The IFIC (IGEN Founding Importers Community) is the primary acquisition hook for sellers and exporters, aggregating verified international demand across 195 countries.
IFIC aggregates international purchasing directors, global retail chains and foreign trade clearinghouses across 195 countries — giving sellers guaranteed access to verified international demand pools.
International purchasing directors
Global retail chains
Foreign trade clearinghouses
The primary acquisition hook
Why sellers join VBEM
IFIC membership is the primary reason sellers and exporters commit to VBEM — it converts an abstract trade show into a guaranteed pipeline of verified, purchasing-ready importers.
Founding member alert
Founding-phase IFIC access gives sellers first-look at verified importer profiles. Early sellers compound relationships ahead of later entrants. Founding-era IFIC access is limited per sector.