On the phone with CEO ,Jean Pierre..
Asked him ,, how will you stay on top of changing quotations,,on such aspect as transportation and freight forwarding aspect..
He says it will be updated by the clients,,themselves,, ie, container carriers,,etc.. all by small and large transportation companies.. in local area.. vis a vis..
They are are data provider and a community of importers and exporters,, on one single web page..
CEOs back ground ,, French,, techical school background ,,56 years old,, started at age 20 in the import and export business,, in Africa and Europe,,, familiar with all aspects of imp & exp including financing,, he saw a need for such a service via web,, as the information can be instant....
So far 1/2 million companies in the data bank.. will concentrate on siging up companies,,, will charge $30 per month ,, to each company ,,
low overhead.... when they make a match between buyer and seller ,, they make a commission...
Also can provide other ancillaiary services for nominal fee,, i.e. info on customs criteria of each country ,, etc..
Next 12 mos,, with a month of a free trial period,, etc,, he wants to get it going but wants to do it properly ,, and go for 200,000 realistically.. members,, mostly from Europe,, who have keen interest in showing their product to US..
They can also match imp and exp financing with companies, involved,,
Also talked with Glen Zagoran, President of Zagoran,, assc..
His credentials are project for Millinium 2000,,, Dept, of Interior,,principality of Monaco,,govt of Israel,, also worked for Sony,, with several awards for marketing and ads,, including JBL..
He is an outside consultant and sits on the board of directors,, personal friends and family acquaintance with CEO of PNLK.. he believes,, this co will grow based on marketing and their performance....
They have realistic,, money to finance the project...
Glen says they have 1 1/2 names in the data bank,, European and US ,,mail and EM will go out soon ,, before the web open ,, pitching their services,,
I will folow up more with Glen .. as he was talking to me on his cell phone..
This is an obvious new concept and a very simple one,, but I see a great potential in what they are tryng to accomplish ..
Joe |
