Importing Guides
Metro, Taxis and Timing: Moving Around Guangzhou on a Buying Trip
How to move around the city on a Guangzhou buying trip: the metro lines that matter, when a DiDi beats the train, and how to…
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How Buyers Split Work Between Their Team and a China Agent
Working with a China agent goes best when the jobs are divided on purpose. Here's the split our longest running clients in…
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Translation Is Not the Hard Part of Buying in China
A fluent interpreter won't save an order. A buying agent in China explains what actually goes wrong across the table, and…
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When You Do Not Need an Agent in China
Do I need a China agent? Often the honest answer is no. A Guangzhou sourcing team explains which orders you can run alone…
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How a Sourcing Agent in China Is Paid, and Why It Matters
Commission, flat fee or free: how a sourcing agent in China earns, what each model quietly rewards, and the questions that…
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What a China Agent Does on an Ordinary Tuesday
One ordinary Tuesday with an agent in China: factory floors, sample rooms, a payment saved by a phone call, and the parts of…
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Holding Back the Balance Payment: When It Works
The 30/70 structure for paying Chinese suppliers only protects you if the balance waits for inspection. When holding back…
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What to Put in Writing Before a Chinese Factory Starts
Building a supplier agreement China factories will honour: the spec sheet, golden sample, delay terms, payment milestones…
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How Buyers Protect a Design When Sourcing in China
Practical product sourcing in China with a design worth guarding: NNN terms, split suppliers, mould ownership and the…
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Why the Cheapest Quote in Guangzhou Usually Costs More
Planning to import from Guangzhou? What actually gets removed from a product to win on price, and how to read three quotes…
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What Happens After You Pay a Deposit in China
You've sent a deposit to a Chinese supplier. Here's what the factory does next, the checkpoints worth demanding, and how the…
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How to Brief a Chinese Supplier So You Get What You Pictured
Learn to brief a Chinese supplier properly: reference samples, tolerances, packaging and the golden sample, from a sourcing…