Top 7 Wholesale Terms Used By China Manufacturers
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 by Sofia Bag
Whenever you buy from a wholesaler online, whether the source is from China, Korea or any other countries, you may come across a trade term that you are unfamiliar with. You may have felt unsure or uncertain on what your supplier really means. There are 7 wholesale terms that are frequently used by wholesalers and manufacturers alike. Just understanding these 7 wholesale terms will get you by when dealing with Asia wholesalers.
OEM
OEM stands for original equipment manufacturer. It refers to manufacturers or wholesalers who make and produce goods and products, for other companies to repackage and sell. When a…
7 Most Economical Ways To Give Away Stuff For Free
Saturday, February 21st, 2009 by Sofia Bag
When customers shop online, they are not always interested in buying. Some just want to browse or look at the things available for sale. These shoppers are called “window shoppers”, a person who only looks, but does not buy. So how do you convert these window shoppers to someone shopping for real at your web store? The answer is easy. Give away free stuff to your customers so that he will be more encouraged to make the purchase. It doesn’t matter how small the free stuff seems like to you. In your customer’s mind, anything that he receive which is…
12 Alternative Ebay Sites Where You Can Sell Your Products Online
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 by Sofia Bag
Many sellers sell their products on ebay, as it is the most popular auction site of its kind on the web. However, the
killer fees do hurt many sellers, which is why many sellers look elsewhere to find other ebay alternatives.
So are there any other websites like ebay where you can sell your products online? This blog entry covers comprehensively 12 alternative ebay sites where you are able to list, and sell your items online. Many of these websites have very low listing fees, however, I did not compile them here as I am afraid they will change over time and…
How to Know When You Have Found the Right Wholesale Supplier? Part Three: Product Match
Sunday, February 8th, 2009 by Sofia Bag
Do you feel confuse sometimes when choosing a specific product for your store? The times when you are not at all certain what to buy for your customers, which items to sell or even the ones that will be popular? Selling can be tricky sometimes, and so is buying. Both are interlinked of course, you buy from a supplier and then sell back to your customers. You can’t possibly separate one from the other. So product match is a critical part of the whole buying and selling process. You must choose carefully when buying, and buy carefully from suppliers. This…
How to Know When You Have Found the Right Wholesale Supplier? Part Two: Credibility
Saturday, February 7th, 2009 by Sofia Bag
If two companies are selling the same product at around the same price, who do you buy from? Is it company A or B? What will be the factor that determines your choice? The answer is credibility. Being credible simply means being looked upon as trustworthy, or worthy of believe and confidence. You will certainly buy from a company that you view as credible versus the other one which you are not sure of. So how does credibility play in the role of you finding the right wholesale supplier? By the way, this is part two of the series. Part…
How to Know When You Have Found the Right Wholesale Supplier? Part One: Right Price
Friday, February 6th, 2009 by Sofia Bag
Have you searched for a wholesaler but are not sure whether you have found the right one (or which one to select)? Often, you are bombarded with many potential wholesale suppliers with fantastic range of products to sell. So how do you know for certain when you have found the right wholesale supplier for your business? This series of article will cover 3 key areas that you need to look at when making that critical decision: right price, credibility, and product match. For the first part, I will talk about the right price.
Here are the links to part two and…
6 Reasons Not to Purchase a Wholesale List
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 by Sofia Bag
Have you ever tried to look for a wholesale supplier, but couldn’t find one that you liked? Did you feel tired of looking via search engines, and then saw an ad about a wholesale list containing info of over 1000 companies? Did it piqued your interest? You don’t have to resort to buying a wholesale (or dropshipping) list. Granted, there are thousands of wholesale lists floating around on the web. But how effective are they in getting the results (wholesale suppliers) that you want? This article covers 6 reasons why you should never purchase a wholesale list in the first…
Top 11 Free Wholesale Directories to Buy Wholesale
Monday, January 19th, 2009 by Sofia Bag
How many times have you tried to buy wholesale but could not find a suitable supplier? Did you know that there are many directories containing hundreds and sometimes thousands of wholesale listings? These directories were created to help people find suppliers, and connect you with wholesalers, and with the right product that you are looking for. In this article, I have compiled a list of wholesale directories that you can use to find suppliers. Feel free to bookmark this page so that you can come back later to refer to the links.
Hunt4Wholesale’s Top 11 List of Free Wholesale Directories (to…
3 Reasons Why You Should Avoid Using the Word Quality When Selling
Saturday, January 10th, 2009 by Sofia Bag
Selling a product can be so much fun. Exciting as it is many sellers fall short when describing about their products or services. Just browsing the ads section of my daily newspaper I see a lot of advertisers use the word quality to persuade readers about their products or company. Is this the right way of doing it? Let me get started by asking you a question: what is quality? Does it mean that your products are supreme? Or that your service is excellent? Well here are a few definitions of quality which I have taken from dictionary.com:
character with respect…
10 Things You MUST Do When Selling Your Items on Ebay
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 by Sofia Bag
So you have found a fabulous wholesale supplier or dropshipper. You have bought from them and now have a bunch of products to sell. You are excited and decided to do your selling on auction sites such as ebay. Don’t be in such a hurry to do so though! You have to carefully plan your listing before executing it. Millions of listings on ebay goes unsold every day. You don’t want your listing to be part of that statistic right? When you carefully plan your listing you increase your chances of selling your item. Besides, a poorly planned listing will be…