Tricks for Sourcing Good Suppliers on Alibaba. You Don't Ever Knew Before.

DataTime:[2016-5-13]

In relation to discussing concerning how to source products (or where to find suppliers) in China, most of the people will come up with Alibaba.com. Because it is probably one of the largest B2B trading platform on earth, with millions Chinese suppliers in each and every industry. In each product category, there are still thousands suppliers, and a lot people don’t understand how to select their the most appropriate supplier. As working with all types Chinese suppliers for decades, I’d love to share many ways to discover a good supplier on Alibaba.

These article will provide you certain tips for choosing necessary product from Alibaba. Here we will use ‘stainless steel flange’ as one example product. (All companies mentioned in the following paragraphs haven't any experience of author)

Gather relevant details about the merchandise

A. Have in mind the key phrase with the product and earn related searches

For instance you look for ‘stainless steel flange’ on Alibaba. The resultant webpage will disclose all products linked to ‘stainless steel flange’ that exist on Alibaba. Perform thorough check on the hunt results and see that particular word for ‘stainless steel flange’ as utilised by suppliers for sales purposes. Most suppliers sell needed product called ‘stainless steel flange. Other suppliers would use words like ‘stainless steel pipe flange’ or ‘stainless steel forged flange’ for selling precisely the same product i.e. ‘stainless steel flange’. Thus it's also possible to search for ‘stainless steel pipe flange or ‘stainless steel forged flange’ and obtain relevant results for your desired product. Looking results will send you to more suppliers of ‘stainless steel flange’ in China.

B. Know the places where product is manufactured, reduce suppliers’ scope.

look for stainless steel flange on Alibaba

Once you look for ‘stainless steel flange’ on Alibaba, you will that a majority of manufacturing plants for ‘stainless steel flange’ are concentrated in four areas of China. Hebei has 15,364 suppliers, Shanxi has 6,822 suppliers. The quantity of suppliers present in provinces would be the largest from the AliBaba. However these two provinces flange series items are mainly carbon steel flanges. Therefore, a significant producer of stainless steel flanges are Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The Zhejiang Province leads with about 6,027 suppliers of ‘stainless steel flange’. Jiangsu falls second in position with about 5,654 suppliers of ‘stainless steel flange’ registered on Alibaba.

Stainless steel flanges quality and price of Jiangsu province and Zhejiang province are the most best.

Correspondence and communication are essential

After carefully following these steps, you will find a large list of suppliers, ready to decide on the the most suitable supplier. At this point of your energy, it might be essential for you to communicate with the chosen listing of potential suppliers. On the basis of this communication surely you will manage to judge the best supplier on your product. Make use of the following suggestions before placing the final orders to your desired product.

A. Get more info product details from professional suppliers

It will so happen that you do not know much concerning the product you want to purchase. It is possible to prepare a summary of questions and get those from the supplier. This will aid in understating the product and it is features.

Usually professional suppliers are enthusiastic to respond to all of your questions related to quality, process and expense from the product. But, professional suppliers usually sell products at higher price in comparison with other suppliers on Alibaba.

B. Ask suppliers’ enough questions to judge when they are qualified

Ask sufficient queries about the item and manufacturing process. This will aid identifying whether your supplier can be a factory or middlemen (way too many middlemen in Alibaba claim that they're themselves involved with manufacturing.). Another advantage is always that suppliers won’t quote high expense of product, since they think you are experts for that product.

Taking stainless steel flange as example, it is possible to ask supplier what’s the price of 1 ", 4 inch, 10 inch etc, the width and weight of the stainless steel , duplex stainless’s materials, specifications in connection with stainless steel, kind connecting accessories available, maximum pressure and so forth. Inexperienced suppliers and traders are unable to answer all questions well, as a result of deficiency of product knowledge and little if any experience of selling the item

C. Compare the cost, choose your best supplier

Once you will get the cost quote from professional suppliers, you already know the correct product price in respect on the quality. In many instances this costs are more than others. Professional stainless steel flange supplier prior to your request to draw precise drawings.

Hope the above mentioned tips will allow you to go with a reliable professional supplier on Alibaba.

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