Hello & Welcome! It’s Friday today and that can only mean one thing – it’s time for this week’s Reader’s Question post! Today I’ll be answering an email sent in to me by Steven, who is looking to star...
Hello and welcome back! Today’s post is all about Alibaba Trade Assurance – a service from Alibaba that offers “full payment protection for your online orders”. So without any further ado, let’s get t...
Welcome Back! Last week we covered General Business terminology and today it’s time for Importing & Shipping! If you’re new to my blog, this is a 4 part post series in which I’ll cover the most import...
Welcome back! I recently received an email from a blog reader, Arron, who’s looking to invest his £5,000 starting budget into creating a new brand of male cosmetics. Is that a feasible budget or do yo...
“Alibaba is a SCAM” – you see this everywhere! And yes, you may get scammed on Alibaba IF you don’t use common sense… just like on ANY OTHER online marketplace. Really I kinda feel sorry for Alibaba a...
A little while ago I took a look at one of Alibaba’s new tools – the AliSource Tool. You can check out my full review of that here: Alibaba’s AliSource Tool – Does it Work?, but basically it’s a tool ...
I regularly receive emails & blog comments from people who have imported something from China – shipments that should have been declared through customs so that import duty and VAT are paid – but they...
I recently came across a new development by Alibaba – called the AliSource Tool, which is basically a toolbar install that allows you to source products from across the web in one simple click! But wh...
Shipping from China – it’s one of the topics that I receive the most questions about, which is really not surprising – after all how do you know what shipping terms to use (EXW, FOB, CNF etc.) or what...
It’s time for our weekly Reader’s Question post! And this time I’m actually doing an update on an older post as it seems that many people are still confused about the various terms used when importing...