If earlier there was a high demand for Chinese goods due to low affordable prices, now manufacturers are entering the market with good quality original products. In Ukraine, many merchants are developing business in China – they are looking for new partners for cooperation with reliable quality assurance. Most wholesalers face the following problems:
- the presence of a marriage that is difficult to exchange or return money;
- non-compliance with the quantity and range of commodity items – inattention when forming a batch for shipment;
- change of prices in the process of sending goods and terms of cooperation;
- inaccurate information about the quantity, volume of the shipped batch;
- failure to comply with the terms of dispatch, delivery, replacement of defective products;
- deception and lack of understanding at other stages of cooperation.
Organizing the transportation of goods of the selected supplier
Due to the large number of wholesale and small wholesale buyers in Ukraine, the transportation of goods from China by any means of transport is in demand – by rail, road, sea.
- Different shipment volumes are formed into containers and prepared for shipment.
- During cargo clearance, container containers are kept at temporary storage warehouses (temporary storage warehouses).
- Completion of the FEA procedure (foreign economic activity) in the direction of sending goods to Ukraine.
- After arriving at the ports or at the railway station, the containers are waiting for customs clearance and enter the Ukrainian market through retail chains.
Features of checking a supplier from China
When cooperating with Chinese manufacturers and suppliers, it is not always possible to find mutual understanding. In business partnerships, buyers often use an intermediary or purchasing specialist.
- A person knows Chinese well, can go to the factory and make a photo report, a video report on the established production, volumes and quality of the goods produced.
- Thanks to an intermediary, buyers avoid being deceived by unreliable partners from China.
- The purchasing specialist helps to select clothes that correspond to European sizes, make sure the quality of any goods, check the complete set of the wholesale lot before shipment for import.
Long-term experience of cooperation indicates that a good manufacturer and a trustworthy seller can only be found through an intermediary. In a remote format, you can study the information that is freely available on the network:
- estimate the reputation by reviews, by the presence of arbitration;
- reliability and reality of production can be understood from the duration of work on the platform – the registration time is indicated in the interface of each store;
- An important indicator of trust in a seller is the “heart” signs – the lowest level up to 250 transactions with 5 hearts. The next level blue or blue “crown” means that the seller has completed 500,000 transactions. A yellow or golden “crown” increases the degree of trust and indicates the execution of from 1 to 10 million transactions. The highest level of reliability is a “gold medal”, with which it is recommended to make first orders to beginners.
To make sure of the goodwill of the Chinese business partner, you can communicate with the supplier or manufacturer by e-mail or one of the available instant messengers. If the seller has the best ratings in all interface parameters and has good reviews, you can place a trial order. Pay attention to the speed of sending the order:
- if the goods are shipped within 1-2 days, then the buyer is dealing with the manufacturer and will receive original products;
- if there was a delay in shipment for more than four days, most likely the customer contacted an intermediary who resells goods from another supplier.
When organizing cooperation, it is important to devote enough time to find a reliable supplier and manufacturer of original products from China. Only in this case, you can count on a good profit from mutually beneficial cooperation.