How to find a good supplier in Alibaba

Alibaba, a top 1 search platform in China is well known worldwide, and also the first choice for most of the Chinese supplier to join . Although there are many negative comment of Alibaba, but if you know the skill ,you can still find a good supplier on it. We Summit Crafts had joined Alibaba for more than 19 years, with some luck ,many good customer find us though Alibaba, and we build longtime good cooperation with them.

When you start the sourcing , typing the keyword ,for example our product : resin figurine , resin statue, it it better to be as detail as you can ,like custom resin figurine, custom resin sculpture, custom resin figurine manufacturer ect, it can show up more accurate outcome, the product page shows up with price, photo ,and some other information. One thing very important is that the price listed is not accurate most of the time, treat is as a meaningless figure , contact the supplier to talk online and get more details .

Then how to tell if this supplier is reliable or not ,firstly you can take a look the years that alibaba shows next to the flag, the more the better , as a businessman , it is always wise to choose someone who worked in this industry long time than a beginner .

Next to it is a some orange diamond ,this shows the supplier’s export value though alibaba. It is not that important though , because if the supplier export offline ,not though alibaba, then it will show nothing , but Alibaba now is encourage suppliers to export though the platform , it will help to the product rank , so that brings to next point.

When you doing the sourcing ,dont just look the first three or five few pages, lazyness is in our mind , so to get the right thing done ,we need to anti-lazy ,look up more pages show, to find the product and supplier not rank in the front ,you might get your luck.

There are two ways to send inquiry ,one is instant chating ,click the blue lable ,then you can talk online with the supplier, another is sending inquiry message, like email, when you send the message, you can also choose to send this inquiry public , so other supplier can saw your request too , then they will go and reply you , in this way, you can get multiple feedback from different suppliers.

After you send the inquiry , remember to be online to check the response that the supplier replied, otherwise will miss many messages.

More skills will be shared with you in the future, you can also contact me for any doubts ,always remember, the key for a good business, it is find a reliable suppler ,more specifically, to find a reliable sales person to follow your order.