How Can I Sell My Product? - Part 4
Selling Through Another Party You have a great idea, you
do the market research, product design, apply for a patent, find a
manufacturer to make your product and then you think: How do I sell my
product? There are many ways to sell products, really you are limited
only by creativity, yet many inventors get stuck in thinking they need
to sell to retailers. What other options are there? We will discuss
some of these options, and which products work best with them, in a
four-part series called How Can I Sell My Product. Read on...
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A Taste of
Sourcing Smarts
Taken from Chapter 3 of "Sourcing
Smarts: Keeping it Simple with China Sourcing and Manufacturing"
by Edie Tolchin, Don Debelak and Eric Debelak, this
installment touches on beginning steps to finding a China factory on your own...
Finding
a good, reliable Chinese manufacturer can be intimidating for a first time
inventor. Listed over the next few
newsletters is everything you need to know to find a good manufacturer, but
many inventors still look for help to import their first product. An international trade consultant will know
all of the ins and outs of locating and working with an overseas
manufacturer.
Creating a List
of Potential Manufacturers: To find a good manufacturer, go to one or all
of the websites listed here.
Start
by entering the type of product you want manufactured and the country from
where you want to purchase it. This can
difficult for new inventions if they create a new product category, since the
existing search options will not help you.
So, you should find a general category that your invention may fit into
- for example, hats, radios, toys, tablecloths, brooms, and so on. That should help you locate manufacturers of
products similar to your invention.
Another
way to develop a list of potential manufacturers is to network with other
inventors who have inventions similar to yours.
If they have manufactured overseas, ask about their experience with
their manufacturer.
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www.alibaba.com
- www.chinasources.com
- (www.globalsources.com)
- www.ttnet.net
- www.tradeeasy.com
- www.sourcingcreator.com
Stay tuned for more of a
Taste of Sourcing Smarts in our next newsletter! To purchase
"Sourcing Smarts: Keeping it Simple with China Sourcing and Manufacturing"
by Edie Tolchin, Don Debelak and Eric Debelak, go to www.egtglobaltrading.com, www.sourcingsmarts.com, or www.amazon.com. |
