Quoting from [Aussie]:The way to get best deal is to learn all we can before negotiating. The more we know the stronger we will be in discussions. We are talking of course mainly about buying consumer goods direct from China and/or other emerging exporters like India and Indonesia for resale in our respective countries.1. We will likely negotiate with ...1. Manufacturer (factory), or2. Middle Person between us and the factory (generally called a "trader"), or3. Our own Sourcing Agent (an independent person we appoint to source product and negotiate price for us).
what a good mind, describle the trade issue in particular way, i agree on some of above points as by my trade experience,
Quoting from [LoyalCo]:
Quoting from [Chinasolutions]:I totally agree with you. You must know a lot about China and the Chinese companies
You start by going over to China and meeting with a reliable sourcing company. Most reliable souricng companies won't work for less than 10,000USD per year.
The inspection services they will take your money. And the real question is what happens after your goods fail inspection. How to handle this problem?
These Chinese inspections services do not know this.
You need a sourcing company who is familar with Chinese product quality law and contract law.
Standards and certificates are meaningless. I have been in companies that have TUV, but I know that the products they make are not TUV quality. So what good does do?
You need a company to do a Bill of Materials for your product and test the quality to ascertain the defect opportunities.
Anyway, I don't recommend relying on any Chinese for inspection or sourcing services. They are typically lazy and do not have any concept of real customer service and only want fast money. Anyone who says otherwise has not been in China long enough to understand this country.
I hope this helps