How to Import Products from China: Part II

In a previous post I showed you five tips on how to import products from China for resale on eBay. In this article you will learn five additional tips to further improve your shrewdness as a wholesale shopper. If you want to know how to import products from China and successfully resell them on eBay for profit, this is an essential skill.

Study these five precepts carefully:

6.Examine contact emails closely.
If a Chinese wholesaler’s contact email ends with “@yahoo.com” or “@hotmail.com” they are probably a scammer. Most legitimate suppliers will host their email directly from their own website. If their website is www.chinawholesale.com then their contact email address should read something like “contact@chinawholesale.com.”

7.Use WhoIs.net to screen wholesale websites.
WhoIs.net is a free tool that you can use to gain information about any domain name on the web. When you enter in the domain name of the wholesaler that you plan to do business with, WhoIs.net will give you back two essential items of information.

Firstly, they will tell you how long the domain name has been registered. The older the domain name the better. If the company has been around for a long time it is less likely to be a scam.

Second, they will give you the name of the person or company that owns the domain name. If this matches the information provided on the wholesale website, this is also a good sign.

8.Examine the pricing.
Do your research before hand, and know how much the product you intend to buy should be worth. If the wholesaler is selling these products for prices that are far too high (or far too low) this is a very bad sign. If you also notice other strange pricing issues such as whole pages of dissimilar products with the same price, don’t waste your time. This is almost certainly a scam operation.

9.Search for your wholesaler on Google.
Now that you have been learning how to import products from China for a while, this tip may seem a little too obvious. Still, it’s best not to skip this step. Go ahead and do the search. If their website doesn’t come up or is difficult to find, beware! Sites that are used with frequency should be easy to find on Google.

10.Last but not least: Just use common sense!
This is the last tip that you need to learn and you will know how to import products from China successfully. If a wholesaler’s products or prices look too good to be true, that’s because THEY ARE! It’s tempting to just get exited and buy when you see a good deal. However, you will only be successful in your attempts to import and resell on eBay if you expose every wholesaler to the utmost scrutiny before conducting business with them.

One last point before I bring this article to a close: Following these ten steps is really only the beginning. Now that you are able to subject your wholesaler to a strict process of evaluation it’s time to actually test them out. Try sending messages to their contact email and see how long it takes to get a response.

Before you place a large order, try placing a small one. Do anything that you can do to establish confidence before actually putting your money on the line. Believe me, if you follow this advice, the chances that you will get scammed will be greatly reduced. And not only that, you’ll also be on your way to exploding your eBay business beyond what you’ve ever dreamed!