How to Develop Customers of Latin America (II): Insights into Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador

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I. Peru

Peru is one of the faster-growing economies in South America, located on the west coast of South America, with logistics hubs such as the port of Callao, which is an important channel connecting the Pacific Ocean with the interior of South America.


The main channels to develop the Peruvian market:


(1) Peru Yellow Pages Directory:

1. www.paginasamarillas.com.pe/

It is a directory website with a history of more than 50 years, can check the local companies, which need to be checked in the local language of Peru. The customers checked out have company name, address, phone number, website, whatsapp (partial).

2. www.yellowpages.com.pe/

Peruvian directory website, directly enter the local language, with keyword search can be, usually company name, address, phone, social media have.

3.http://www.business-yellowpages.com/

Peru directory, you can also check the directory of Kita country, the operation is very simple, that is, the customer list is not much, there are related industries can look at.

4. http://www.yellowpagesonline.com/peru

Another local Peruvian business directory.


(2) Peru B2B platform

1.Perucompra: www.perucompras.gob.pe

The official procurement platform of the Peruvian government.

2.Mercado Libre: www.mercadolibre.com.pe

One of the largest e-commerce platforms in Latin America.

3.Perub2b: http://www.perub2b.com

A B2B platform focused on domestic and international trade in Peru.

4.Exportadores Perú: http://www.exportadoresperu.org

A B2B platform dedicated to Peru's export business.

5.B2b Perú: http://www.b2bperu.com

An online platform connecting Peruvian manufacturers and suppliers with global buyers.


(3) Peruvian e-commerce platforms:

1.Linio: www.linio.com.pe

2.MercadoLibre: www.mercadolibre.com.pe

3.PlazaVea: www.plazavea.com.pe

4.Ripley: https://simple.ripley.com.pe

5.Saga Falabella: www.falabella.com.pe

6.Oechsle: www.oechsle.pe

7.Wong: www.wong.pe

8.Tottus: www.tottus.com.pe

9.Pardo: www.paris.pe

10.Peru Online Store:http://www.peruonlinestore.com



II. Colombia

Colombia's economic development has been growing steadily and is one of the fastest growing countries in Latin America.

Development of the Colombian market main channels:


(1) Colombia Directory:

1.Corpei B2B Marketplace (Government-endorsed trade platform)

2.http://etb.com/paginasblancas: Colombian White Pages directory.

3.http://www.yellowpages-curacao.co: Yellow Pages for Curaçao.

4.https://www.paginasamarillas.com.co/: A directory that allows you to search for customers in eight South American countries, including Colombia.

5.https://www.yellowpages.com.co/: A Colombian business directory that also covers other countries. Just enter keywords to search.

6.https://www.business-yellowpages.com/colombia: A directory with limited listings—only about 3,000 Colombian companies are available.

7.https://www.cybo.com/: A global business directory covering over 200 countries, including Colombia.

8.www.cylex.com.co: A business directory covering 32 countries. Company pages include website, email, phone number, social media links, and product descriptions


(2) Colombian e-commerce platform.

1.https://www.mercadolibre.com.co/: average monthly visits are 43.03 million.

2. https://www.amazon.com/: average monthly visits are 40 million visits.

3.Éxito: https://www.exito.com/: the largest supermarket chain in Colombia with about 8.7 million visits per month.

4.HomeCenter: https://www.homecenter.com/: a digital company specializing in the sale of construction and decoration materials, with an average of 8 million visits per month.

5. Falabella: https://www.falabella.com.co: this department store chain receives about 7 million visits per month

6. Linio: https://www.linio.com.co/: is another large e-commerce platform in Colombia, with more than 10 million registered users and billions of dollars in annual transactions. It offers a wide range of merchandise categories, including home furnishings, clothing, electronics and more.

7. Dafiti: https://www.dafiti.com.co/: is the largest e-commerce fashion platform in South America, offering more than 125,000 products and 2,000 domestic and international brands in a wide range of categories, including apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty products, home furnishings, sporting goods and more.



III.Ecuador

Dollarized countries, exchange rate stability, the oil industry is the first major economic pillar of Ecuador, but also the world's largest producer and exporter of bananas, the “banana country” reputation.


The main channels to develop Ecuadorian market:


(1) Ecuador Directory

1.Paginas Amarillas: https://www.paginas-amarillas.com.ec/

This is a website to find customers in Latin America, covering Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Ecuador and other places. Enter a keyword query, the right side can be searched according to the country, most of them have the website of the business, phone number, and some of them will have WhatsApp.


2.ConnectAmericas: https://connectamericas.com/

For businesses in Ecuador, ConnectAmericas provides a channel for cross-border transactions and cooperation, especially suitable for finding business opportunities in other Latin American countries and global markets. It is possible to create a company homepage on this, as well as find data on local Ecuadorian businesses and businesses in other Latin American countries.


3. http://QuimiNet.com

Covering 24 countries, it has over 1 million product searches and 75,000 product inquiries per month. The platform has a wide range of applications in a number of industries such as food, chemicals, machinery, energy, etc. and is suitable for companies doing business in Latin America.


(2) Ecuadorian e-commerce platform

1.https://www.mercadolibre.com.ec

2.https://www.olx.com.ec



All of the above markets, together, can utilize Google Search, Google Maps, trade data, and social media development.

(1) Google Search

The following instruction is an example, you need to replace different domain names and area codes according to different markets:

1. Enter product keywords, such as led lamp.

2. Use double quotes to match precisely, such as "led lamp", to ensure that the two words appear next to each other.

3. Combine with other keywords to narrow down, such as "led lamp" wholesales, to find lighting wholesalers.

4. e.g. lighting site.tr, to find lighting businesses in Turkey.

5. Search for social media customers, e.g. site:http://facebook.com lighting.

6. Find business information platforms, e.g. site:http://crunchbase.com toys company.

7. Search using whatsapp + country code.

8. Combine social media searches, e.g. site:http://facebook.com lighting whatsapp +90.

9. Directly search for company name + email, e.g. ABC Company email.

10. Search for company domain name + email, e.g. @abc.com email.

For example, @abc.com email.

11. Search for a person's name + email + company domain extension

John Doe email @abc.com.

12. Use syntax to search for PDF files, such as lighting pdf.

13. Use "exhibitors list" to search for trade show listings, e.g. lighting "exhibitors list" 2025.


(2) Google Maps

http://www.google.com/maps/ can directly check local businesses, stores


(3) LBS map

According to the city positioning, input keywords, you can search for local enterprises, stores, but also can be a key to export organized into a table. You can try it.

For example, through the LBS map, I can quickly find Brazilian customers doing lamps and lanterns, you can batch sort out the customers, but also through the filter function of the toolbar, filter out more accurate potential customers.


(4) South America Trade data: 

You can check importers and exporters in 10 South American countries.


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(5) Social Media

Collage, Facebook and other platforms in South America users are active, WhatsApp is a business communication tool, even if it is difficult to get the customer's e-mail, you can establish contact through social media.

http://www.linkedin.com

http://www.facebook.com


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