Advanced Foreign Trade Customer Background Check

What Problem It Solves

Foreign trade customers often arrive with only a company name, contact, and inbox. It is hard to tell whether they operate at scale, whether the buyer is credible, and whether the order size matches their footprint. This skill targets orders above $20,000, new-market customers, standard checks that look inconsistent, and competitor benchmarking, turning scattered public signals into an actionable due-diligence conclusion rather than a raw link dump.

How It Works

It first anchors on company name + country, isolates same-name entities in other markets, then runs L2 collection by default and escalates to L3 for high-risk or high-value cases. Core steps include:
- Sanctions screening across OFAC, EU, and UN lists, stopping when a match is found
- Company and LinkedIn validation for registration, roles, tenure, and decision-maker context
- Customs and trade signals such as HS codes, suppliers, and trade volume
- Social proof via website footer links, LinkedIn/Facebook activity, and 12-month posting trends
- Email discovery using confirmed addresses, MX checks, inferred personal and functional mailboxes
- Cross-validation across six comparison groups, with contradictions triggering deeper checks

The output is a structured report covering summary, company background, trade records, reputation, social activity, software ecosystem, and email findings, followed by three follow-up actions.

Boundaries and Caveats

It is best suited to B2B due diligence where the evidence chain matters more than a quick lookup, though each run is token-heavy. Product context should be configured first; otherwise brand, competitor, and keyword coverage will be weaker. Missing public data should be treated as a risk signal, not proof of non-existence, and any sanctions hit should halt the evaluation.