B2B Social Sourcing platform Tradesparq has merged with Shanghai Shuangji IT company, a provider of customs data that tracks import and export shipments from 57 countries. “For the last few years, we have built the community and U.S. shipment data to tap into the potential overseas markets. We decided to partner with Shuangji, since they have shipment data from 56 countries around the world as well as direct sales team in China,” Tradesparq co-founder Michael Kleist said. Buyers pay mostly for shipment data while suppliers pay for both data as well as to promote their products. Our overall community is 30% suppliers, 40% buyers, and 30% companies that are both suppliers and buyers.”Image Credit: ShutterStock, Tradesparq