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Why good Chinese suppliers don’t reply to your emails RFQs and how to fix that
When sourcing from China, it’s important that your emails and RFQs to suppliers are formatted correctly. What tends to happen when emails/RFQs are formatted incorrectly is that you’ll get a low response rate from quality factories, i.e. the suppl....
9 lab tests for packaging that could save your products
How important is your product’s packaging to your customers? Maybe more than you think. While some importers obsess about the look and feel of their packaging, many struggle just to deliver their products to customers unharmed. A late 2016 survey....
What shipping term should I choose
What shipping term should I book with my supplier? That’s a common question I see in Facebook groups and private label forums. Since I started my own private label journey and doing FBA, I spend time reading through these groups. I ....
Ecommerce sellers 5 factors for choosing a supplier
Let’s say you just walked out of a meeting with a supplier. You have a good “gut feeling” about this one. You feel like the supplier isn’t trying to swindle you. This is a supplier you can grow with. Unfortunately, importers of all sizes ....
The 5 steps to finding profitable product ideas while traveling this summer
Recently one of my readers who was taking a vacation to Florida asked for my advice what he should do to look for product ideas for his e-commerce business while traveling. Many of you may be traveling this summer so I thought I’d share my advic....
China technology and trademark licensing agreements The extreme basics
Chinese companies want Western technology and in the last few years they have become willing to pay for it. One of the things our China lawyers are seeing more and more lately are deals where the Chinese company wants to be able to use in China both the....
5 years after the Rana Plaza collapse What’s changed in Bangladesh’s garment factories
On April 24th, 2013 the collapse of a garment factory complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh killed over 1,100 people and injured more than 2,500 others. Many of the victims were young women, namely garment workers making clothing bearing the names of many well-k....
Tips to get suppliers to care about your price request
From private label to sourcing for other industries, a common concern for new buyers is “how to get the vendor to care about my price request?” Vendors tend to ignore RFQ’s from new potential buyers. Or they answer very loosely, perhaps ev....
Product Liability Insurance For Importers & Amazon Sellers
Product liability insurance for Importers (sometimes called Import liability insurance) can save you from financial ruin, in case your products would be the case of injury or property damage. Falling back on your supplier is never an option, so g....