Sourcing Products from China (E133)

Brian MillerFounder of Easy China Warehouse Show Notes: Start on Alibaba Making 1 type of productTrading Companies make many types of productsSizeBiggest may not be bestA lower price may not be badOrdering SamplesPay for samplesMLQ - Min Order QuantityAlways negotiableGo for a 1/4 of the amount"We want to try a sample batch with you first"You won't make money on the first batchFreight forwardingAsk for referralsQuestions"As a % of your business, how much eCommerce do you do?""How many of your shipments go directly to Amazon?" Sponsors: Drip – Get a free demo of Drip using this coupon code!Spark Shipping – eCommerce Automation Bio: Brian Miller has been living in China for the past 10 years. He previously worked for one of the largest Chinese government owned manufacturers managing their North American Export operations. He now runs a 3rd party logistics warehouse in Shenzhen China called EasyChinaWarehouse.com. The company provides 3rd party logistics and shipping for Amazon FBA sellers and any ecommerce company creating products in China. Previous to Easy China Warehouse he founded and an E-commerce company which sells Bluetooth speakers. Links: https://www.easychinawarehouse.com/ Transcript : Charles (00:00): In this episode of The Business. eCommerce I talk with Brian Miller about importing products from China. This is a business eCommerce Episode 133. Charles (00:19): Welcome to the Business of eCommerce. The show that helps eCommerce retailers start, launch and grow the eCommerce business. I mean, host Charles Palleschi I'm where with Brian Miller. Brian is the founder of Easy China warehouse. He specializes in importing goods from China, and this is the second time I've asked on the show to chat about the entire process. Start to finish about how you can import goods from China. Brian's an expert in this. So I think that shows me very interesting. He answers a lot of great questions here. So onto the show, Brian, how are you doing today? Brian (00:49): Great. Thanks for having me on the show again. Charles (00:50): Well, yeah. Awesome to have you back on the show. I don't typically we do do repeats very quickly like this, but repeat guests you're on episode one, 27, we're talking very COVID specific. So I figured we actually started talking after the show and just kind of just on the general you know, working with getting products over from China. And I was like, you have a background in this. You're, you're a lot more of an expert than I think most people, right? Like all the people talk about this on kind of this theoretical level, but you feel, first of all, we kinda mentioned this. People want to look back in one 27, kind of mentioned your background, but just real quick. So you've been living in China for how long? Brian (01:30): Yeah, I've been living in China for the last 10 years. And I used to work at a Chinese state owned manufacturer. So I used to work for a Chinese company that manufactured industrial products. And then from there I started an eCommerce business where I sell Bluetooth speakers and also a logistics company that helps eCommerce companies shipped from China. So that's kinda my story. So I've done everything from manufacturing to e-commerce and also to shipping and logistics. Charles (01:59): So you have a little bit of experience sounds like. Yeah. Okay. So that's why, so when we start talking after about just getting, I think a lot of people get in the weeds when they want to source from China, they start looking at Alibaba or wherever else and just the whole process. There's so many little steps. It's one of those things that people just say, getting products from China and, you know, it's like this, it sounds easy. Like there's one little statement, but there's so many little things wrapped up in that. And they're very different, right. From talking to a factory finding the right products,