Life Built in Canada

The First Import

About Course

A beginner’s guided course: from knowing nothing about business to importing your first product from India and selling it in Canada.

Course Content

Module 1 — Start here: what you’re really signing up for

  • Welcome — how this course works
  • What “importing and selling” actually means
  • The honest truth: time, money and risk
  • Is this right for you, right now?
  • Quick Check: What you’re really signing up for

Module 2 — Find a product worth selling

Module 3 — Research Whether the Product Can Be Imported and Sold in Canada

Module 4 — Set up the business

Module 5 — Find & vet a supplier

Module 6 — True landed cost

Module 7 — Ship it: freight, customs and CARM

Module 8 — Price & sell

Module 9 — First order start-to-finish

Module 10 — Grow & repeat