Start with the actual destination
For a drone project in Africa or Southeast Asia, send SageTradeLink the destination country, buyer role, intended use and purchase scope. We coordinate sourcing discussions with China-based suppliers and review feasibility for each proposed transaction.
Our offices are in Hangzhou, China, and California, USA. Regional inquiry coverage describes the projects buyers can discuss with us. Local delivery, field support and operating arrangements are established for each project.
Prepare the project across five workstreams
| Workstream | Questions to resolve before an order |
|---|---|
| Project and final use | Who will operate the equipment, what work must it perform and what deliverable is expected? |
| Site and workflow | What are the access, launch, landing, connectivity, power and maintenance conditions? |
| Import and operation | Who checks the destination’s current import, aviation, radio and other applicable requirements? |
| Commercial delivery | Who is the seller, importer and consignee; what do the agreed transport and delivery terms cover? |
| Support | Who provides training, consumables, spare parts, repair coordination and acceptance support? |
Different buyers need different starting points
- Distributors can start with a model range, repeat supply needs and an agreed support arrangement.
- Survey, inspection and agriculture operators can start with the job output, operating site and existing software.
- Integrators can start with the host platform, documented interfaces and system delivery boundary.
- Procurement teams can start with a requirement document, vendor documentation checklist and evaluation criteria.
Africa and Southeast Asia inquiry examples
A surveying distributor planning a project in Kenya or Ghana may need a comparable quotation and repair route. A plantation service provider in Malaysia or Indonesia may need an aircraft configuration, training scope and spare-parts plan. A logistics project team in the Philippines may first need to establish site and operating assumptions. These are planning examples, with feasibility confirmed individually.
French-speaking buyers can also read our guide d’approvisionnement en drones en Chine.