Your products, sold in Latin America.
ZONTIK helps U.S. manufacturers and brands export to Mexico, Colombia, Chile and beyond through the region's largest online marketplaces. We handle the logistics, customs, registrations and day-to-day selling, so you don't need a team in every country.
ZONTIK is preparing to launch. We're accepting early-interest inquiries now.
Buyer figure: Mercado Libre unique active buyers, 2025.
Why export now
Latin America is one of the world's fastest-growing online markets. Very few American small businesses sell there, and sellers from outside the hemisphere are moving in quickly.
of America's 36 million small businesses export goods.
U.S. Census Bureau and SBA Office of Advocacyestimated yearly cross-border e-commerce in Latin America, and growing fast.
Mercado Libre, Q4 2025 shareholder letterfor qualifying U.S. goods in Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Peru, thanks to U.S. trade agreements.
Office of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeHow it works
One partner from your loading dock to your customer's door. Each step is planned around your products and the market you start in.
- 1
Assess
We pick the products and the first country with the best odds, and model your landed cost and margin.
- 2
Prepare
Product registrations, labeling, localized listings in Spanish, and U.S. sourcing where it helps you qualify for lower duties.
- 3
Ship
We choose the route and mode that serve each shipment best, and handle freight and customs into marketplace warehouses.
- 4
Sell
We run your store: pricing in local currency, inventory, advertising and customer service.
- 5
Grow
Monthly reporting, then expansion to new countries and marketplaces once the first market works.
Services
Use the full service or pick the pieces you need.
Export readiness assessment
Which products and countries to start with, landed-cost model and a regulatory scan. From $1,500.
Marketplace onboarding
Seller accounts on Mercado Libre, Amazon Mexico, Falabella and other leading marketplaces.
Listing localization
Titles, descriptions and images adapted for local buyers, drafted with AI tools and reviewed by native speakers.
Product registrations
Filings with health and agricultural regulators where your product category requires them.
Marketplace operations
Pricing, inventory planning, customer service and monthly performance reports.
Advertising
Campaigns on Mercado Ads and Amazon advertising, managed against clear sales targets.
Cross-border logistics
Freight, customs clearance, fulfillment-center inbound and returns, through the route that fits each case.
U.S. sourcing for export
Finding U.S. manufacturers and component suppliers, so your products are made here and qualify for trade-agreement duty benefits.
Two ways to work with us
Choose how much control you want to keep, and how much of the work and risk you want us to carry.
Managed export
You keep ownership of your goods and your marketplace stores. We set up and run everything for you.
- Your brand, your accounts, your inventory
- Setup fees, a monthly fee and a share of sales
- Best for brands that want to build their own presence abroad
We buy, we sell
We purchase your products in the United States and resell them in Latin America under our own accounts.
- You receive a U.S. purchase order, paid in dollars
- No foreign registrations, currency risk or customs paperwork for you
- Best for first-time exporters who want to test demand
Where we sell
We start where U.S. trade agreements give American products a price advantage, then expand as each market proves out.
| Phase | Countries | Why |
|---|---|---|
| First | Mexico, Colombia, Chile | Trade agreements with the U.S. (USMCA, Colombia TPA, Chile FTA) and strong marketplace demand. |
| Next | Peru, Brazil | Peru has a U.S. trade agreement. Brazil is the region's largest e-commerce market and needs more regulatory preparation. |
| Later | Central America, Dominican Republic, Argentina | Expansion once the operating model is proven. |
We are based in Charleston, South Carolina, but we don't force every shipment through one port. For each client we choose the port or airport, transport mode and fulfillment model that give the best cost and delivery time.
Experience you can put to work
ZONTIK's leadership brings more than 25 years of hands-on experience moving goods across borders and selling them online in Latin America.
That experience was built inside some of the world's leading logistics and commerce companies. Now it goes to work for each of our clients, so your first export market benefits from lessons already learned at scale.
Latin American marketplace expansionLaunched consumer brands across six countries on Mercado Libre, Amazon and Walmart at Merama, the region's largest e-commerce brand aggregator. Your launch plan starts from what has already worked.
Freight and customsBuilt ocean and air freight operations for the Maersk Group in Colombia and four Eastern European countries. Your shipments are planned by people who have run freight operations.
Contract logisticsDesigned warehousing and distribution solutions at DHL Supply Chain for brands such as Levi's. Your inventory sits where it serves buyers best.
Distribution real estateFound and negotiated warehouse sites for adidas, Daimler and Thermo Fisher at Jones Lang LaSalle. We understand the physical side of a supply chain.
Selling on marketplaces as a brand ownerBuilt and ran consumer brands on Amazon and Walmart in the United States, Canada and Mexico. We have been in your position as a seller.
Find out if your products can sell in Latin America
ZONTIK is preparing to launch. Tell us what you make and where you sell today, and we'll contact you as we begin operations with an honest view of whether exporting makes sense for you, and where to start.
Register your interest