Field notes from a sourcing office in Yiwu: how to find and vet suppliers, what payment terms actually mean, which market sells what, and the mistakes that cost importers money. No listicles rewritten from other blogs.
The three newest pieces. Everything below is grouped by what you are trying to do rather than by publication date.
[email protected] Yiwu Restaurants for Foreigners (black-yellow) | Sourcing Pioneer Blog/ Supply Chain/ Sourcing Channels City Guide · Yiwu…
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Read the guide →One is about the process of importing: finding suppliers, paying them, checking the goods, shipping. The other is about the products themselves, category by category.
How importing actually works, from finding a factory to landing the container. This is where most of the blog lives, because it is where most of the money is won or lost.
Category-specific buying guides: materials, quality markers, what separates a good unit from a cheap one. Growing steadily as we write up the categories we source most.
Grouped by intent rather than by date. If you are choosing an agent, start with Sourcing Channels. If you are flying to Yiwu next month, start with the field guides.
Market hours, hotels, restaurants, how to get there and which market sells what. Written by people who work in the city, not compiled from other blogs.
How to find suppliers, vet them, and decide between an agent, a trading company and a factory. The largest section on the blog.
Payment terms, transfer methods and the arithmetic behind deposits. Money is where importing goes wrong most expensively.
Getting a product made, spotting supplier claims that do not hold up, and negotiating without damaging the relationship.
Amazon listing problems, size conversion, platform comparisons and freight. What happens after the goods exist.
What to look for in a specific product type: materials, construction, the quality markers that separate a unit worth selling from one that generates returns. We add to this as we write up the categories we source most often.
Everything on this blog comes out of orders we actually ran. If you have a specific product in mind, skip the reading and send it to us. You get the factory price, the MOQ and the lead time, and it costs nothing to ask.
