Sourcing of Promotional Products in China
A client sent in an inquiry for a list of items he was looking for. They include: key holders, exercise books, wrist bands, and dog tags. He originally wanted 500 pcs of each. As we specialize in outsourcing in China, and have done many different types of promotional products, this seems to be something right […]
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The Chinese Holidays
In answering a client’s question about holiday schedule in China… There are actually three big holidays in China every year. The biggest and longest one is the Chinese New Year. The other two are: Labor Day in May and National Day in October. Officially, the latter two is a three-day holiday. But unofficially, it is […]
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Brief Intro of Our Services within China
Following is an exchange of emails between me a potential partner in crime. I thought about our earlier communication in regard to the Volvo Fulfillment & Mailing you quoted for Zetweka last year. You said that Beaconstar is able to do a lot of different products through partner companies in China and Indonesia. Can you […]
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Overseas Sourcing & International Shipping
A customer recently asked why we are marking up on shipping related charges. This is at least the second episode with the same customer that resisted on sending the order in due to shipping. The previous epis0de can be found here. In the field of printing, especially when it pertains to flexible packaging, it took […]
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Using your own freight forwarder…? Why that may not work out as you’d expected…
Following is a reply letter to a customer who’s entertaining the possibility of doing the importing on his own. Due to the relatively longer turn-around time involved in overseas sourcing, he’s planning to fly in a portion of the products in order to meet his own deadlines while leaving the majority to ocean freight. He’s […]
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Why Pay for Overruns?
A response to a customer regarding the option of buying overruns. Customer feels that he always get free overruns from others, why is it we are charging them for overs. ##### It is actually very customary to charge for overruns and discount for unders here in the U.S. and other places. You have the “option” […]
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