What You Need to Know Before Buying Spa Accessories Wholesale from China
Wholesale Procurement Process – Step by Step Guide
Factory vs Intermediary
Factory | Intermediary | |
Communication | Communication Customer → factory, fast and precise | Customer → middleman → factory, prone to paraphrasing errors |
Quotation | Quotation Quick response | Waiting for factory's response |
Design | Design Support OEM and ODM, fully control the design | Need to cooperate with the factory. |
Quality control | Quality control Complete control of production, support for monitoring and inspection | Cannot be directly supervised |
Match | Matching Strong ability to organise goods, support the sale of matching sets | Almost only single product sales, customers need to organise their own goods. |
Documentary | Data Can provide design drawings and certification qualifications | Vague and missing information |
After-sales | Professional technical guidance and knowledge popularisation | Easy to pass the buck |
Avoid Procurement Traps: Compare More Than Just Price — Evaluate Service and Lead Time Too
Low-price traps | Specific manifestations | Adverse effects |
Additional costs | Sampling and moulding fees not specified in advance; separate charges for packaging | Increase in procurement costs |
Poor quality | Poor product quality, short service life | Frequent after-sales problems, brand reputation damage |
Unstable delivery | Delivery delays, logistics inefficiency, customs clearance obstacles | Supply chain breaks, seizure risks, listing delays |
Lack of service | Non-transparent production progress; incomplete information; shirking after-sales responsibility | Self-assumption of risk, lack of downstream services |
Compare lead times | Compare services |
Have standard delivery times and written commitments or not | Understand product and engineering language or not |
Is there a scheduling system in place? | Is there a person to follow up and be responsible for the end? |
Flexible production and resource allocation capability or not | pre-sales packages with complete information or not |
Have a production contingency plan or not | Have a professional after-sales and technical support team or not |
Have availability of inventory strategy or not | Have availability of advanced user services or not |
How Hydrorelax Helps You Avoid Low-Price Traps?
