Comments on: The Best Way To Find Vendors For Your Online Store

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:29:21 +0000

@Ashley
You can also try globalsources.net

By: Ashley john

Ashley john — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:39:01 +0000

This is really very informative article. Do you know any other website than aliibaba for searching?

Thanks

By: lartiste

lartiste — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:24:23 +0000

i was with you until you said i had to go to china.. i have major fear of planes(like full blown panic anxiety and passing out) .. so much for that

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:16:50 +0000

@Micaela
Unless you are visiting them in China, you don’t need a Visa. In terms of what issues we had when dealing with Asian vendors, I’ve written several posts about that already. Do a search for “vendors” and you’ll see a bunch of posts come up.

By: Micaela

Micaela — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:46:35 +0000

Did you have to obtain a work or travel Visa in order to interact with suppliers in Asia? What issues did you encounter or how did you prepare for the administrative side of getting in to view suppliers’ operations?

By: Naomi

Naomi — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:22:33 +0000

Hi Steve,
I must say your articles have been pretty insightful. I have been so lazy about starting my own online store. Each time i get to a stage, I am just overwhelmed by some fear and I stopped.
I have hosted a website but got stuck with where to find my products. I just abandoned the whole idea for about a year now.
My worries are getting the right suppliers and quality.
I hate my job so much and life was becoming a drag. I need help with starting up urgently.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:33:28 +0000

Hi Vanya

We visited them in order to establish trust and rapport. As orders got bigger, we simply let them know which products were not up to par. Usually they would allow us to return the defective merchandise. Then in subsequent orders, they would fix the quality issues. It’s an iterative process.

By: VANYA

VANYA — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:14:41 +0000

Hi Steve,

You mentioned in a previous article that you had problems with your suppliers at first regarding quality.

Did you visit them often, although its overseas, to check the order and quality as your orders got bigger or was it just based on trust?

By: wholesale distributors

wholesale distributors — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:00:26 +0000

wholesale distributors…

I learned something here. Thanks for posting….

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