The Details
Cross-border trade is unforgiving: tarrif shift, partners disappoint, and landed-cost surprises erase margin. We bring hands-on experience to vet partners, map true costs, and more goods with fewer surprises.
Key Benefits
Vetted partners
True landed cost
Compliance handled
Smoother logistics
New markets
The Problem
What plagues businesses today
Cross-border trade rewards companies that move with experience and punishes those that improvise. The margin you planned for can disappear in a tariff change, a bad counterparty, or a landed-cost surprise.
- Tariff and trade-policy volatility shifting the math overnight
- Unvetted overseas suppliers and distributors
- Landed-cost surprises eroding margin after the fact
- Customs, documentation, and compliance complexity
- Freight and logistics disruption and delays
- Currency and payment risk on cross-border terms
- Entering unfamiliar markets without local knowledge
- Counterparties that don't perform as promised
What We Cover
The areas we work in
We cover the moving parts of moving goods and growing trade across borders.
- Supplier sourcing and validation
- Export market entry and distributor selection
- Landed-cost analysis (duties, freight, tariffs)
- Customs documentation and trade-compliance basics
- Logistics and freight flow
- Tariff and trade-policy navigation
- Payment and terms structuring
- Cross-border partner vetting
What We Do
How ID2Solve helps
We bring hands-on trade experience to the table and stay involved through the transaction.
- Draw on real experience trading across regions
- Vet and validate suppliers, distributors, and buyers
- Map true landed cost early — before margin is at risk
- Help structure terms and reduce exposure
- Help navigate tariffs, customs, and logistics
- Work alongside your team through the deal
Our process
1
Scope
Define goals & markets
2
Vet & Cost
Validate partners; map cost
3
Move
Logistics and compliance
4
Grow
Expand into new markets
Clear Boundaries
What we are — and aren't
What ID2Solve is not
- A freight forwarder or customs broker
- A licensed legal, tax, or trade-attorney service
- A trade-finance lender
- A sourcing agent taking a cut of your deals
- A drop-a-deck-and-leave consultancy
Who it's not for
- Companies wanting their whole supply chain run for them
- Buyers chasing the cheapest source regardless of reliability
- Pre-revenue startups with no product to move
- Companies unwilling to share real trade and cost data
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Frequently Asked Questions
Import & Export Advisory FAQ
What is import and export advisory?
Import and export advisory is hands-on consulting that helps companies source, sell, and grow across borders. ID2Solve brings real trade experience to vet partners, map true landed cost, navigate tariffs and customs, and move goods with fewer surprises.
What does an import/export consultant do?
An import/export consultant helps you trade internationally with fewer costly mistakes — validating suppliers, distributors, and buyers, calculating true landed cost, and navigating tariffs, logistics, and compliance. ID2Solve works alongside your team through the transaction.
What is landed cost and why does it matter?
Landed cost is the true total cost of getting a product to its destination, including price, freight, duties, tariffs, insurance, and fees. It matters because the margin you planned for can disappear if you only look at the unit price, so we help you map it early.
How do you help with tariffs and trade compliance?
We help you understand how tariffs and trade-policy changes affect your costs and routing, and we help navigate the documentation and compliance basics of moving goods across borders. For specialized legal questions, we work alongside your customs broker and trade attorney.
Can you help us find and vet overseas suppliers or distributors?
Yes. We help you source and validate suppliers, distributors, and buyers so you work with partners who actually perform. Vetting counterparties up front is one of the best ways to protect margin and avoid cross-border failures.
Do you help companies enter new international markets?
Yes. We help you evaluate and enter new markets — assessing the opportunity, validating partners, and planning a practical entry — drawing on hands-on experience trading across the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
What regions do you have trade experience in?
ID2Solve's experience spans the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia, built from owning and operating businesses and trading across borders, not just advising from a distance.
Is ID2Solve a freight forwarder or customs broker?
No. We are not a freight forwarder, customs broker, or trade-finance lender, and we do not take a cut of your deals. We provide senior advisory help and work alongside the logistics and customs partners you use.
What import/export problems do you help with?
Common issues include tariff and trade-policy volatility, unvetted or unreliable partners, landed-cost surprises, customs and compliance complexity, freight and logistics disruption, and entering unfamiliar markets without local knowledge.
How do you help protect our margin on cross-border trade?
We help you know your true landed cost early, structure terms to reduce exposure, and vet partners who perform — so the margin you planned for is the margin you keep. Cross-border trade rewards experience and punishes guesswork.
What size company do you work with?
We work with established small and mid-sized importers, exporters, and companies expanding internationally. If cross-border trade is material to your business, experienced guidance can prevent costly mistakes.
How is this different from a logistics company?
A logistics company moves your goods; ID2Solve helps you make cross-border trade work — vetting partners, mapping cost, navigating tariffs and compliance, and planning market entry. We complement your logistics providers, not replace them.
Can we start with a single trade question or project?
Yes. You can bring us in for a focused, short-term project such as a supplier review, a landed-cost analysis, or a market-entry assessment, or use monthly access for ongoing trade guidance.
How much does import/export advisory cost?
Investment depends on scope — monthly access, a short-term project, or a larger custom engagement. We scope to your situation; contact us for a clear, no-pressure conversation about fit and investment.
How do we get started with import and export advisory?
Start with a conversation. Call 919.396.7004, email ID2Solve@outlook.com, or visit www.ID2Solve.com, and we will talk through your cross-border goals and recommend monthly access or a focused project.
Have a Import & Export Advisory need in front of you?
Put experienced hands on it. Speak with a senior ID2Solve consultant about what your business is facing — through monthly access or a focused project.