The Bellingham International airport (BLI) is located in Whatcom County (map) and borders the Lower-Mainland / Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. With four motor vehicle ports of entry into Blaine, WA and Blaine’s close proximity (20 miles or 32 kilometers) to the airport, BLI offers multiple advantages to the BC business traveler. From […]
Exporting to the United States presents a tremendous growth opportunity for Canadian entrepreneurs and e-tailers, but selling across the border has to be done carefully to avoid excess costs. For over 32 years, UCanTrade, Inc. has been the regional leader in providing support services for Canadian businesses exporting to the U.S. in Western North America. […]
Recognized as the world’s largest economy, the United States of America offers Canadian business owners and entrepreneurs the perfect springboard from which to launch their international business further abroad. Given the similarities between the Canadian and American cultures and their geographical proximity, selling to the U.S. first simply makes sense, says Jim Pettinger, President of […]
The number one obstacle preventing Canadian businesses and entrepreneurs from making successful U.S. sales ‘is not the border’, says Jim Pettinger, President and CEO at UCanTrade, Inc., but rather marketing challenges – target marketing to be specific (Related: “Focus, Focus, Focus”). Economic and consumer diversity found within each state presents exporters with immense marketing challenges […]
During the recent Doing Business in the USA seminar held in Langley, B.C. June 9, 2016, cross-border veteran, Jim Pettinger detailed practical, affordable marketing strategies for small business owners and entrepreneurs interested in expanding their business into the USA. Pettinger, president and C.E.O. of UCanTrade, Inc., provides Canadian businesses, particularly those in British Columbia, with […]
Research presented by Export Development Canada (EDC) suggests small to medium sized businesses, regardless of their success domestically, will ‘do even better’ if they export. Among the potential benefits that their research showed were fast growth and a high rate of return on both revenue and investment. Click this link to read their complete article, […]
By: Jim Pettinger In his weekly commentary, Peter G. Hall, Vice President and Chief Economist of Export Development Canada (EDC), suggests that the USA is “hot”, and “indicators suggest there is still a lot of runway”. Further, he points out that not all states are equal. Some present even more opportunity than others. For more […]
At UCanTrade, Inc., we exist to help Canadian companies market and distribute their goods and services profitably to the U.S.A. We aim to assist them in removing any ‘border barriers’ and to provide them with a low cost, fully equipped and fully staffed extension of their Canadian office on the American side of the border. U.S. […]
By: Jim Pettinger, President and CEO of UCanTrade, Inc. The fall (and summer) of 2016 promises to be a banner season for Canadian entrepreneurs and businesses to capitalize on the continuing favorable Canada/USA exchange rate. Whether you are an entrepreneur with items to sell on eBay or Amazon, or a business with products to sell […]
Canadians know they’ll pay more when they shop in the states, but interestingly few consider the opposite scenario, which is how much they could earn by selling in the states. Even with border clearance costs, Canadians can earn 20% or more on their US sales (Exchange Rate Calculator). The opportunity to export and sell goods […]