Which platforms matter for overseas buyers?

ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI answers carry most of the weight in Western markets, with Copilot behind them. Each retrieves and cites differently, so the same content produces different results on each and the question set is run on all of them.

Do you rewrite our English site?

We produce the rewrite list and sample copy; publishing is done by your team or with our help. We do not take over site operations.

What can you show from delivered work?

Liming Heavy Industry, an exporter in heavy machinery, operates at over CNY 1 billion in annual revenue with more than 60% of its business overseas and 300+ inbound inquiries per day. Those are the client’s overall business figures, not the incremental result of this project — we do not count company-level performance as our own effect.

How is this different from a trade-show or B2B-platform strategy?

It is additive, not a replacement. Directories and platforms remain part of the evidence base a model reads; the engagement makes sure the facts on them are consistent and quotable, and then measures whether models actually name you.

Overseas AI lead generation

Lead generation for Chinese exporters and B2B manufacturers: make overseas buyers find you when they ask ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google AI, and turn the intent in those answers into inbound inquiries.

Overseas buyers increasingly start a sourcing decision by asking an AI assistant rather than working through ten pages of search results. The work is the same as the domestic engagement — turn product facts, certifications and case evidence into a form models will quote, and measure on mention rate and first-recommendation rate. What differs is language, platform and evidence supply: English content is held to a higher standard of fact density, and third-party proof has to come from overseas directories, trade media and buyer platforms.

Who it is for

Equipment manufacturers, industrial goods and B2B service exporters — high order value, long decision cycles, inquiry-driven pipelines
Companies that already run an English site or an independent store but whose traffic and inquiries depend on paid media

Not a fit:

Pure drop-ship cross-border e-commerce. That business runs on platform algorithms, not on AI answers.
Companies that cannot publish product specifications or compliance certifications. No quotable facts, no reason for a model to quote you.

How we run it

Build an English question set. Ten questions phrased the way buyers actually ask — selection, specification comparison, certification, lead time — run against the major overseas AI entry points.
Measure the baseline. Record your mention and first-recommendation rates alongside your main competitors, and note which source domains the models cite.
Rewrite the English content. Factual product pages, structured specification tables, case studies written as verifiable numbers, plus structured data.
Build overseas evidence. Make your entity information consistent across trade directories, media, exhibitions and buyer platforms.
Connect to inquiries. Tag traffic arriving from AI entry points separately and track inquiry volume and quality against the baseline.

What you get

English question set and baseline report, including competitor comparison
English content rewrite list with sample copy
Overseas entity information and structured data templates
Inquiry source tagging scheme and re-test data

Related cases

Liming Heavy Industry Group

CNY 1bn+Annual revenue
60%+Share of business overseas
300+ inquiries/dayOverseas lead generation

Kaimeilong

Engagement documented; no quantitative results published.

Evidence note: 100% / 80% is a 15 June 2026 Yuanbao snapshot for Kechuang No.1 (15/15 mentioned; 12/15 first-recommended). 90% / 70% is a 14 June 2026 Yuanbao snapshot for the Shanghai Institute (9/10; 7/10). The fixed question sets, raw JSON answers and screenshots are archived internally. These are dated single-platform snapshots, not a current state or a promise; later two-platform snapshots were 80% / 60% and 80% / 70%, respectively.

Questions we get asked

Which platforms matter for overseas buyers?: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI answers carry most of the weight in Western markets, with Copilot behind them. Each retrieves and cites differently, so the same content produces different results on each and the question set is run on all of them.
Do you rewrite our English site?: We produce the rewrite list and sample copy; publishing is done by your team or with our help. We do not take over site operations.
What can you show from delivered work?: Liming Heavy Industry, an exporter in heavy machinery, operates at over CNY 1 billion in annual revenue with more than 60% of its business overseas and 300+ inbound inquiries per day. Those are the client’s overall business figures, not the incremental result of this project — we do not count company-level performance as our own effect.
How is this different from a trade-show or B2B-platform strategy?: It is additive, not a replacement. Directories and platforms remain part of the evidence base a model reads; the engagement makes sure the facts on them are consistent and quotable, and then measures whether models actually name you.