Alibaba wholesale teaching the whole process

Alibaba 1688 is still very familiar to us frequent shoppers, cheap may be our first impression of it.

Alibaba 1688, is that the global buyers and sellers love to use the B2B platform, what things have to sell, from raw materials to clothes, household goods, you can think of not think of have, to provide a series of services from raw materials procurement, production and processing to the spot wholesale. Many Taobao sellers are from here into the goods, and then sell a good price.

1688 and Taobao, these two brothers are Alibaba home, but the positioning is not the same.

1688 is mainly engaged in wholesale, the service is those small and medium-sized enterprises and suppliers, while Taobao is for ordinary consumers to buy things. In 1688, you buy things are a box of boxes, Taobao may be a piece of a piece. 

Wholesale process
Register 1688 personal account, if Taobao members can directly use the account login. Real names are required.
After you find the goods you want, filter out reputable sellers according to business model and number of years and other factors.
Pay attention to the starting quantity of the item, usually at least 3 pieces. The higher the quantity purchased (e.g. ≥ 50 pieces), the lower the price.
After adding to cart, check the order information, confirm it and submit the order.
Enter Alipay cashier to pay, you can choose Alipay, credit card, bank transfer, etc..
Complete the payment and wait for the seller to ship the goods.
After checking the goods and feel satisfied, you can click confirm receipt to complete the transaction.

You can  talk to the seller directly about the shipping cost, if the seller is willing to give you a discount, you can first order, and then the seller in the background to change the order amount on the line.

It's definitely cheaper to ship things domestically than abroad (like Hong Kong or Taiwan), so overseas buyers usually use consolidation services. That is, the goods are first sent to the domestic consolidation warehouse, and then shipped abroad in one piece. This can save a lot of shipping cost.

If you need to use cross-border payment, it is recommended to use xtransfer, xtransfer support for global transfers to corporate and personal bank accounts to mainland China, 0 intermediary bank fees, the same day up to XTransfer account-to-account transfers, 7 * 24h free seconds to support the 15 currencies local transfers, the fastest real-time up to.

When using 1688, there are a few things to keep in mind. First of all, you have to look at the seller is not reliable, such as look at their integrity through the year, repeat customers more or less, the recent business is good. Then, the quality of goods also have to pay attention to, you can look at the evaluation, or directly ask customer service. Also, have to see if you can 7 days no reason to return, especially clothes and shoes, in case the size is not right. Finally, the market dynamics have to be sensitive to the point, the new keywords out, the P4P program has to be adjusted in a timely manner, to seize the opportunity to make a lot of money.

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