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Yiwu Jewelry Market Guide: Sourcing Wholesale Accessories
Three months ago, a startup brand watched German customs destroy an entire container of alloy earrings. They sourced from the Yiwu jewelry…
Flat Fee Sourcing
You Googled flat fee sourcing last week because your current Yiwu agent just quoted you $4.20 per unit for bamboo bath products,…
DDP vs EXW
I watched a regional retail chain leave $60,000 in inventory sitting on a loading dock in Yiwu for a week last month….
Yiwu Fair Exhibition Halls Guide: What to Find in Each District
Last October, an e-commerce seller from Austin landed in Yiwu, showed his taxi driver a saved screenshot of the Yiwu Fair exhibition…
Private Label on Alibaba
I’ve watched a first-time buyer wire $8,000 to a supplier for a private label alibaba order, only to receive 1,200 units with…
Private Label Product Development in Yiwu: A Step-by-Step Guide
A startup brand manager in Austin just received 3,000 storage bags from Yiwu with the wrong Pantone color on the logo and…
Kickbacks in Sourcing
We audit factory invoices for retail chains, and I can tell you that sourcing kickbacks rarely look like briefcases of cash anymore—they…
How to Pay Suppliers
An Amazon seller in Ohio wired $12,400 to a Yiwu supplier last month. His bank quoted a $35 fee. The supplier received…
Complete Guide to Yiwu Market Product Categories
Last month, an online seller in Texas had to destroy 2,000 bracelets. The first batch looked exactly like the gold-plated sample, but…
OEM vs ODM China: Which Sourcing Model is Right for Your Brand?
Last month, a first-time brand founder paid $8,000 for custom injection molds in Shenzhen, only to find the exact same product listed…