Your company's role in commodity execution.
Associates are registered businesses that use OBAOL to buy commodities, sell commodities, do both, or deliver the specialist services a trade needs from enquiry to completion.
Associate accounts belong to companies. If you are joining as an individual to build relationships and coordinate execution, explore the Operator role.
How will your company participate?
Choose the path that reflects what the registered business actually does. Service companies select their specific capabilities during onboarding.
Buy commodities
Create requirements, evaluate supply, and follow buyer-side execution.
Sell commodities
Present credible supply, respond to demand, and coordinate fulfilment.
Buy & sell
Operate on both sides through one verified company profile.
Provide trade services
Support storage, movement, quality, compliance, finance, or technology needs.
Find the role that matches your business
Each page explains who qualifies, what the company is responsible for, how the workflow operates, and what is needed to register.
Trade
Companies that buy, sell, import, or export commodities through structured trade workflows.
Traders
Buy and sell commodities through one accountable execution workflow.
Best for
Registered commodity trading houses, merchant traders, and wholesale trading companies.
Importers
Source commodities across borders and coordinate destination-side execution.
Best for
Registered import houses, processors, distributors, and buyers sourcing overseas.
Exporters
Prepare domestic supply for overseas buyers and shipment execution.
Best for
Registered exporters, producer-exporters, and trading companies serving global buyers.
Supply & Procurement
Businesses that bring credible supply and organized demand into the marketplace.
Suppliers
Bring credible commodity supply into active buyer-led workflows.
Best for
Registered producers, processors, aggregators, distributors, and supply companies.
Procurement Partners
Translate organizational demand into controlled sourcing activity.
Best for
Registered procurement firms, institutional sourcing teams, and managed-sourcing businesses.
Logistics, Quality & Compliance
Service companies that prepare, verify, store, clear, and move goods through execution.
Warehouse Owners
Provide accountable storage, handling, and dispatch support.
Best for
Registered warehouse operators, storage companies, and commodity handling facilities.
Inland Transportation
Move commodities between origin, facility, port, and destination points.
Best for
Registered road transporters, fleet operators, and first- or last-mile companies.
Freight Forwarders
Coordinate international freight bookings, routes, and shipment handoffs.
Best for
Registered freight forwarders and international cargo coordination companies.
Logistics Providers
Manage multi-leg cargo operations across the trade lifecycle.
Best for
Registered 3PLs, integrated logistics firms, and multimodal service companies.
Packaging Companies
Prepare commodity lots for handling, compliance, and dispatch.
Best for
Registered industrial packaging, bagging, repacking, and export-packaging businesses.
Quality Testing Labs
Test commodity parameters and return traceable quality evidence.
Best for
Registered or accredited laboratories and commodity inspection businesses.
Customs Clearance Agencies
Coordinate border filings, clearance steps, and customs handoffs.
Best for
Registered customs brokers, clearance agencies, and border-documentation companies.
Finance & Technology
Specialist businesses that support funding, risk protection, and trade-enabling technology.
Finance Partners
Evaluate and support eligible trade-finance requirements.
Best for
Regulated lenders, trade-finance providers, and registered financial institutions.
Insurance Partners
Evaluate suitable cargo and trade-risk coverage requirements.
Best for
Authorized insurers, brokers, and registered trade-risk service companies.
Agritech Companies
Contribute verified technology capabilities to commodity execution.
Best for
Registered agritech, traceability, inspection-tech, and trade-enablement companies.
Choose Associate
You represent a registered company
- The account belongs to the business
- You can provide company and legal details
- The company buys, sells, or provides trade services
Choose Operator
You are joining as an individual
Operators are individuals who build business relationships, manage supplier portfolios, and help keep execution moving. They do not register as the trading or service company.
Explore the Operator roleRegister the business behind the work.
Tell us how your company participates, provide its legal and operating details, and select the capabilities that should shape its OBAOL workspace.
Start company registration