Jonathan O asked:
I want to sell Pie Tins, and I know China is supposed to be a cheap way to make just about anything.
I want to sell Pie Tins, and I know China is supposed to be a cheap way to make just about anything.
Does anyone know an easy way to break into doing that? Someone once told me I need a “broker” who speaks English + Chinese to help me out (because I do not know Chinese).
Any information on this subject would be helpful. Thank you!
Crystal















all right, I can help you because I am an importer. the biggest obstacle to you is the language actually. there is a website which is full of Chinese manufacturers who compete together for a single product. Ironically, the English version pages are full of agents who mark up from the original producers. So it is worthless to see the English ones. I suggest that you should get a Chinese who can sit with you for a couple of hours to guide you to the manufacturers who meet your sourcing criteria. Once you get the contacts, you can talk with them in “raw English” by the internet, or arrange a visit in China, an English conversation or whatever you want. Now the link is. you may need to download a software for online business chat, and sign yourself up as a free membership.
I think that is the easiest way that I may suggest here because I am not near you. Please remember, Chinese language can make you rich, learn some, only 2000 characters (compared with tens thousands of English vocabularies) would be enough to handle all the literacy.
Comment by anti-bias — September 24, 2008 @ 1:33 am
well, the one told you need a “broker” b/c he is a broker
if you never do business with Chinese before, it is quite a problem.
the first problem may be how to find the chinese manufacturers, it’s very easy, search from google, or from some b2b site such as Alibaba.com, Made-in-china.com, and sooooooooo on.
then you send inquiries to the manufacturers and negociate with them about the prices, the quality and so on. BE careful because you many meet scams.
and then the last question is how to proceed the deal, it is quite complicated, but if you have any questions, you can write email to me.
i will try to help you.
Comment by Leo — September 27, 2008 @ 12:45 am