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5-Step Process to Expand International Markets for SMEs Below is a standardized roadmap to help businesses gradually build a systematic and sustainable online export channel: Step 1: Survey and Register for an official Alibaba account Start the process: Enterprises register for an Alibaba account for sellers to identify their brand in the international market. Business verification (Verified Supplier/GGS): Complete procedures to verify legal documents, business licenses and factory certification to build trust with foreign partners. Step 2: Get advice on opening a booth and planning a budget. Assess investment costs: Businesses need to clearly understand the cost of opening an Alibaba booth including annual membership fees, keyword advertising costs (KWA) and operating personnel budget. Optimize resources: Proactively connecting with a professional booth opening consulting unit helps SMEs build a roadmap suitable to their financial scale, avoiding wasting the initial budget. Step 3: Design and build an SEO-standard booth. Storefront decoration: Build a professional company interface, clearly showing the factory scale, production lines and quality certifications. Post optimized products: Post SEO-standard product categories, optimize titles, search keywords and high-quality images/videos to increase visibility on the platform. Step 4: Operation, Finding Customers and Processing Quotation (RFQ) Proactively offer: Exploit the request for quotation (RFQ) market to proactively approach potential export orders from buyers with real needs. Interaction and negotiation: Respond quickly to inquiries, standardize quotation scenarios (FOB, CIF) and send samples to customers. Step 5: Risk Management and Protecting Corporate Reputation Answering concerns about transparency: Many new sellers are often confused by rumors about "Alibaba being a scam". In fact, most risk cases come from businesses transacting outside the system or encountering unverified virtual partners. Comprehensive protection solution: When exporting through Alibaba, businesses should use protection tools such as Trade Assurance to ensure payment security, and at the same time comply with strict partner verification processes.

Explore the export route through Alibaba for Vietnamese businesses. Instructions for opening a booth, receiving in-depth advice and breaking through in global B2B sales.