Product customization has been very popular over the recent years. We’ve seen more and more personalized or customized clothes, beverage bottles, cosmetics, etc. We’ve also noticed the trend of Company T-shirts across industries. 2 years ago, we also made our own business t-shirts, but we find not many colleagues want to wear them, because they do [...]
Each year, many US importers purchase products from China, a large manufacturing market. When you buy high-quality products at competitive prices here, you have to pay import duty from China to the USA. Sometimes it can be a huge sum of money. As an importer, you will be very concerned about it and want to [...]
Many importers indeed prefer sourcing product suppliers on Alibaba. This post focuses on the Alibaba RFQ (Request for Quotation) tool from the following 7 main aspects. What’s Alibaba RFQ? What’s the best benefit? Alibaba RFQ vs direct search of suppliers. How to use RFQ to get best-matched suppliers? Practical RFQ template to find best-matched suppliers. [...]
When it comes to importing, China is often the first choice. However, many other Asian countries may also offer good opportunities, though most lack experience importing from them.Amid the US-China trade war, with higher tariffs on Chinese goods, can we find lower costs and new opportunities in other Asian markets? To explore this, I invited [...]
Before digging into Alibaba scams, I will answer the following 2 questions, which are highly concerned by importers.Is Alibaba A Scam?No, Alibaba is absolutely not a scam. If yes, it can not grow to be today's largest B2B platform to source suppliers (via RFQ or direct search) and products. Millions of buyers are not so stupid [...]
While importing from China may seem like an easy way to make a fortune, the process is filled with potential pitfalls. Even a small mistake can lead to significant losses in both money and time.Here, experts from various fields, including e-commerce mentors, international freight forwarders, and e-commerce tool providers, 3PLs share their advice. We hope [...]
When you need to send payment to a Chinese supplier or travel agency, you would doubt which is the best payment method to transfer money securely, fast, and with low handling cost.Generally, you can send money through banks or international remittance platforms. Bank remittance efficiency is low with high handling fees and low exchange rates. [...]
In this article, I’m going to show you the common mistakes that importers make when buying wholesale from China. This list of mistakes is gathered from our experience in serving more than 4,000+ clients, and surprisingly, even the ones with over 7-year importing experience still fall victim to these common mistakes. Now, we are going [...]
A right shipping method is a good balance between freight cost and time. So I will show you the shipping methods about shipping time when importing from China to US and explain why they cost that time.Here is the average shipping time of three main shipping methods below. Factors like seasonality, demand and other uncontrollable [...]
