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How to buy cheap products from 1688.com

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Mini importation business is one the best and easiest way to make money in Nigeria, you can start this business with small capital and make a huge profit from selling cheap products from China.

There are several websites in China you can buy cheap items from but the prices varies from other, some of the website targets end user so their price is high like aliexpress and we also have websites that sell to wholesalers and retailers like Alibaba, 1688 and tmall.

1688.com is the China version of alibaba.com they target wholesalers and resellers in China while Alibaba supply to wholesalers outside of China 1688.com sells to natives Chinese citizens in China only at a cheaper price.

How can I buy a product from 1688.com outside on China

Step One: open google chrome browser on your phone or pc preferably pc so you can see the items you want to buy, the website is in the Chinese language so you click the top part of your browser and click translate to English or right click on the website and click on translate to the English language.

Step two: click on the search button and enter the name of any product you want and click on search you can also search products with image also if you want to get better results search with Chinese words for instance if you are searching on product accessories go to google translate and translate it to Chinese and use the Chinese words on 1688.com

Also read: How to research hot products in 1688.com

Step Three: copy the product link of the product you want to buy and paste in a notepad or Microsoft Word and save it, this is the link you give to a procurement agent who is based in China to help you pay and also check the products if it meets your standard before shipping it to Nigeria.

Step Four: Contact procurement company or agents in your country in this guide I will focus on Nigerians and Ghanaians, there are several companies that do this service I will create another video and blog post to review them later but in this post I will recommend this two companies please do your research before doing business with any of them. They are http://nbcskyeshipping.com and https://chrisvicmall.com. Register with any of them and they buy the item on your behalf and ship it to Nigeria they also have offices in Lagos Nigeria.

how to research hot selling product in 1688.com

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Getting cheap products from any of the wholesaler’s website from China like alibaba.com, tmaill.com, and 1688.com is of one the main reason for success in mini importation business with small capital.

Since as a mini importer of-of products from China without large capital for trial and error for products that will sell in the market, learning how to research hot selling products from China is very important and crucial in the business of mini importation.

Before we go into practicals on how to research hot selling products from 1688.com i will like to state here that ” Good marketing will make any product hot in the market” so the main focus should be on how are you going to market the product don’t just think because the market needs the products it will sell itself. As hot and addictive coca cola is in the marketplace today they still spend millions in marketing the products on a daily basis.

I see in forums and facebook groups questions on how to get hot selling products from 1688.com and other Chinese website but very few talks about marketing the products.

Steps on how to research hot selling products

Step one: Common sense, this is using your native intelligence on researching products you should know that importing goods that you don’t have access to the circles of your customers can make the products dormant for instance importing luxury goods where you don’t have access to rich people that will need them directly because of such people its difficult to get them online.

Step two: search for hot selling products in local online shops by looking at the number of people who buy such products, for instance, look for hot selling products in jumia, aliexpress and jiji and research on such products in 1688.com and also takes note of the related products.

Step Three: Search for products under 5$ at aliexpress from experience most of those products are hot selling products and don’t forget to look also the related products displayed alongside the product. Once you have an idea of a product from aliexpress.com use the products to research on 1688.com.

Step Four: there are two major ways to research on 1688.com, text with keywords or search with image but there are other ways to research on 1688 is for you to research with Chinese words for instance in the video I did on youtube I searched for this hot selling product called “rig mobile” all i need to do is go to google translate and translate to China and use the Chinese keyword of rig mobile on 1688.com to search for it.

Thank you for reading please do you know of any other ways to search on hot selling products from 1688.com or you have used any of the tips in this post before please share your experience in the comment box below.