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  • Importing Children’s Clothing from China!

    Clothing is a niche that I receive a LOT of emails about, and it’s not hard to understand why – the margins are amazing! It’s not uncommon to achieve 80%+ margins on clothing (selling your own brand o...

  • Fear of the Minimum Order Quantity on Alibaba!

    One of the biggest problems that many people face when searching for items and suppliers on Alibaba is the MOQ (minimum order quantity). It’s not uncommon for some suppliers to list their MOQ as 500, ...

  • Pre-Shipment Inspection in China – STAY SAFE!

    I recently wrote about factory inspections and how they are an integral part of vetting any new supplier – you can read that post here if you missed it: Trip to China – £3000 vs Factory Inspection – £...

  • UK Wholesale SCAMS – Smarter than EVER!

    I talk a lot about importing from China on this blog, and for a good reason – it really is the best way to go if you’re looking to make real profit selling online (I’m talking about 100%+ mark-ups!). ...

  • How to DEAL with Alibaba suppliers?

    So you have researched countless niches, searched through months of eBay data on Terapeak and filtered down your choices to a few potential products… and it’s now time to head to Alibaba and find some...

  • Behind scenes VIDEOS from Chinese FACTORIES!

    Following up on last week’s article on how to do proper, 3rd party inspection on suppliers in China, today I want to share with you 4 videos that cover in detail how Chinese factories work, how qualit...

  • Trip to China: £3000 vs Factory Inspection: £70

    So you have found that perfect supplier in China, using Alibaba or any other sourcing platform, you’ve made sure the company isn’t a scam, and everything went through fine with your sample order… But ...

  • BRAND NEW – Alibaba.com Trade Assurance!

    Today I want to talk to you about a NEW FEATURE that has been introduced by Alibaba.com that you may not be aware of. And it’s actually something that I am very excited about! It’s called Trade Assura...

  • Top 10 Scams on Alibaba.com!

    Every second email I receive from my blog readers is about Alibaba scams! It is that serious, yes. I already debunked the myth that Alibaba itself is a scam in my Alibaba Scams EXPOSED article BUT tod...

  • EORI Number – Your Questions ANSWERED!

    Every day I receive countless questions about shipping and customs, and I’ve noticed a lot of these questions refer specifically to the EORI scheme… so I’ve decided to create an article on that specif...