Thinking About Sourcing
A brief self-introduction.My name is Tim I was born in 1997 and am 26 years old this year. After I graduated from college in 2020, I worked for a company that sells nail products on Alibaba. Do you buy products from Alibaba? Good 99% of people do the same But do you know where they buy their products from?The answer is 1688.com A domestic wholesale website in China Here is how things works for most sellers in alibaba.com For nail products they open a store on Alibaba, and then upload 1688's products to the store with a price increase of at least 50%. For example, the price of nail art stickers in the store is 0.3 US dollars, but the price on 1688 is about 0.11$ So after resigning, I was thinking why I can't start my own small business, so I founded BPS to help customers buy things from 1688 without any middlemen. It helps you buy directly from 1688. Although it is a small business,but I promise you No scams, no tricks, I will make sure you receive all your purchases, help you find the goods, negotiate prices, pay, ship, and give you my advice, I can make a small amount of money at one transaction, but I am looking for long-term cooperation, sincerity Friendly and reliable is the way how I make a living
In order to be transparent, I put up a suggestion to my teammates that once product is sourced and we must set up a WeChat group or maybe other chatting platform group to introduce clients and suppliers together. At the same time, our teammates would handle the communication on behalf of clients to discuss all the product’ s details. Also, payment is required to be made to supplier directly and we don’t take client’s payment. I think this business model would attract more clients in future.
As a sourcing agent, I never worry giving out supplier’s info to client, because when client decides to use us, they already know our value to their business that they do need a guy in China to help them communicate with supplier, carry out inspection, arrange shipment and solve any potential issues.