Going China-factory-direct is not for everyone! Don’t buy from China if you fit this description.
If you are buying from China, have you considered selling to China as well? You may be surprised at the tax and administrative hurdles of selling your made-in-China product to a China-based customer. Take an inside look at the process.
April is trade show season in China and I’m presenting seminars on “Best Supplier Selection and Supply Chain Management Practices” at the Global Sources fair on the following location/dates:
Venue: AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Saturday April 11
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Saturday April 18
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Tuesday April 28
No entrance fee but seats are limited. Email me if you would like a reservation.
Bad suppliers outed!
As usual, there is no shortage of buyers falling into scams this month. Learn from these mistakes posted at www.SupplierBlackList.com:
Very profitable but unethical business model: this supplier gets the deposit, changes their company name and tells buyer to piss off. Repeat, Repeat, Repeat…
It’s not just Chinese scam artists out there, check out how this UK based scam works.
Have you been let you down? Go here to expose the scam or under-performing suppliers!
Visit our sponsors
And finally, an introduction to the sponsors whose financial contribution keeps the doors open at the not-for-profit China Sourcing Information Center, our YouTube Channel and the Seminars. Your support of these sponsors is greatly appreciated!
Sourcing Service Center, the planet’s most comprehensive platform of sourcing services: supply chain management, QC, legal support, dispute resolution, due diligence, engineering, company formation, logistics and much more.
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PassageMaker Sourcing Solutions, a boutique sourcing agency helping buyers in the 2 to 20 million dollar range to find & manage suppliers, protect intellectual property, control costs & ensure quality.
