Matters Needing Attention Buy in China
1. Don’t buy in bulk from a factory until you have their samples in your hands and LOVE them.
2. Don’t let any supplier convince you they can’t ship small sample orders, they are just trying to squeeze you.
3. Don’t pay with any other method but Trade Assurance or PayPal for the first 3-months with your supplier. This eliminates a ton of risk.
4. Don’t buy from a company that won’t accept Trade Assurance or PayPal. What it really means is that they were shut down due to complaints.
5. Don’t buy counterfeit crap. Not that there isn’t money to be made, it’s just a bad business to build (and illegal).
6. Don’t buy a lot of inventory in the beginning. I started off buying 5-10 units at a time until I built up the money to reinvest into inventory.
7. Don’t give these suppliers your personal email. The email will be effectively nuked and unusable for years, trust me…