Although in the beginning when D-Link was going international it used the "home-grown" approach of the average small and medium enterprise: it first located foreign agents and relied on them to handle all the problems and establish a beachhead. Following this they sent out people from the Taiwan main office to set up the branch company and "snatch" back the power of agency.
雖然友訊開始走向國外市場時，也採取一般中小企業土法煉鋼方式：先找到國外代理商，靠著他們披荊斬棘打下灘頭堡，之後再由台灣總部派人到國外設立分公司、「奪」回代理權。