• Elksourcing:How to Get a Better Price from Your Chinese Supplier?

    Elksourcing:How to Get a Better Price from Your Chinese Supplier?

    Many importers will always try to get a better price from their Chinese suppliers, but how? You need to know some tactics to try to meet this target. Here are some tips: #1 – Buy larger quantities This one might seem fairly obvious – buy more and you’ll get a lower unit price. However, many importers tend to buy from more suppliers than necessary – and thus lower the quantity purchased from each one of them. Orders can easily be concentrated on a smaller amount of suppliers if you base your product selection on what the suppliers has to offer, rather than selecting a number of suppliers on a predetermined product list. #2 – Streamlined usage of Materials & Components A product is a composition of materials and components. Your supplier needs to purchase these materials and components from their subcontractors. A large number of various components and materials results in a…

  • Elksourcing:How to Contact with Chinese Suppliers Properly?

    Elksourcing:How to Contact with Chinese Suppliers Properly?

    Due to the language barrier, cultural different, time zone difference, unfamiliarity with Chinese business manner, many buyers find it very difficult to get a reply to your inquiry. In many cases, you find a supplier online, you send an email or submit an inquiry form online, you wait for weeks but get no reply, then you call them, surprisingly, you found it is difficult to understand their English, or they don’t speak English at all. So how should we do to get prompt answer from the supplier when you contact them and how to communicate with them smoothly? Here are a few tips we want to share. How to write a good email that makes sure the Chinese suppliers give you a proper answer? – Use company email account. Don’t use email account from free email provider like yahoo mail, hotmail, aol mail. Using free email account will harm your company image and is considered…

  • Elksourcing:For New Importers How to Import From China?

    Elksourcing:For New Importers How to Import From China?

    This article is for new importers. As a sourcing agent in China, we would like to share our years of experience of helping overseas buyers to import from China. 1. Feasibility StudyBefore you start to import, you need to research the feasibility of your sourcing project. You need to set up a goal, decide the budget, make the plan, consult the import expert, research the market, learn the import process, and calculate cost. In the end, you should come up with an enforceable plan, which should include the following: the products, the market, the process, the people, the cost, the margin, and the marketing. 2. Products IdeasWhat products you will buy from China? If you don’t have any clue, you could check ecommerce websites like alibaba, ebay, amazon, see what products are highlighted on homepage. Every product from missile to toilet paper has its own market, so do something you are…

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