After determining the intended products, we need to find suppliers to cooperate with. Cooperation is not limited to product procurement. Good suppliers can not only provide samples, but also customize design and production. High-quality suppliers can give sellers a better experience in terms of product quality, response speed and delivery speed.
Some priority selection conditions are as follows:
(1) The product supplier has a brand and can authorize the brand (with brand overseas sales authorization, more good).
(2) Product suppliers have never conducted marketing on cross-border e-commerce platforms.
(3) The product supplier can deliver the goods or at least be willing to cooperate in packaging and shipping to domestic delivery points
(4) The product is reliable, and the supplier has fast response and delivery Fast and high return rate.
(5) Product suppliers can provide product pictures, texts, videos and other information, and even product data packages
These conditions can greatly save sellers’ time, so do these suppliers exist? ?In fact, we can combine online and offline resources to find these suppliers.
For suppliers, we can find them both domestically and abroad, online and offline. However, from the perspective of diversified choices and ease of communication, the advantages of searching domestically online are greater, that is to say, searching from major online purchasing and wholesale platforms. Taking 1688, the largest purchasing and wholesale platform in China, as an example, let’s learn how to find high-quality suppliers.
In the 1688 homepage, the menu on the left is all product categories. On the menu list at the top, we can see cross-border exclusive supply, industrial brands and Taobao factories. These three categories correspond to Suppliers with brand names and production capabilities who can carry out cross-border shipments.
We search for “Internet celebrity product” cat claw cup, open a product page at random, and you can see some reference elements on the page, such as dropshipping in the title and minimum order quantity below the price. , logistics costs, transaction and evaluation quantity, product specifications, inventory and other product details.
Click the “Dropshipping” button, and we can also see the supplier’s information, such as the supplier’s years, sales rate, return rate and other data. In the detailed information of some products, we can also see the “Cross-border Exclusive Supplier” logo and “Cross-border Package Weight” and other attributes. At the top of the supplier page, when we point the mouse at the supplier name, the supplier will pop up. Attributes include deposit amount, guarantee information, supply level, years, supply capacity, etc.
The attribute information of products and suppliers is very important to sellers
The following is some explanation of the meaning of attributes:
(1) Dropshipping. This means that sellers can purchase after placing an order.
(2)Delivery within 48 hours. It means that sellers do not need to wait for production after purchasing
(3) Chengqi for 11 years. It means that the supplier has been on the 1688 platform for 11 years. This attribute has certain reference significance for us to understand the reliability of the supplier.
(4) The product description matches. The degree to which the supplier’s goods match the description is preferably higher than 3%.
(5)Response speed. The speed at which suppliers respond to seller inquiries (such as quotations, delivery status, etc.), this attribute value should preferably be higher than 18%.
(6) Shipping speed. The supplier’s delivery speed, the higher the value of this attribute, the better.
(7) Return rate. The higher the better, which has certain reference significance, but the return rate of daily consumables is generally relatively high.
(8) Exclusive cross-border supply. It means that the supplier supports direct shipment to abroad.
(9) Sincere credit. This means that sellers can purchase goods on credit, usually with online merchant loan support.
With the above information, we can basically select potential suppliers. The suppliers we select must be those with good product quality, fast response, high delivery efficiency, and who are willing to cooperate with us.