Many importers are dying to know whether they are dealing with a factory or trading company when importing certain products from China. Because almost every Chinese supplier claims that they are factories, including suppliers on Alibaba, though they are actually trading companies. So there are lots of blogs and articles that teach importers how to verify suppliers on the Internet, [...]

We got many inquiries from people who want to start a small business by importing small quantity products from China since our website started. Most of them do not have much relevant experience, and just consider it’s very simple: find a Chinese supplier, buy products at a low price, ship home, and sell a high [...]

If you are importing daily used products from China (less than a container for each product type), your manufacturers are probably very small. One thing that you shouldn’t do is believe everything your supplier tells you about them. For instance, a supplier may claim to be operating on a large-scale basis, employing a multitude of [...]

Most people who want to import certain products from china will always say “I want to find the factory” because they think factories offer the lowest price. This is not always true. Sometimes, a trading company offers cheaper prices than factories. Buying from factories also has various other troubles such as quality issues and late [...]

Last November, a customer asked us to source 1000 pcs of “Potty Pad”. The customer wanted the packaging box to come with its own design. However, the factory’s Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) is 2000, which was much more than the customer’s needs.The factory said the MOQ for this product was 2000 pcs mainly because their box supplier [...]