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Industry Insider Before You Send Money to a Chinese Supplier: 23 Questions That Save You Thousands The most expensive mistakes in UK-China sourcing aren’t made when the goods arrive. They’re made before the wire transfer. After 20 years on the supply side, here’s the question framework that prevents almost every disaster I’ve seen — and […]
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Industry Insider Alibaba Shows You Traders. Shenzhen Shows You the Factory. After 20 years of sourcing consumer electronics from China, I still use Alibaba — but for a fraction of what I once did. Here’s what changed, and what most sourcing guides won’t tell you about the difference between a screen and a factory floor. […]
Insider What a 20-Year eBay Seller Looks for Before Listing Any Product Most eBay sellers list first and think later. The listing goes live, impressions are low, conversion is zero, and two weeks in they’re adjusting the price hoping that’s the problem. It rarely is. Here’s the process that happens before a single listing goes […]
Amazon Guide Why Amazon’s “Fulfilled by Amazon” Badge Doesn’t Mean What You Think Most buyers see “Fulfilled by Amazon” and assume Amazon vouches for the product. It doesn’t. The badge tells you who ships the parcel — not who sourced it, not whether it’s genuine, and not who is responsible if something goes wrong. Here’s […]
Buyer Education Fake Samsung S Pen: 7 Signs You’re Holding a Counterfeit Right Now The counterfeit S Pen market has grown so sophisticated that even experienced buyers get fooled. Here’s what twenty years of sourcing from Shenzhen taught me — and what the listings won’t tell you. H Halil Ibrahim Tutuncu Managing Director, Maibo · […]
Insider How Dropshipping Electronics Actually Works — A Supplier’s View Most dropshipping content is written by people who have never held a product, negotiated with a factory, or handled a return. We have — for 20 years. This is what the model actually looks like from the supply side, including a frank SWOT assessment of […]
eBay Guide How eBay’s Cassini Search Algorithm Decides What You See First The listing at the top of your eBay search results didn’t get there by accident — and it wasn’t just the cheapest option. Understanding how Cassini ranks results changes how you shop, and explains why the best product isn’t always the one eBay […]
eBay Guide How eBay Feedback Can Lie — And How to Read It Properly We’ve been selling on eBay since 2008. We’ve watched thousands of sellers build reputations, game the system, switch products, and disappear. The feedback score you see on a listing tells you far less than you think — and the parts that […]
Industry Insider What I Learned Buying Stock in Shenzhen for 15 Years I moved to China in 2006. I spent the next fifteen years inside factories, at trade fairs, across negotiating tables. Here’s the unfiltered version of what that actually teaches you — about products, about quality, and about the gap between what things cost […]