Most of the suppliers on 1688.com are manufacturers. They tend to focus on one or several products and are very familiar with their own products. If you have any questions about the products, they can give professional answers. As manufacturers, they can sacrifice profits for quantity, because only a large quantity of orders can support the normal operation of a factory and feed a large number of workers. If workers resign frequently, it is difficult to improve production efficiency and control product quality, so their prices are the most competitive, and often have a lot of space for negotiation.
Most of the suppliers on Alibaba.com are traders, even if they claim to be manufacturers. Traders will not focus on one or a certain type of product, what they pursue is profit, and like to sell popular products. Trading companies have a small number of employees and low operating costs. For a high-profit order, they would rather wait for a long time and use language advantages to communicate patiently with customers and manufacturers than to reduce profits and make a quick deal.
Today is the era of e-commerce, and e-commerce has sprung up in countries all over the world, bringing a huge impact on the offline real economy. At least half of the sellers on AliExpress, Amazon, eBay, Lazada, Shopee and other well-known e-commerce platforms are from China.
Most of these Chinese sellers purchase goods from 1688.com, and even go directly to the factory to negotiate face-to-face with 1688 suppliers, so the prices they get are very competitive. The larger the order, the faster the delivery. In addition, they generally have warehouses and workers to inspect the quality of the goods, label them, and repackage them. A small part of the goods are sent by expensive but fast international express, while most of the remaining goods are sent by cheap but slow sea freight, so that logistics costs can be reduced.
The competition on the e-commerce platform is fierce. Local sellers have language advantage, tax policy advantage, and local storage cost advantage. However, if they want to compete with Chinese sellers, purchasing products from 1688.com is a must. Take advantage of cheap Chinese labor to do quality inspection, labeling and repackaging, which can ultimately greatly reduce the cost of the product and effectively control the quality of the product.
