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A message from our founder
Chairman's Message
Md Tamim Mohabbat
Founder & Chairman, Exportain Trading Limited
Bangladesh has never lacked capable hands. What it has lacked is a direct, trustworthy bridge between the people who make things and the buyers who need them.
I spent years at sea with the Merchant Navy, moving cargo between ports and watching, voyage after voyage, how much of what the world buys begins in places like ours — a workshop in Narayanganj, a paddy field in Rangpur, a small factory floor in Chattogram — and how little of the value, and how little of the visibility, finds its way back to the people who made it. That gap is not a lack of ability. It is a lack of infrastructure: a trustworthy way for a small producer to be seen, verified and paid by a buyer on the other side of the world.
Exportain exists to close that gap, deliberately and in stages. We start with the sellers and exporters who are closest to export-ready, and make them properly visible to international buyers. As they succeed, we connect them to the specialists — in freight, finance, inspection, documentation — that a growing export business needs. And over the long term, our aim is to carry that same support further upstream, to the rural producers and small manufacturers who have the capacity but not yet the access.
This is not a promise of overnight scale. It is a commitment to build the infrastructure properly, with verification that means what it says and a workflow that treats both sides of a trade fairly. I believe that done right, over time, this is the kind of company Bangladesh can build one of its few globally relevant technology businesses on — not by shortcutting trust, but by earning it, transaction by transaction.
Thank you for taking the time to understand what we are building, and why.
Md Tamim Mohabbat
Founder & Chairman
Snapshot
Exportain At A Glance
20
Product categories, from apparel to IT services
12
Trade-service categories, from logistics to finance
3
Portals — Buyer, Seller, Provider
42
Guide topics on docs.exportain.com, Bengali-first for sellers and providers
- Legal name
- Exportain Trading Limited
- Platform
- exportain.com · docs.exportain.com
- Founder
- Md Tamim Mohabbat
- Headquarters
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Founded
- 2026
- Core workflow
- RFQ → Quotation → Negotiation → Acceptance → Order
- Buyer cost
- Free — no plan or membership fee
- Seller / provider plans
- Free, Gold, Platinum
- Positioning
- A structured B2B export ecosystem, not a directory
- Support
- support@exportain.com · WhatsApp (messages only)
This profile distinguishes what Exportain operates today from the long-term rural-to-global ambition described in Sections 01 and 10.
Profile plan
Profile Plan
Bangladesh produces at every level, but rural and small producers face a visibility, market-access and export-execution gap. Exportain exists to close it — in phases.
Objective
Present Exportain as a credible Bangladesh-focused B2B trade platform with a clear, phased, long-term rural-to-global mission.
Primary audience
International buyers; Bangladeshi producers, manufacturers and exporters; trade-service providers; partners; trade bodies; and potential investors.
Phasing
| Phase | Focus | Today |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Bring farmers, manufacturers and product sellers onto the platform and make their products visible to international buyers. | Operating today |
| Secondary | After a sale, connect the seller with the right provider for documentation, logistics, finance, inspection and related support. | Being built — provider network live |
| Long-term | Build a rural-level support network that carries a seller from paperwork to final export, even without prior export knowledge. | Planned |
Positioning
A structured B2B export ecosystem — not simply a product directory. Premium, credible, Bangladesh-rooted, global B2B.
Factual guardrail: current platform capabilities are presented separately from future vision throughout this document. The unicorn ambition and the rural support network are strategic goals, not claims about present scale or performance.
Executive profile
Executive Profile
Exportain.com is a Bangladesh-focused B2B marketplace built to help international buyers source directly from Bangladeshi manufacturers, exporters and other product suppliers. The current platform combines product discovery, supplier profiles, structured RFQs, quotations, negotiation, buyer-seller messaging, orders and trade-service discovery in one workflow — operated by Exportain Trading Limited from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The deeper opportunity is larger than online listing: first create visibility and access to demand, then connect successful sellers to specialist trade services, and eventually extend that support network toward rural production.
Why now
Bangladesh is already one of the world's significant exporters at the national level — and that scale sits mostly at the top of the production base, leaving a large, under-represented layer of smaller manufacturers and rural producers without a structured route to international buyers.
$45B
Bangladesh clothing exports in 2022 — 7.9% of world clothing exports, third after China and the EU (source: WTO World Trade Statistical Review 2023)
#1
World jute exporter in 2022–23 — 226,000 t raw jute and 586,800 t jute products (source: FAO preliminary 2022–23 data)
Figures as cited in the sample edition from the WTO World Trade Statistical Review 2023 and FAO preliminary 2022–23 data. Bangladesh's latest total export earnings, from the Export Promotion Bureau, are on exportain.com/trade-intelligence.
The export gap
The Bangladesh Export Gap
Bangladesh has a broad production base. Production capacity alone does not create global market access.
- 01Visibility gapA capable rural producer or small manufacturer may have limited exposure to international buyers.
- 02Information gapMany small businesses need clearer product presentation, specifications, pricing structure and export-market context.
- 03Trust gapInternational buyers need signals showing what has actually been checked, separated from what a seller simply claims.
- 04Execution gapA successful sale creates new requirements: documentation, freight, inspection, customs, finance, insurance and compliance.
- 05Capability gapA producer may be excellent at making a product without being experienced in the full export process.
- 06FragmentationThe buyer, seller and trade-service ecosystem typically exists across separate platforms and paperwork trails.
If product visibility, buyer demand, trust signals and trade execution can be connected in one ecosystem, more Bangladeshi producers can become commercially reachable to international buyers.
Vision, mission & ambition
Vision, Mission & Ambition
Vision
Build the infrastructure that allows Bangladesh's rural producers, farmers and small manufacturers to reach international buyers — and, over time, gives them a practical support network from paperwork to final export.
Mission
Make Bangladesh's products easier to discover, evaluate, source and export by connecting buyers, product sellers and specialised trade-service providers in one structured B2B ecosystem.
Long-term ambition
Build one of Bangladesh's rare globally relevant technology companies at unicorn scale — through trade infrastructure, network effects, trusted marketplace data and a progressively deeper rural-to-global operating network.
The long-term ambition is a stated ambition, not a present valuation or performance claim.
The ecosystem
Buyer · Seller · Provider
Exportain is organised around three participant roles, each with its own portal, verification signals and workflow.
Buyer
Any business with a procurement need — importer, distributor, wholesaler, retailer, brand owner, manufacturer, procurement company, project buyer.
- Search products, suppliers and service listings
- Post RFQs and compare quotations
- Message suppliers and providers
- Accept a quotation to create an order
Seller
Any business offering a defined commercial product — physical products, digital products, software, SaaS, APIs and other technology products.
- List products and a company profile
- Quote on matching buyer RFQs
- Negotiate with versioned counter-offers
- Earn trust badges through verification
Provider
Any business offering a professional service that supports trade — logistics, customs, inspection, certification, finance, insurance, sourcing, legal, IT.
- Publish service listings
- Publish freight rates (forwarders)
- Answer leads with offers
- Deliver paid service orders
Core rule: Product = Seller. Service = Provider. Need to buy = Buyer. One account belongs to one portal, and messaging, RFQs, quotations and provider offers always run across roles, never within one.
Seller network
Seller Network — Products
A seller is any business offering a defined commercial product — not limited to factories or physical goods.
Manufacturers
Garments, textiles, leather, furniture, machinery, electronics, chemicals, ceramics and other manufactured goods.
Exporters & trading companies
Export houses, merchant exporters and international trading companies.
OEM / ODM / private label
Custom manufacturing, buyer specifications, own-design products and private-label production.
Agriculture / food / seafood
Farm products, processed food, frozen seafood and aquaculture products.
Raw materials & components
Yarn, fabric, leather, jute, metals, plastics, chemicals, industrial components and parts.
Digital & software products
SaaS, ERP/CRM, APIs, AI products, cloud software, mobile/web applications and software licences.
20 product categories on exportain.com
- Apparel & Textiles
- Leather, Footwear & Travel Goods
- Jute, Natural Fiber & Handicrafts
- Agriculture & Food
- Furniture, Home & Lifestyle
- Machinery & Industrial Equipment
- Electronics, Electrical & Solar
- Automotive Parts, Bicycles, Marine & Transport
- Chemicals, Plastics & Rubber
- Pharmaceuticals, Medical & Healthcare
- Beauty, Personal Care & Hygiene
- Construction & Building Materials
- Sports, Toys, Gifts & Consumer Goods
- Office, Printing, Packaging & Stationery
- IT, Software & Business Services
- Textile Yarn, Fabric & Garment Accessories
- Home Textiles & Furnishings
- Frozen Seafood & Aquaculture
- Human Hair, Wigs & Hair Extensions
- Ceramics, Tableware & Sanitaryware
Sellers publish products with photos, specifications, MOQ and commercial terms, keep a company profile, quote on matching buyer RFQs and negotiate through versioned counter-offers. Every listing photo is screened automatically before it is published.
Provider network
Provider Network — Services
A provider is any company offering a professional service that helps buyers, sellers or trade operations execute successfully.
- Logistics, freight forwarding and shipping
- Warehousing, cargo handling and cold chain
- Customs clearance and trade documentation
- Testing, inspection, certification and compliance
- Trade finance and trade insurance
- Sourcing, procurement and buying-agent services
- Legal, regulatory and professional services
- IT, software development, cloud, cybersecurity and digital services
- Industrial, manufacturing and agricultural export support
12 trade-service categories
- Legal & Regulatory
- Digital Trade Services
- Logistics & Shipping
- Sourcing & Procurement
- Customs & Trade Compliance
- Inspection & Quality
- Warehousing & Fulfillment
- Export Documentation
- Finance & Insurance
- Packaging & Product Services
- Certification & Testing
- Transport
How providers sell today
Service listings
Product-style listings with a photo, title, description, price or “contact for price” and service areas. A complete listing goes live automatically; staff can hold one that breaks the rules.
Freight rates
Freight forwarders publish rates from Bangladesh, shown on exportain.com's shipping prices page.
Leads, offers, orders
Buyers and sellers request a service; the provider answers with an offer; an accepted, paid offer becomes a service order.
Provider verification is service-specific: being verified for one service does not automatically verify a provider for another service.
The workflow
From Discovery to Trade Execution
Six steps from first look to shipment, in one shared record.
- Search & compareBrowse products and suppliers by category, keyword, MOQ and available verification signals.
- Post RFQSend quantity, specifications, destination and requirements; matching suppliers are invited to quote.
- Compare quotesReview unit price, MOQ, lead time, Incoterm, payment terms, validity and supplier information.
- NegotiateExchange messages and quotation versions; clarify specifications and commercial terms.
- Accept & orderAccept the selected quotation; Exportain creates the order and its proforma invoice.
- Plan shipmentConnect the order with freight, inspection, documentation and related trade services.
Money moves only when both sides agree
Goods orders
Accepting a quotation does not itself move money. A seller may ask for a funds hold of up to the order value; the buyer pays it by card or declines. A paid hold is released to the seller after an export clearance document is filed and the buyer confirms the trade complete — or refunded; disputes are decided by Exportain staff. Without a hold, buyer and seller settle directly on the accepted terms.
Service orders
When a trade service is ordered and paid through the platform, Exportain holds the payment until the order is released to the provider, refunded to the customer, or cancelled. Commission depends on the provider's plan (Section 11).
Exportain is not a party to a contract for goods, and it does not inspect goods, book freight or clear customs.
Trust & verification
Trust Is Evidence, Not a Paid Label
A badge records a check Exportain carried out; it is not a guarantee of capacity, product quality or delivery — and a paid membership never grants one.
| Seller badge | What Exportain checked |
|---|---|
| Exportain Verified | Identity (ID + selfie), a phone verified by WhatsApp or SMS, email, and an approved, unexpired business registration. |
| Export Verified | Exportain Verified, plus an approved, unexpired Export Registration Certificate (ERC). |
| Factory Verified | Exportain Verified, plus admin-reviewed factory photos (manufacturers; at least 3 photos, valid 24 months). |
| Trading Company Verified | Exportain Verified, plus admin-reviewed office or warehouse photos (trading companies). |
| Trusted Trader | Exportain Verified, at least 2 completed orders, no disputes and at least 90% of closed orders completed in the last 12 months. |
Every submission is reviewed by Exportain staff check by check, and each decision is emailed to the company. Verification is a document and photo review, not a factory inspection. Unverified sellers keep every marketplace feature; buyers decide.
Buyer signals
- Buyer Mobile Verified
- Buyer Email Verified
- Payment Verified
- Business Verified
- Frequent Buyer
- Verified Buyer
- RFQ Buyer
- Trusted Buyer
Provider signals
- Verified Provider
- Licence Verified
- Certification Verified
- Insurance Verified
- Facility Verified
Paid membership and verification remain separate concepts. Membership adds capacity — listings, quotes, team seats; a Gold or Platinum “Member” label appears only on the company's own page, never on product cards, and is never represented as proof of trustworthiness.
Rural to global
Rural-to-Global Growth Strategy
Marketplace liquidity first, trade execution second, and only then the rural-level support network that brings smaller, more remote producers into export-ready participation.
| Phase | Focus | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Bring manufacturers, exporters and established product sellers onto the platform and maximise their visibility to international buyers. | Operating today |
| Secondary | Once a seller makes a sale, connect them to the specific providers their order requires — documentation, logistics, finance, inspection or related support. | Being built — provider network live |
| Long-term | Build a rural-level network that walks a producer from paperwork to final export, even without prior export knowledge. | Planned |
Commercial engine
Commercial Engine & Growth Flywheel
A freemium marketplace: buyers participate at no cost; sellers and providers choose paid plans for additional capacity.
| Audience | Model |
|---|---|
| Buyers | Free — no plan or membership fee |
| Sellers | Free, Gold and Platinum monthly plans, differing in product listings, buyer inquiries, RFQ quotations and team seats |
| Providers | Free (first 90 days), Gold and Platinum monthly plans, differing in service listings, lead answers and team seats, plus a commission on paid service orders |
Seller plans
| Per month | Free | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | BDT 0 | BDT 499 | BDT 999 |
| Published products | 5 | 30 | 60 |
| Buyer inquiries | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| RFQ quotations | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Team seats | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Trust badge | Never — earned by verification | Never — earned by verification | Never — earned by verification |
Provider plans
| Per month | Free | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | BDT 0 (first 90 days) | BDT 599 | BDT 1,199 |
| Published service listings | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Commission on service orders | 5% | 2% | 0% |
| Lead answers | 15 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Team seats | 1 | 5 | Unlimited |
Prices in Bangladeshi taka, recurring monthly, paid by card through Stripe. When a provider's 90-day free period ends, their listings leave the public directory until they choose a plan; nothing is deleted. Full details: exportain.com/membership and the provider Plans guide.
Why different
Why Exportain Can Be Different
| Dimension | Exportain's approach |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh-first | Designed around sourcing from Bangladesh rather than treating it as one country filter among thousands. |
| Structured procurement | RFQs and quotations make buyer requirements and supplier offers genuinely comparable. |
| Trust transparency | Separates what Exportain checked from what a company says about itself; a paid plan never grants a badge. |
| Three-sided ecosystem | Products, buyers and trade-service providers participate in one connected marketplace. |
| Rural expansion thesis | The long-term opportunity reaches beyond established export clusters toward farmers and smaller producers. |
| Execution layer | The strategic direction moves from discovery into the practical services required to complete trade. |
Positioning rests on workflow, Bangladesh depth and evidence-based trust — not on claims about other platforms.
The impact
The Impact Exportain Is Designed to Create
- 01For farmers & rural producersGreater visibility, better access to international demand and a path toward export participation.
- 02For small manufacturersA practical route from local production to global buyer discovery without a large international sales organisation.
- 03For exportersA structured additional acquisition channel and access to RFQ-driven demand.
- 04For buyersA focused way to discover Bangladesh-origin products, compare suppliers and initiate structured sourcing.
- 05For trade-service providersQualified commercial context around the products and orders that need their services.
- 06For BangladeshA technology-led layer connecting production capability with international market access.
A rural producer should not need to become a logistics expert, documentation specialist or international sales professional before participating in global trade.
Technology
Technology & Operating Principles
- Marketplace-first architecture connecting buyer, seller and provider workflows
- Structured product data designed for international sourcing rather than generic retail listings
- RFQ, quotation, negotiation, order and messaging workflows designed to preserve commercial context
- Verification records state exactly what was checked and remain distinct from paid membership
- Trade-service discovery extends the platform beyond product discovery into execution support
- SEO, educational content and export knowledge help buyers understand Bangladesh sourcing before they transact
- AI and automation support discovery, operations and recommendations without replacing evidence, human review or contractual responsibility
What runs today
Eight web applications
Public marketplace and mobile site, buyer, seller and provider portals, messaging, staff administration, Email Center and these docs — each on its own exportain.com address.
One account, one portal
Buyer, seller and provider accounts sign in only on their own portal; the server refuses the wrong one with a stated reason.
RFQs and versioned quotations
Buyers post RFQs; matching sellers quote; every version and the accepted terms are stored and seen identically by both sides.
Orders and proforma invoices
Accepting a quotation creates the order record and a proforma invoice with the quoted terms.
Funds holds and service orders
Card payments through Stripe; a goods-order hold is paid only when both parties agree, and paid service orders are held until released, refunded or cancelled.
Service listings and freight rates
Providers publish product-style service listings that go live automatically once complete; forwarders publish freight rates.
Verification Center
Per-check admin review of identity, business registration, ERC, premises photos, certificates and payment accounts; WhatsApp or SMS phone codes.
Realtime messaging
Typing, delivered and seen states; a message can be edited for two minutes and is never deleted; links limited to Exportain, Google Meet and Zoom.
Notifications that reach people
Email at each trade step, WhatsApp messages such as the sign-up welcome and unread-message reminders, and a weekly next-step email with one-click opt-out.
Photo screening
Product and listing photos are screened automatically before publishing; a photo that cannot be cleared is refused.
Search visibility
Server-rendered pages, structured data and an indexing gate; country export pages appear only with a verified EPB export value.
Operations and security
PostgreSQL database, queue lanes, two-minute health checks, nightly off-site backups and two-factor sign-in.
Leadership
Leadership & Team
Md Tamim Mohabbat
Founder & Chairman
Background in the Merchant Navy, bringing direct, first-hand exposure to international shipping, logistics and cross-border trade operations into Exportain's product direction.
Traction
Traction & Roadmap
Shipped
- 2026Exportain Trading Limited founded; platform launched with Buyer, Seller and Provider portals.
- Sep 2026Product commerce, ports and forwarder freight rates; buyers participate free; automatic buyer badges.
- Sep 2026Seller trust badges with per-check admin review; certificate and payment-account verification.
- Sep 2026Provider plans with Stripe checkout; service orders with held payments; Email Center for the team.
- Sep 2026Move to PostgreSQL, security hardening, health monitoring and off-site backups.
- Oct 2026Docs site with step-by-step guides and numbered screenshots, Bengali-first for sellers and providers.
- Oct 2026Verification for providers and buyers in the same review queue; weekly next-step emails.
- Oct 2026Product-style service listings on the home page, search, supplier pages and in the seller and buyer portals.
Planned
- PlannedDeepen the provider network across logistics, inspection, finance and insurance categories
- PlannedExpand rural onboarding support, starting with the highest-opportunity production clusters
- PlannedPublic API, developer access and webhook subscriptions are not offered yet — explicitly scoped for a later stage
Planned items have no committed dates yet. Step-by-step guides for every portal: docs.exportain.com.
Contact
Contact
- Website
- exportain.com
- Documentation
- docs.exportain.com
- Support
- support@exportain.com
- +880 1351 272596 — messages only
- Location
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- linkedin.com/company/exportain
- facebook.com/exportain
- instagram.com/exportain.official
- TikTok
- tiktok.com/@exportain
- pinterest.com/Exportain
- YouTube
- youtube.com/@Exportain