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How to Find the Right Products to Sell Online
E-commerce is not only changing the way we buy products, but also how we sell them. Competition is fierce in the age of Amazon and Alibaba, and sellers must work even harder to make sure that their products don’t drown in the sea of identical private la....
Should Importers and Amazon Sellers Incorporate in Hong Kong?
I remember when I first moved to China in 2007 and I immediately wanted to register a Chinese company to “go direct”. I really had no idea what I was doing except for the limited blogs from incorporation services trying to push me to pay them their fees....
Refurbishing Top Content
You've got top-performing content on your site that does really well. Maybe it's highly converting, maybe it garners the most qualified traffic — but it's just sitting there gathering dust. Isn't there something else you can do with content th....
How to Resolve a Dispute with Your Supplier
Picture that you’ve paid up thousands of dollars upfront, only to receive a delayed and defective batch of products. Or, what if your supplier decides to double the price, halfway through production? Sending angry emails at 1 AM will not ....
Shipping Costs When Importing from China --- A Complete Guide
What makes the topic of shipping and logistics complicated is not really the process itself, which is the case with most other procedures importers need to deal with when importing from China. It’s the shipping costs. Moving cargo from Co....
Do I Need a Registered Company to Import Products?
This is one of the most common questions we receive from our customers. Read more, to learn when you should register a company, to import commercial products from abroad. We also explain why you can start the process, and even contact supp....
5 Best Practices for Efficient Communication with Chinese Suppliers
Why does everything have to be so hard when dealing with Chinese suppliers? You send emails, and barely even get a reply. You put together the best mood board ever, communicating the ‘feeling’ you want for your spring collection – and your supp....
How to avoid working with factories that close unexpectedly
You’ve been watching the calendar, anxiously awaiting that first shipment of leather handbags that’ll mean the beginning of your online business. You’ve already received orders, and it’s looking like your bags will be a sell-out success. But you h....
Incoterms and shipping from China
Incoterms are standardized codes that specify when and where cargo shall be transferred from the supplier to the importer . Does it sound irrelevant to your business? It certainly is, unless you like surprise expenses and don’t care about losing your sh....