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I have been saying this for years ..you have to pound the ebay pavement like a door to door salesman but when it pays off it usually pays off pretty good.

How do you find factorys in china?

Only spend your time looking for a factory if you are going to buy a bunch of items.

is there certian sites that might have factory info?

just go to tradekey or alibab you can google about importing from china ...just alot of us have moved and tried to sell things that are not so stressful

Sell things not so stressful such as?

Guys if you want Legit suppliers it is SIMPLE go to the source and ASK. If you want for Example ipods ask APPLE. Ipods by the way are distributed by only several companies Worldwide the biggest of which is Ingram Micro. When you go to their website it won't say "we sell ipods" you really won't be able to tell exactly what it is they sell, but open an Account with them and get the "real" Access to their website then you will see what they have, a HELL of a lot more than Ipods, the same with Synnex corporation, between those 2 companies you will have access to just about EVERY MAJOR Electronics Manufactures entire product Lines. Back to the ipods they are ALL MADE by Foxconn in China they do not even sell to companies like Synnex or Ingram they sell to APPLE, DELL, SHARP,ect,ect. Companies like Apple ONLY Design the stuff. Ipods are Designed by Apple, Built by Foxconn, Programed (Software) by Apple and Distributed by Companies Like Ingram Micro That is your EXACT Supply Chain for Ipods, Then there is a WHOLE other chain going almost in Reverse dealing with Customer returned Defective products and Refurbishment and Resale as Manufactures Refurbished Goods. 99% of All electronics, have similar supply chains with the difference being the Companies involved. SOME of the Ipods that you see on DHGate come from CECT, a HUGE Chinese Electronics company. They ( CECT ) also get their ipods from Foxconn EXACTLY like the Apple ipods EXCEPT that the Will NOT have a "Clickwheel" or Apple's Software ( No Itunes) and Logo other than that they are Identical, However the Majority of the other "ipods" are Cheaper copies, Clones of CECT ipods some with some without the logos.
Thats it for now if you guys have any Questions PM me, if I can Help I will

such as vero and having the stress of loosing accounts .

I have seen a lot here on Liquidations, Liquidations are ALWAYS done by Law Firms who specialize in Liquidations, NOT Liquidation.com or anything like that. First off a TRUE liquidation is when a particular Store or Company goes Chapter 7 NOT Chapter11, this
means that the Bankruptcy Judge orders that ALL inventory owned by the Store/Company must be sold by a certain date, and all of the money from that inventory will get split among all of the people/Companies that are owed money from the Bankrupt store/Company. The Courts Trustee arranges for an Auction, ALWAYS a Law firm like: The Gordon Company will handle these auctions. There are hundreds of these law firms in the U.S.A. that liquidate all sorts of items. It is simple Do research.

Friends, finding items to sell for profit is more about about WHEN you buy. I will give you
an Example that is comming up THIS Year: Sony will at some point begin to lay the groundwork to introduce Playstation 4, the steps to watch for will be:
(1) Sony will STOP production of Playstation 3,
(2) the factory will "retool" to produce Playstation 4 (takes about a Month),
(3) the Distributors (like the ones mentioned in my previous post) will IMMEDIATLY drop their wholesale price to what they call "C Line" which is EXACTLY what THEY payed Sony, they do this in order to sell off all stock that is in Their possesion at the Original Price,
(4) Next Sony will "Offically" inform Them that Playstation 3 is "Discontinued" and offer them an "Inventory Clearance" price on what is left, this Clearance price can be up to 75% lower than what the Distributor Originally Paid,
(5) the Distributor they buys (Because he has to, part of his contract with Sony) then adds his "Markup" and sells at the "New Price"
(6) Playstation 4 is Launched "somtimes at a "Special Introductory Price" Rare however

If you want to "Gamble" you Buy at Step 3, hoping that the "Final Clearance" price will be the Same or higher.

Once this process starts the Big Stores ( like Best Buy ) will get their prices in line with the "New" Pricing real Quick so you Must act FAST, you normally have about 2 weeks - 1Month to make some REAL Money.

This type of thing happens EVERY day with all the companies/products out there.

Its true that the profit margin on electronics is normally VERY SLIM (2%-8%) but it is durring times like described above that the REAL Margins (10%-50%--Depending on Timing/Product) are realized

anyone ever heard of E-Deal Supply?

They want you to pay $30 to register...why would they want to charge you if they are legitimate and want you to buy the products?

why? so they can take yer money and you get busted,dont do it

any of these type of websites are scams,i mean seriously..its common sense..if someone or a company had legit connects for those items,why would they share them with people? im sure some will say wholesale,but ya ok,if i had a connect with unlimited iphones.id go craigslist and ebay all the way,forget getting rid of 10 real quick for a few bucks,you can get rid of 10 at msrp just as quick as wholesale.dont do it

I have seen them around for a while. The $30.00 does NOT mean anything. Read my Post of 4-02-2010 in this thread above. Ingram-Micro where ALL The Ipods Distributed in the U.S. Start from, charges you $100.00 to open an account. I have been with them for many years now and I will GUARANTEE that they are legit. Ingram is a multi BILLION dollar a year Company.

It would really S*CK if you paid E-Deal $30.00 for an Ipod supplier only to have them send you to Ingram-Micro where you would have to pay them another $100.00

The information that I am posting on this site is 100% legit and verifiable (google it) I post this stuff Because I HATE seeing sites like E-Deal, Salehoo, and others, because all they do is to take advantage of people. I can do the same thing if I wanted. All these guys know that it is HARD to make real Money because the profit margins are so thin. It is far simpler to make a list and sell it, think about, whatever you pay them goes directly in their pockets, all they do is E-Mail you a "List" or give you access to a "website" and then YOU find out that the prices are too high for you to make money. Happens ALL DAY LONG Read my Posts on this stuff.

The internet has over the years brought consumers and manufactures VERY CLOSE, and Ebay is the Main Cause. In order for wholesalers to survive now they must sell directly to consumers and "Cut out" (Me AND You) the retailers That has bought Prices On everything DOWN. Nowadays it is a Hustle, and you have got to Know how to play the game or you are OUT.

Thats the information worth Paying for: The Hustle, NOT the Supply, The Supply is EASY.

CHURCH. I see people going crazy for iPhone supplirs and such, and thinking they will make a killing buyign 5 units..Would a legitimate company really sell you only 5 units when the marigins are already paper thin:clap:

Sure. What People do not know is that YOU MUST be an authorized AT&T Reseller in order to Buy Iphones from an authorized AT&T distributor. That is NOT how all those Iphones "Get out there"

ALL Those Iphones come Through AT&T Resellers who Screw their Customers and AT&T in a Variety of ways., They may renew a past customers AT&T Contract to upgrade their Phone without them Knowing about it, add lines to past customers accounts to get phones then cancelling them, Buying broken Iphones destroying serial/Imei Numbers and then getting them Refurbished or replaced.

I am not 100% sure of how they do it nowadays, But I do know that when I was an Authorized Reseller I had a Lot of neat little tricks to get Phones at "The Contract Price' and then selling them at "The No Contract Price"

The Whole Iphone Thing will be over VERY SOON anyway (This Year). Apples Exclusive contract with AT&T will expire, and Apple Has already authorized a Distributor in--You got it---CHINA, to distribute "UNLOCKED" GSM Iphones throughout Asia only. You can believe that a TON of them will find their way to the USA. Prices will most likley drop significantly also.

Let me share my experience with you guys... I was in china last month and this was the second time i've been there since last June.

The china market does not like Chinese buyers for the following reasons.
1. They are afraid that the Chinese buyers are their competitor tryin to buy the lastest styles and reproduce them.

2. Although china is known as a replica country ... There are still heavy regulations that can put them in jail if they violate intellectual property infringement. Therefore they are scared of the inspector disguising to buy their products and order large quantities.

So being a foreigner... I was like a celebrity there. When I visited one the shops there in the market, I was offered to buy their behind the counter items. I am in the fashion clothing industry and for your information... These items are exact 100% copies from the original. So I took the opportunity to introduce my supplier with these shops for future business. I can Tell you that not too many chinses supplier have this access. Of course I can not give out my supports info but I want to tell u that it is very hard to find an honest and smart supplier that can complete the tasks you want them to do and the WAY you want them to do it. A typical supplier would try to find the cheapest and lowest quality item just to get a few cents more on the profit margin. When u go to the market you will find 1000s of shop that would sell the exact same shirt but the quality is different from each shop because they all come from different facotries.

Part of my mission in visiting china was to train my supplier how to determine the quality of the products. From the very stitching details on the shirt down to the content of the washing label, or to check the thickness or softness of the fabric or whether it is preshrunk or not.

So again it is hard to find a good supplier and it is 10 times to find one that can get u the right stuff.

I'm sure a lot of you that buys clothes from china find that 99% of the items have loose strings and the material is very thing and it shrinks. (lacoste and Ed hardy shirts o name a few).

If can vouch myself when it comes to high end fashion clothing and purses but I can not vouch myself for anything else.

I can not give out my suppliers info. This is just give you guys a deeper insight on the china market and to let u guys know that not everything in china is bad in quality. If you google the selling of vero clothes youwill find numerous articles of reputable high end shops caught selling vero item after 5-6 years of business. If you think about it, or a shirt to sell as original in a high end store ans the store was able to survive after that many years imagine how high of the quality the item is. If not 100 % copy the it is at least 99% !!

I actually make over 200% easy and have many many returning customers. If you have any questions on clothing and purses only... You are welcome to pm me. Do not hesitate to pm me I'm actually a friendly person and will help u if necessary.

If you think I'm bragging and don't believe what i say is true... I can show you pictures and etc.

Good luck for those who is still searching. I'm sure down be road you will find a good supplier one day!

I am VERY Impressed Sonndonut Not many people understand the Chinese Market, It is NOT Always Cheap Low Quality Replicas that come out of China, although they are Guilty of that also. You can get PERFECT Knockoffs from china also!! "You get what you Pay for"

What you share is very helpful

A Attorney does not have to do a liquidation sale ..Many companys liquidate before filing BK so they have less capital .. Thats where i scoop in on ebay and craigslist- i get many small businesses to sale me their pre-bk invetory , people just never listen but come 2011 with the changes they will .

It doesnt matter how good the quality is if you dont have legit paper trail if the heat is on .

You can find many good deals locally on craigslist or kijiji. There are wholesale closeouts but you have to look around.

Everything you said is 100% correct, However those "Pre Bankruptsy sales" items usually go for about 20-50% off Normal price. When you go to a Court ordered Bankruptsy sale you can get stuff at sometimes 70-90% off normal price.

The type of sale you are talking about is mostly small Individual Businesses. You will NEVER see that with a Large company like Linens-n-Things or like the Circut City sale where I picked up 2000 Retail Packed Monster 1000 series HDMI cables for $1.67 EACH!!!, you will NEVER see something like that, and believe it or not it happens a lot.

Entire Chains Do not have to close, for example Wal Mart is closing several of their Sam's Wholesale Club locations and are auctioning off all the inventory in a 'NO Reserve" series of auctions starting next month. Even though this will NOT be a court ordered affair because the whole company is NOT going Bankrupt, Wal Mart is still using a Bankruptsy lawyer/Liquidator to auction everything off.

Hope you have a minute to share your advice. Thanks.

Ingram Micro seems easier than Synnex to apply, since the latter asks for year-end financial statement.

As for a new corporation, can you share which wholesalers are easy to get approved? What are they looking for when selecting new members?

Have a nice day.

Synnex is a HUGE Multinational Corporation, Look into some of their Subsideries, Like New Age Electronics: New Age Electronics

Except dhgate and alibaba,I could offer you nothing

I have come here to spam. Felix_Martin is also me. I got annoyed when I got my flag changed to the correct country, CHINA, and tried to pretend I was another person. Silly me

Interested to learn as well

I wanted to know a little bit about this. Do you have to own a business to open one like a corporation? Or can anyone open one? Lot of products that I am interested in such as Adobe or other electronics. I was wondering if they would sell to a home based business.

What ever you do buy pay with a credit card you have chargeback protection. if something messes up along the way

You should Incorporate,,You will be able to Deal with Higher quality Distributors

@slapped.. i have accounts with dbl distributing, and dandh. The problem with those companies they will not allow you to purchase a lot of the major brands from them unless you become an authorized dealer of that particular brand that you are trying to purchase. That usually involves them making a trip to your store (i dont have a store home based) and making sure your set up properly. So is ingram micro or New age electronics operating in the same manner and would there be a greater profit margin vs those other distributors mentioned?

Might also want to note that the prices from dbl and dandh are not very much lower than retail usually only 2-8% lower as someone else stated.

Being an Authorized Distributor in this Day and Age NO Longer Means a Brick-N-Mortor store,,EVERY Major Manufacturer has some sort Internet Based List of Authorized Retailers,,,Each Company is Different,,,

As for Pricing,,,I Posted above about the 2-8%,,,Every Distributor has its own Strengths with certain Manufactures,,for Example you CANNOT Get Ipods fron dandh,,but you can from Ingram,,,you will get Better pricing on Sharp and Samsung Products from New Age that Anyone else,,,and so on

Hi Aking, im impressed by the high profit margin u mentioned. would u be able to reveal what kind of goods are good in profitably.

Reveal goods? hahhaha, try and get people to GIVE AWAY their profitable sites too...you gotta have something to trade.

this thread is very helpful...thanks everyone :)

What I dont understand is if these people are so keen to sell their wares, then why is it a bleeding trade secret trying to find out who they are?!?! I mean I got chatting to this total KNOB-JOCKEY on here called Hdavey10 who offered to tell me about some sellers in exchange for me helping him with his Paypal ID problem, so I helped him out, only for the little cretin to turn round and start demanding that I PAY HIM for his telling me some details of some grubby supplier of counterfeit branded mobile phone covers, for which I might add he was promptly VERO'd off Ebay for selling..!

See what I mean though? I dont want anyone elses business, I mean these companies in China want to sell worldwide, So I dont see what difference it makes if some Ebay selling in the USA tells me some details about a supplier in China as chances are its very unlikely that I would be doing them out of any custom by buying from the same supplier! FFS! I dont know why people are so precious about it.

I just need to get started in selling wholesale goods as I've been selling secondhand collectables / antiques since Ebay began, its only now that I'm wanting to get into selling new stock, but I really dont know where to start. I know how to go about listing and managing listings etc but I dont know the first thing about buying items wholesale. Do I need to buy over £1000 worth of stuff to make it worthwhile? Can I just buy straight from the DHgate / Alibaba site? Whenever I've tried to do a search online for buying / selling wholesale I just get bogged down in all the bollocks websites that are just out to make a mug out of people by claiming to be something that they're not. Anyway I was hoping I might get some advice from the people on this forum.

Cheers!

Johnny

It is NOT very difficult,,,as I have stated right here on THIS VERY thread Several times,,,,Figure out what it is that you want to sell, and then,,,,,CALL the company that makes the Product and ASK THEM how and where to buy it wholesale,,Ask them if you can buy directly from them or not, They WILL tell you, Believe me they ARE interested in selling their products,,,

at the end of that process you will have a list of EVERYONE who is authorized to Wholesale that product, then you can compare the Distributors Minimums and Prices

You will get the LOWEST price possible,,,There in NO such thing as "Secret Sources",,,,that is PURE Bulls^!t,,,,YES it is Possible to get some products BELOW, what the manufacture is selling them for,,,but those deals are ALWAYS Temporary

Some distributors some times have a LOT of a certain product in inventory that in not selling as fast as they thought,,,so in order to raise CASH in order to purchase a faster selling product they will sell something else at a loss.

NO ONE can keep track of EVERY distributor,,,You just do the best you can

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That's why I'm so salty my supplier has gone MIA. He was money all around and made me some solid $$$$$$. I was selling product double what I paid for it and more.

I am seriously thinking of taking a trip to China this summer. Looking for a new supplier is driving me nuts to say the least.

To be honest, Sometimes i wished i lived in China. They do get away with everything! lol.

Ok back to the topic:

I made a considerable amount of profit buying electronics from liquidation dot com. The trick is, to do heavy amount of research per each lot you are interested in. Take each item in the list and compare prices on eBay. Have it where the lowest amount you could get on each item. Do not price high. Sometimes, you will be in the money and be able to bid X amount on the lot.

Buyer Beware, Many of the item you will be buying from liq will be broken. However, thousands of people buy broken electronics on eBay. So if your buying broken ipods, research on eBay how much they go for. That also helps when seeing if you can still be in the money when buying the lots.

In my Power Seller Top-Rated Prime Days: I was buying xbox 360 lots from liquidation. Low and behold, Some came in broken. I did my research on how to fix them, I made my profit selling them as working in used condition. Then i started buying broken lots, repair the system and made big money. Offering warranty etc.

This is no longer a good niche, As the xbox has been upgraded to a new model. Not to many of them break and i have not got my hands on one to play with. The Ps3 system has a new model as well. However the phat systems still go for a pretty good amount.

Another Source i used, when selling on Amazon was Dhgate. However, that requires alot of research. Some suppliers on Dhgate are not as good as others. They do have Thousands of products. The problem is finding what to buy. I was buying items for $1 a piece and selling for $15 each on Amazon. You just have to do your research. This same item i was buying is now over crowded with other sellers and is now priced at less than $1 with $3.99 shipping. Profit is still there its just not worth it to me anymore.

I have learned when it comes to selling on eBay and Amazon, no matter how much money you are making selling a product, The demand for it will die out, Sellers will start selling it, people fade out on needing the product etc. So when you do have that hot product that is making you a killing, CONTINUE to look for another niche! Because it will not last forever! It never has.

I know (or at least think I know) what you were buying for $1 and selling for $15 on ebay. I did the same thing until, just like you said, the market died out and it wasn't worth it anymore.

You have to attach yourself to fads. That's what I've done.