Outerstep

You bring the product.We bring the buyers.

We find companies already importing what you make, run the outreach, and hand you the ones who reply asking to buy — with the quantity, port and timeline already pulled out of their message.

AlexandriaMundraSantosCallaoDakarRotterdamHoustonJakarta
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Buyer inquirieslistening…
New buyer inquiryjust now
hot inquiry

Quantity3,000 MT
IncotermCIF
DestinationSantos, Brazil
TimelineOctober shipment
Mid-market importer35–45 containers / month · $18M–$30M imports
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Track record

The system, already proven.

We ran this exact sequence for an Egyptian fertiliser and industrial chemicals exporter — sourcing, outreach, replies read and qualified, deals closed. Same steps, now running continuously.

$20M+
in buyer inquiries introduced, by combined order value
20+
buyer inquiries generated in roughly one month
2
deals closed from a standing start
$1M+
gross on a single shipment of 1,542 MT of DAP and urea

How it works

You touch it three times.

Three actions from you. Everything between them runs on our side, continuously, without a single approval to give.

01Yours · about forty minutes, once

Tell us what you sell

Grades, capacity, minimum order, certifications and loading ports — the detail a buyer asks for before they quote.

  • Saves as you type
  • HS code suggested
  • Existing customers excluded
02Ours · continuously, in the background

We find them, write to them, and read what comes back

Companies that already import your product. Four touches in their language, about your actual spec. Every reply classified, with the quantity, port and timeline pulled out.

  • No lists to review
  • No copy to approve
  • No mailbox to warm
03Yours · only when a buyer replies

Answer the buyer

A qualified inquiry with a drafted reply, waiting in your inbox. Edit it and send, without leaving the platform.

  • Draft written for you
  • Never auto-sent
  • One screen, one thread

The platform

Four screens, in the order you meet them.

01Setup

Describe what you sell, once.

Grades, capacity, minimum order, certifications and loading ports. This is what we search on, so precision here decides how close the buyers are.

  • Saves as you type, resumable
  • HS code suggested from the name
  • Existing customers excluded upfront
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Granular Urea 46% N0%
Product name
HS code
Specification
Capacity
Minimum order
Target markets
1Brazil2West Africa3Türkiye4Peru
02Inbox

Only real buyer replies reach you.

Bounces, out-of-offices and polite declines are handled before you see them. What lands is a buyer asking about your product, with the quantity, incoterm and destination already pulled out of their message.

  • Their own words, with a translation
  • Quantity, port and timeline extracted
  • Estimated buyer size and volume
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Buyer inquirieslistening…
New buyer inquiryjust now
hot inquiry

Quantity3,000 MT
IncotermCIF
DestinationSantos, Brazil
TimelineOctober shipment
Mid-market importer35–45 containers / month · $18M–$30M imports
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03Introduction

See the terms before you see the name.

Every introduction states what it costs and what it commits you to, per deal, before the buyer is revealed. Nothing is buried in an agreement you signed weeks earlier.

  • Priced on what the reply actually contains
  • Protected window on that buyer
  • Recorded and timestamped
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IntroductionName revealed once terms are accepted
  1. 1Introduction fee, charged nowRATE-TBD
  2. 2Commission on any transaction with this buyerRATE-TBD
  3. 3You report orders and upload shipping documents
  4. 4Off-platform deals are still commissionable — and visible
I accept these terms for this buyer, recorded with my name and a timestamp.
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04Your reply

The draft is written. The price is yours.

Every reply comes drafted from your product record and the buyer's message. Commercial terms are left marked, and the send button stays disabled until you set them — we never quote a price on your behalf.

  • Drafted in the buyer’s language
  • Missing terms marked, never invented
  • Nothing auto-sent, ever
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Your replyAI draft

Send replyNever sent without your approval
05Deal room

One timeline, from first reply to bill of lading.

Every message, quote, note, document and stage change in a single scroll. Why a deal sits where it does should never take more than one screen to answer.

  • Eight stages, forward and back
  • Documents typed and attributed
  • Reply without leaving the deal
app.outerstep.com/deals/nc-114
Terranova Agro LtdaUSD 1,065,000.00
1Pros.
2Eng.
3Qual.
4Quot.
5Neg.
6Contr.
7Ship.
8Reor.
  1. Waiting for the first event…

Underneath

Six systems you never have to think about.

Three screens and a queue for you. This is everything between them — and where 2,400 companies become the handful worth your time.

Container terminal seen from above, with gantry cranes working a berth

Every inquiry we hand over ends somewhere like this — on a vessel, under a bill of lading, with your name on the contract.

What changes

Three things that are different.

Sourcing

Buyers who already import this

Not names off a directory. Companies that already import your grade, matched against what you can actually ship, then gated seven ways before anyone hears from us.

Effort

One screen, no chasing

No lists to approve, no copy to sign off, no mailbox to warm. Every live conversation sits in one inbox, and you only open it when a buyer has written.

Cost

Nothing until it works

No retainer and no seat fee. You pay when an introduction turns into a deal, on terms shown to you before each buyer is revealed.

Who it fits

Exporters doing $1M to $50M a year.

Order sizes large enough to justify a broker, in categories where the buyer universe can actually be identified from trade records. If that describes you, the questions below matter more than what you ship.

  1. 01You sell a specifiable productA grade, a spec sheet, an HS code. Something a buyer can price without a meeting first.
  2. 02Your buyers already import itThey exist, they buy this today, and they appear in customs and trade records. We find them there.
  3. 03You have capacity you are not fillingReal tonnage, real certifications, and room to take an order that lands next quarter.

We open one category at a time, and only where we can price the work honestly. Tell us what you export and we will say whether yours is open yet.

See whether your product fits.

Tell us what you export and we will tell you whether we can find buyers for it. If we cannot, we will say so.

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