Justin
Yiwu Market Scams to Avoid: A Buyer’s Protection Guide
A first-time buyer from Austin wired $4,200 to a supplier in Yiwu last March for 500 Bluetooth speakers. The supplier sent domestic…
Yiwu Fair Exhibition Halls Guide: Navigating the Expo Like a Pro
I’ve watched first-time buyers burn through a $5,000 trip budget in two days at the Yiwu Fair exhibition halls because they wandered…
Global Sources vs Alibaba
A retail chain rejected a 50,000-unit electronics shipment last quarter after 8% of the units failed at the distribution center, leaving the…
Total Landed Cost
Last month, an e-commerce founder sent me a screenshot of a $4.50 unit price from a supplier in Yiwu. He was thrilled….
Futian Market Guide
If you are looking at futian market because you need to test products fast without betting the whole quarter on one supplier,…
Landed Cost Calculator
A landed cost mistake is how a buyer loses margin without seeing it coming. I have watched a quote that looked 8%…
Made in China vs Alibaba
A lot of buyers only ask made in china vs alibaba after a shipment goes wrong. The sample looked fine, the bulk…
Sourcing Commission Models
Agent commission looks cheap until the numbers hit your margin. I watched one ecommerce buyer in the home goods space save 2%…
Alibaba Payment Terms
Alibaba payment terms are where a lot of first orders go wrong. A buyer agrees to a 30/70 split, wires the deposit,…
Sourcing Agent Fees
China agent fees are rarely the real problem. The real problem is finding out, after you have already approved the order, that…