the way to find the best supplier
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How to find the best supplier?

What is a supplier? A supplier is a corporation or individual who provides various required resources to the business and its competitors, including the provision of raw materials, equipment, energy, and labor.

Normally, the condition of a supplier has a huge impact on the marketing activities of the enterprise. For instance, raw material price changes or shortages will affect the product's price and delivery time, which will, therefore, weaken the long-term cooperation and profits of enterprises and customers.

As a consequence, marketers must have a more comprehensive understanding and thorough analysis of the supplier's situation. The supplier is both a competitor as well as a partner in business negotiations.

So, how we choose the best supplier for our business? Follow us if you want to know more details! Want to learn more about our services, fill our online form: Contact Us.

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How to avoid scammers in Aliexpress?[Ultimate Guide]

E-commerce is on the rise and is revolutionizing the world and changing habits. Many people today are now adept at online shopping, almost leaving the “traditional” habits of the past behind, like going to a store for a purchase. Indeed, buying online not only saves us time, but also allows us to virtually cross the borders of countries.

The process is simple, fast, comfortable and allows us to save some money. No need to travel to China to find a supplier or to make your purchases, AliExpress does it for you.  There are many other platforms as you already know, but if you are used to shopping online, and you know the platforms of the Chinese market, you have certainly heard of Aliexpress.

Here is an article that will help you buy on AliExpress without getting scammed.

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Sourcing Secrets Revealed - Master Alibaba and Conquer the Chinese Market
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Sourcing Secrets Revealed:How to buy from Alibaba

Alibaba is a popular choice when looking for private-label product providers in China. It presents a broad selection of products sourced from global suppliers, making it a suitable resource for businesses of all sizes. Despite that, Navigating Alibaba can be strenuous since it is necessary to identify and evaluate appropriate suppliers while understanding the complications of Process procurement and negotiation.

That is where Docshipper comes in as your reliable partner. We can guide you through the Alibaba platform, providing expert knowledge to optimize your procurement and import efforts.

In this guide, we will cover various aspects of the Alibaba Group, with a particular focus on identifying and avoiding scams.

At Docshipper, we know how important it is to find trustworthy suppliers to run your business smoothly. This is the reason we are here to provide you with a comprehensive article on Alibaba sourcing. The world’s largest B2B e-commerce platform.

We wish you an interesting and helpful reading experience!

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Everything about shipping costs for importing from China

How does the transport from China to your company work?

When you decide to import products from China, you think that there are not many expenses on transport costs to be made and instead you have to evaluate many other costs that we will present in this article.

To calculate the transport costs you need to know how the transport from China to your company works and the different expenses you will have to do to make the transport.

What are the transport prices from the warehouse to the port?

When we talk about freight charges, we mean the shipping costs from the port of shipment to the port of destination in the buyer's country and are balanced on the local taxes paid in the destination port, but also on the volume and weight of the containers.

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The Amazon Efficient Sourcing/selling Strategy

The simple strategy of finding a product that has a good sell on Amazon, and ordering a generic version of it from China with your own label is the common and hot strategy nowadays on Amazon. This might look very simple and you might find lots of people following this strategy.

However, the number of sellers on Amazon following this strategy is to decrease. And they are not getting the good fortune which was promised by training courses, because this might not be the best strategy for a long-term business.

Considering the fact that there is a very intense competition between Amazon sellers finding a good product that has a well sell on Amazon is really difficult. Although there is another sourcing strategy that does not depends on importing neither on find the perfect product and it’s not easy for others to compete against you. If you would like to find about more about it, stay tuned.

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How to Ship Products to Amazon’s Warehouses?

So you have found the perfect product you were looking for, sourced its samples through a reliable supplier and you are satisfied with the samples. Now you are ready to sell them on Amazon and you need to send the products to Amazon storage.

It’s an exciting step to start working with Amazon FBA. If you are interested to know more about working with Amazon FBA read this article.

You have two ways to do it; you either ship the product from China directly to Amazon, or you ship the product to yourself or a middleman first and then send it to Amazons’ warehouse.

The reason for these two types of shipping is the requirements by Amazon. Amazon has a specific packaging requirement, if your packaging didn’t meet the requirement of it can be rejected. So you should ask your Chinese supplier to do the packaging according to the requirements of Amazon.

Most Chinese suppliers are familiar with Amazon's packaging requirements. But there is still the possibility of misconception or incorrect labeling resulting from miscommunication.  To be on the safe side send the goods to yourself or a middleman first to have quality and packaging inspection and then send them to Amazon.

Here are the steps to take to ship the product to Amazon.

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International trade July 2021 News [Procurement – Logistics – Compliance]

2021 was the year of change and evolvement in different sectors and especially freight that was affected by the global pandemic (COVID-19) in 2020.
We will provide you in this article with the latest news for July 2021 in this sector.

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THE PROMISING FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE [SURVIVAL GUIDE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES]
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The promising future of International trade [Survival guide of international trade in services]

With the massive impact from COVID-19, the global commercial paces haven't slowed down for that, instead, it's a vital point to stand still in the international trade environment and cling to the certainty among the endless uncertainty.

On Sep.4th, the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services(CIFTIS) has been opened under the world's attention. "I hope this will be an opportunity to build a platform and a bridge so that people from all countries can fully demonstrate new developments and breakthroughs in the field of trade in services and jointly enjoy new technologies and achievements in the development and progress of human society." Chairman Xi Jinping said of the significance of holding the CIFTIS.

Undoubtfully, this summit has encouraged and inspired countries that still suffer the strike from the pandemic to focus on the rebuilding of commerce and international relations. What exactly the significance this summit would bring? What does it mean to you and every single practitioner in international trade?

Well, we've summarized and organized the main facts from the keywords from international trade in services,

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