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Hello fellow fastlaners,
I hope everyone is doing well here.
I myself am searching for an ideal supplier (in China) of a certain product. Ideal means that I want to find a real manufacturer of the product. This would have advantages like being more sure of continues supply and lower price.
I have found some suppliers on Alibaba and other sites that are verified by inspection companies to have production capacity. The inspection reports do not state that they produce or have the machinery to produce this particular product.
There are some suppliers with verified production capacity (in general, not for this particular product) and who even tell me that they are the manufacturers of this particular product, but their prices are not or not significantly lower than the prices the traders are offering me. This tells me that they might not be the real manufacturers, or else they could offer me lower prices than the traders.
Or maybe their prices are as high because my order quantity is only 100-150 pieces? Still, the prices of manufacturer should be lower even then.
Some did offer to customize the product if I ordered 1000 pieces, but I think they can also have another manufacturer supply the customized product? Or is it likely because of this customizing offer that they are the manufacturer?
So my questions are, how do I go about finding a real manufacturer (who lets me order 100-150 pieces per order for a lower price than the traders)?
Why are the prices of all the suppliers with general production capacity the same or even sometimes higher than the traders? Maybe none of them are manufacturers of this particular product? If so, how would I find the manufacturer that supplies these traders?
Looking forward to your input.
Thank you!
I hope everyone is doing well here.
I myself am searching for an ideal supplier (in China) of a certain product. Ideal means that I want to find a real manufacturer of the product. This would have advantages like being more sure of continues supply and lower price.
I have found some suppliers on Alibaba and other sites that are verified by inspection companies to have production capacity. The inspection reports do not state that they produce or have the machinery to produce this particular product.
There are some suppliers with verified production capacity (in general, not for this particular product) and who even tell me that they are the manufacturers of this particular product, but their prices are not or not significantly lower than the prices the traders are offering me. This tells me that they might not be the real manufacturers, or else they could offer me lower prices than the traders.
Or maybe their prices are as high because my order quantity is only 100-150 pieces? Still, the prices of manufacturer should be lower even then.
Some did offer to customize the product if I ordered 1000 pieces, but I think they can also have another manufacturer supply the customized product? Or is it likely because of this customizing offer that they are the manufacturer?
So my questions are, how do I go about finding a real manufacturer (who lets me order 100-150 pieces per order for a lower price than the traders)?
Why are the prices of all the suppliers with general production capacity the same or even sometimes higher than the traders? Maybe none of them are manufacturers of this particular product? If so, how would I find the manufacturer that supplies these traders?
Looking forward to your input.
Thank you!
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