy stores (the 7 year itch in the business) and traveled the world looking for interesting items I could import to the USA.
As you know, things happen, money started to run out, and I decided to work for someone for a few years. Luckily for me, a huge retail organization was looking for someone who could function as Import Director. Although I had experience in retail, I also had experience of doing imports for 7 years. This function was for a much more experienced person than I was, but I got lucky and got the job. The reason I was hired was because I made the phone call on Sunday when I saw the ad. Guess who was working -- yes, the President of the company. That Sunday I went for an interview and got the job. The personnel department was in panic on Monday morning because the head of the company hired me without consulting with them. I stepped into this situation which proved to be very profitable and educational for me for the rest of my life.
I had to learn everything in a hurry because I was working with a company that did millions of dollars in business. In fact, the whole group did somewhere around $500,000,000 in business a year! And their goal was to import as much merchandise as possible in order to improve profit margins. I ran that department for almost 4 years - until my assistant convinced me to go back into my own business. Because of my position, I sat on the majority of merchandising committees where I met the presidents and CEO's of the biggest US companies and learned lots of trade secrets available only through these meetings. I also met the overseas manufacturers, presidents of the companies and the presidents of trading companies.
I wanted to give you some idea of my background and expertise which is very important for you when you are deciding to purchase my book, How To Start Your Own Import/Export Business.
As I mentioned before, this company did some very substantial business. Let me tell you one story I will never forget. We were doing tremendous business with one particular item, a Bentwood Rocker, which would retail from $29.99 - $99.99 depending on the store where it was purchased. The quality would also correspond to the price you paid for it in either Taiwan or Korea. These were the only 2 countries making the Bentwood Rocker at the time and it was a key promotional item for us. It is supposed to be made, if it is the best quality, of 16 plies of wood which were treated in hot water and bent into shape, glued together, and sanded down. Sometimes the sanding process would lose a
little wood, but not more than 1 or 2 plies.
One of my duties was to make sure we were getting a good quality product and were not being ripped off which can very easily happen if you are not on top of things. On one of my inspections in the warehouse, I came across a broken Bentwood Rocker. It really shouldn't break, so I took a closer look. Instead of 16 plies of wood, there were only 6 plies. I went to my office, called the warehouse people at 4 different stores to bring me a sample of the Bentwood Rocker they had in stock and a saw. A very strange request. Anyway, they brought me the samples and a saw and began sawing. To my disbelief, all the rockers were made of a maximum 6 - 8 plies, not the 16 plies we were GUARANTEED in writing! I advised the President of the company what I discovered.
Now I will show you what you can do if you have huge buying power. The very next day in Asian time, for us it was 2 days, we had the top honchos from our Taiwanese and Korean factories and trading companies in our showroom. I'll never forget the scene that followed. Here is everyone dressed in suits and ties on their knees sawing Bentwood Rockers. I just sat and watched the show. After seeing only 6 plies of wood, the suppliers agreed to give us credit of $1.00 per rocker. We had ordered 1 million pieces, and the very next day they wired $1,000,000 to our bank and promised never to allow such a thing to happen again. They gave me a Chinese name which, when translated, was the "man who saws rockers." This little story quickly spread to other suppliers, and even years later I was still known as the guy who saws rockers.
This incident created our Import Control Dept. We started checking and comparing every imported item submitted to us prior to ordering it. We checked everything: measurements, weight, material, fabric, design, everything to the smallest detail. And we started to fine our suppliers. Since we did substantial business with them, they did not want to lose our business.
When you get started, you will, in all probability, start small, so keep this story in mind. Stay on top of things and you will not get ripped off.
HOW CAN YOU START YOUR IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESS WITHOUT ANY MONEY?
You can start tomorrow even if you have no money. What you do need is the belief that you can do it, and the desire and determination to succeed. At the end of this site, I'll make you an offer you cannot refuse. When you buy my book, How To Start Your Own Import/Export Business, I'll give you sources to Asian and European product publications which you can get for FREE. The cost to buy all of them would run into a few hundred dollars.
Today, because of the Internet, you now have a tremendous advantage in the Import/Export business. You can easily contact anyone in the world - and it costs you nothing! You can also get a response almost immediately - and it costs nothing! When I was Import Director for the retail organization, I had to use the Telex machine and, because of the time difference, make many overseas phone calls from my home. The Internet changed all that. The Import/Export business truly became a global business. It is definitely THE business of the future. By starting today, you can get a huge jump and advantage over those coming in later on.
THE MILLION DOLLAR PLAN
- You choose an item, which as an example, is made in Hong Kong. You don't have to travel to Hong Kong. You contact the manufacturer for samples, catalogs, price lists -- then you ask for prices if you buy in huge quantities -- in that order.
- You negotiate price, delivery, etc. Ask the manufacturer for a free sample - many manufacturers will ship samples up to a few hundred dollars if they know you are in this business. Sometimes they will charge you a factory price. Either way, it is not difficult to obtain samples, literature, catalogs, photos of product -- they have plenty of that.
- Once you have all your information, you search for a buyer - anywhere in the world. No one says you have to sell it in the USA. Let's say you sell this item to a German department store which has a few hundred stores and does substantial business. And, if you happen to live in Germany and reached this site, you can sell it in Italy. Is it possible? Yes! Can it be done? Of course!
- Let's say the item from Hong Kong is a small "gizmo" which costs $20.00 each, takes 0.1 cu.ft. of space, and you can ship approximately 23,000 pieces in one 40' container. The cost of the full container is $460,000.00. This is the money you have to come up with. You sell it to your buyer for $25.00 each, total price for the container is $575,000.00. This is the money your buyer has to come up with. Your profit on each item is $5.00, total profit, $115,000.
I am sure your next question is : How can I buy the container from Hong Kong if I don't have the money?
Here is what you do. You ask the German department store to open a Letter of Credit in favor of your bank in the amount of $575,000. This is the cost of 23,000 gizmos@$25. You then instruct your bank to issue a Letter of Credit to your Hong Kong manufacturer/supplier in the amount of $460,000, with instructions that when the container arrives in Germany, is cleared by Customs, and is received by the German department store, the money is to be released.
Just to give you a brief explanation, the import/export business is mainly done by Letters of Credit. A Letter of Credit is opened by the Buyer's bank (in this case Germany) payable to a U.S. bank (because I created that deal). The U.S. bank will wire a Letter of Credit to the bank in Hong Kong where the supplier/manufacturer does business. This is how this business is done every day.
Remember, the German Letter of Credit to your bank was $575,000. The Letter of Credit from your bank to your Hong Kong supplier is $460,000. YOU KEEP YOUR PROFIT OF $115,000 ON ONE SHIPMENT. If $115,000 is enough for you, do one deal a year. If you want to make a million dollars, do 9 deals a year. To do 9 similar deals in one year you'll have almost 6 weeks for each deal. Don't forget, if you find a good "gizmo " to buy and sell, you can just keep doing the same thing over and over. Obviously, if the "gizmo" is a good seller for one department store, you can sell it to hundreds of other department stores.
Now, I didn't take the cost of freight into consideration which could be paid by the supplier or the buyer through their own import broker. The same applies to duty. And your bank could charge you some fees for handling the paperwork for the Letter of Credit and the money. But, all this would be deducted from your $115,000 profit. Or, it could be deducted from the buyer's or seller's invoice. Everything is negotiable!
What is very important is that you realize this technique is being used thousands of times every day. People are successfully using OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY!
So, I demonstrate to you again that you don't need to use your own money to make a million dollars in one year. What you need to do is change your state of mind, replace laziness with busy-ness, go from a non-believer to a believer, and from a "whiner," - lose that "h" - and become a "winner."
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We also had some big customers. We made tiles for Harrah's and Trump Plaza casinos in Atlantic City. It wasn't easy to sell to the casinos. Both Arlene and I, as well as the manufacturers, had to go through a background check before the casinos could buy any merchandise from us. The New Jersey Casino Control Commission had to check up on us (through FBI records) and make sure neither we nor the manufacturers we represented had no ties to "organized crime." There were pages and pages of forms that had to be filled out. But it was worth it, because we did good business with them. Of course, we also sold our regular giftware lines to them as well as the Tropicana Hotel Casino and Bally's Park Place - both in Atlantic City. They sold our products in their gift stores.
We also made a tile for the US Coast Guard. Their tall ship, the Barque Eagle, was going on a tour around the world. They sold thousands of pieces in every port. It is no easy task to sell to the US government. They, too, had forms and all sorts of requirements. However, when they found out that we were an approved vendor for the New Jersey casinos, we were able to cut out a lot of the red tape.
This is where the Import/Export and Manufacturer's Rep businesses come together. We were not the manufacturers of the merchandise, but all of products were imported. We represented the manufacturers and worked on commission. The re-orders gave us residual income.
Just click on the pictures below to see an enlarged version.
Harrah's Hotel Casino - Atlantic City, NJ
Trump Plaza Hotel Casino - Atlantic City, NJ
Barque Eagle - US Coast Guard
HOW YOU CAN GET ON YOUR
"ROAD TO WEALTH"
WITH IMPORTS & EXPORTS
"ROAD TO WEALTH"
WITH IMPORTS & EXPORTS
The book I am offering you is written with "hands on" in mind. How To Start Your Own Import/Export Business is printed loose-leaf style so you can add additional pages of information as you come across them.
The U.S. Customs laws and the customs laws of any other country are the same -- they keep changing forms, procedures, etc. It would be next to impossible to keep my book up to date with their bureaucracy. Customs is something you probably won't have to deal with very much since almost everyone uses an Import/Export Broker to handle these details.
With my book, you will get order forms for one sample issue of all these books pictured here. This is worth a lot of money, especially when you learn that Hong Kong Enterprise has between 800 - 1,000 pages of products you can buy. I have been receiving these publications for free for many reasons: a) I am an importer and b) I wrote books about it. I know you will probably want to order all the books. Just remember, the more you see, the more you can get confused. Keep it simple, my friend.
Let me make an important comment here. When I first started with imports in 1972, the world was very different. Hong Kong belonged to Great Britain. The communist countries were ruled by the Soviet Union and we were involved in the "Cold War." Today much of this has changed. The former communist countries in Eastern Europe are getting involved in capitalistic endeavors. Hong Kong now belongs to communist China. Up to now, neither I nor any one who purchased my book has had a problem obtaining free samples of the product catalogs. If you do encounter a problem, please send me an email and let me know what is happening.
I have seen some very successful manufacturers whose line consisted of only one item. They would ship only full container directly to the stores. It would go to the buyer directly from the pier. Think about it -- no labor, no warehousing, no employees, no overhead. So, don't get confused and think you will need huge warehouse space and lots of employees. It may look very impressive on the surface, but guess who makes more money?!
KEEP IT SIMPLE! This is your "Road to Wealth:" One item or three similar items with different price points delivered directly to your buyer!
Yes, you can start tomorrow. No "ifs," "ands," or "buts." Of course you will have to work hard, at least in the beginning. There may be some bumps along the road to wealth, but this is all part of making money. And you should never have your own money into it.
Even if you think you don't have the ability to select product, my book will teach you how to spot merchandising trends. Even if you think you are the worst salesman in the world, send your samples to the buyer, hire a salesman to call on the buyer, or send your friend to the buyer with the samples. Where there is a will, there is a way. But, from past experience, I found that the product sells itself or it doesn't. Of course, the relationship between the buyer and the sales person is also of utmost importance.
How To Start Your Own Import/Export Business is available only through Road to Wealth. You cannot buy it in stores. It is only available through this exclusive offer on the Internet. However, starting next month we will be advertising it on TV, the radio, and magazines - again only available through Road to Wealth, Inc. This information is going to be a golden opportunity in the near future to do business via the Internet.
Here is a TESTIMONIAL from one of our customers:
TO: George Paukert
FROM: Sture Nystrom (Sweden)
SUBJECT: From a happy customer
Hi George,
I have read your book [How to Start Your Own Import/Export Business] twice, and I'm still reading some chapters over and over again.
I really enjoy reading your book, even if the US and Sweden are different in many ways, the Import/Export business are very similar to each other.
If someone is interested in starting an Import/Export business and is looking for some good books, look no further, buy this book. I really can recommend it.
If I [were] more fluent in writing in English, I easily could have written you a loooong letter.
Best regards,
Sture
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Here is what you will learn in How To Start Your Own Import/Export Business:
- How to get started
- Categories of products and brand name awareness
- Premiums - a golden opportunity
- Life planning and goal setting
- How to import product to the USA
- The original Import/Export Manual
- Letters of credit
- Samples of import letters
- Ocean freight
- Glossary - all the terminology you need
- Foreign trade shows
- Where to find buyers
- Make Uncle Sam your partner
- Selling is a piece of cake
- Quick Start for getting into the Import/Export business tomorrow
- and much, much more
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