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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…
Guide des halls d'exposition de la foire de Yiwu : Naviguer dans l'Expo comme un 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…
Coût total de l'atterrissage
Last month, an e-commerce founder sent me a screenshot of a $4.50 unit price from a supplier in Yiwu. He was thrilled….
Guide du marché de Futian
If you are looking at futian market because you need to test products fast without betting the whole quarter on one supplier,…
Landed Cost Formula: What Importers Miss Before Approving the PO
A supplier quote is not a price. It is one line of a number you will not know for another six weeks,…
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…
Conditions de paiement d'Alibaba
Alibaba payment terms are where a lot of first orders go wrong. A buyer agrees to a 30/70 split, wires the deposit,…
Honoraires de l'agent d'approvisionnement
China agent fees are rarely the real problem. The real problem is finding out, after you have already approved the order, that…
Verify Chinese Supplier
If you need to verify chinese supplier details before sending money, start with the basics or you will pay for it later….