How to get Suppliers in China to respond to your emails?
One of the pet peeves of importers importing from China is that Chinese suppliers don’t reply to email requests for quotations or are generally slow at responding to emails. This […]
Four Things to Check Before Paying Your Supplier
The four items listed here are common things Importers overlook when placing an order with their Supplier. Chinese Suppliers are infamous for only performing explicit requests from buyers (What?! You wanted
5 Common Reasons for Shipping Delays from China
Often when our clients enquire about the transit time for their container to reach their port, we like to add a week over the transit time stated by the shipping […]
8 Ways to Pay your Chinese Suppliers & Their Risks
I get a lot of inquiries from new importers wanting to find out the best way to pay their Chinese suppliers. These importers are especially concerned about the “safety” of […]
China trade-related rules will be translated into English
The Chinese government is making life easier for foreign entrepreneurs trading with China. It made an announcement declaring it will translate Chinese trade-related laws and regulations into English. The reason is
What happens in Chinese factories during the Chinese New Year?
We are once again at that time of the year where we have to try & convince new importers & sometimes existing importers to speed up their decision making due […]
What’s the difference between a Chinese Sourcing & Trading Company?
This is one of the favorite questions that I like to ask candidates when recruiting people for our sourcing team and a lot of them find it difficult to establish […]
Product Labeling for Importers in USA
Product Labeling is an aspect of importing that many first time importers overlook. I know this first hand due to the number of questions I receive about the topic, and […]
The Key to Finding Good Products
iPhone cases- don’t do it!
One of the comments I get asked by friends, acquaintances, commenters on this blog, and so on, is ‘do you have any ideas
The Importance of a Delivery Cushion
Optimism is a wonderful quality, but expecting everything to go right in the world of production is risky business! Anyone who has tried to manufacture something, knows it’s a process […]