Frequently Asked Questions

Exporters

Question
What is MKTIND.com - and how can it help me export to America?
Answer

MKTIND.com is an "online showroom" that allows producers in India to market to North America.

Through TurboRFQ, our exclusive bid-request system, commerce moves at light speed.
Question How do American Importers find India sellers?
Answer On MKTIND.com, buyers quickly sort through thousands of postings via categories and keywords. By checking a box, they generate a bid request to any seller they wish.
Question How do Indian Exporters find buyers?
Answer Indian producers attract buyers on MKTIND.com to make product inquiries and requests for bid.
Question How does my company get "our fair share" of bid inquiries?
Answer Sellers can maximize their attaction to buyers through astute, efficient wording of their posting, comprehensive registration of key search words. Premium postings have the most visibility and "prime real esate".
Question What is TurboRFQ and how does it work?
Answer TurboRFQ is our exclusive global bid request system that allows American buyers and Indian sellers to instantly define and price a possible deal. You will immediately understand the process via our brief interactive demo, accessed by clicking here.
Question Are there any extra charges associated with making a sale to an American buyer?
Answer No. There are never any "extra" charges.
Question What about Sales Commissions?
Answer MKTIND.com never takes any commission or percentage from any transaction.
Question Is there direct contact between buyer and seller?
Answer

Buyers are free to directly contact sellers via listed email or web address. The exporter/importer interaction (TurboRFQ) is DIRECT - with no mediation or interference by MKTIND.com.

Question How much does it cost to participate in the MarketPlace?
Answer There is no charge to be a registered American buyer, and there is no charge for exporter/sellers to post company information as a Standard Member.
Question If Standard Posting is free to all exporters, why should we pay for a Premium Posting?
Answer If the goal of your internet marketing is to generate as many qualified sales inquiries as possible, there is no better tool than a Premium Posting on MKTIND.com.
Question How can you say that Premium membership 'pays for itself', and that it's 'better than free'?
Answer

The improved marketing impact of Premium posting is obvious, so let's focus on bid inquiries: As a Premium Member, the first 15 bid inquiry responses are free. (Remember, that only counts a response if you choose to respond. You could get 100 inquiries, choose to respond to none of them because they don't sound interesting, and you will still have credit for 15 bid inquiry responses.) After the credit for 15 inquiry responses have been used, each additional bid response you choose will cost $.99. Registered Standard users pay $1.99 per inquiry.
Question How is Premium Membership billed?
Answer

All  Premium Memberships are billed in 3 month units. A new member would normally have to pay 3 X 9.95, or  US $29.95. However, since currently we are offering the first month is free (and waiving registration fees), the first invoice is only 2 X 9.95 or $19.90.

Question How many inquiries can we expect to receive in a month?

Answer

 

 That answer changes every day, every week, every month. MKTIND.com is in the middle of a surge of new buyer memberships. The only thing we can say for sure is that for the foreseeable future, the next month will always be more active than the last.
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Sourcers

Question
What is MKTIND.com - and how can it help me
find the manufacturers I need in India?
Answer

MKTIND.com is an online marketplace
that allows buyers to quickly and efficiently:

  1. identify potential producers
  2. select producers to receive
a "request for bid"
  3. contact ALL candidates with ONE bid request with our exclusive TurboRFQ
  4. automatically monitor bid responses
  5. Use the TurboRFQ dynamic "spreadsheet" of responses and prices to choose your India producer(s).
Question With so many listings, how do buyers find
the best sellers?
Answer On MKTIND.com, buyers quickly sort through thousands of postings via industry categories and keywords.
Question What is TurboRFQ and how does it work?
Answer TurboRFQ is our exclusive global bid request system that allows American buyers and Indian sellers to instantly define and price a possible deal. You will immediately understand the process via our brief interactive demo, accessed by clicking here.
Question Are there any charges associated with making a request and/or making a purchase?
Answer There are never any charges to the buyer. A very small fee is sometimes collected from the seller for the service of informing that seller of an interested buyer.
Question What about Sales Commissions?
Answer MKTIND.com never takes any commission or percentage from any transaction.
Question Is there direct contact between buyer and seller?
Answer

Buyers are free to directly contact sellers via listed email or web address. The exporter/importer interaction (TurboRFQ) is DIRECT - with no mediation or interference by MKTIND.com.

Question How much does it cost to participate in the MarketPlace?
Answer There is no charge to be a registered American buyer, and there is no charge for exporter/sellers to post company information as a Standard Member.