When starting or building your private label company, you may consider sourcing your products one of your biggest challenges or obstacles. Of course, there are some well-known—perhaps even popular—sourcing choices that many business owners use, such as Alibaba and AliExpress. Both are Chinese-based companies that sell retail goods online, which private labelers can then resell…
Every part of the process, every step you take towards success in private label retail is just as important as the next and missing even one can spell disaster. It’s difficult to say which one has the biggest impact on your profits. Marketing, shipping and logistics, customer satisfaction; they all eventually lead to the bottom…
Are you planning to go to the Canton Fair in October? With the holidays right around the corner, you may hope that the Canton Fair will give you the opportunity to meet suppliers for your online store in time to private label them before Black Friday. That won’t happen, for these 5 reasons. Before you…
You’ve built your brand through hard work, social media, and frequent customer interaction. Through time, you’ve either stumbled upon or personally developed a product you believe in. After creating a product name, putting in the hard work getting in touch with vendors that will help manufacture and ship your products, and selecting an online marketplace…
In March 2018, a 10% tariff on aluminum and a 25% tariff on steel coming into the United States from other countries was announced. Last year, China produced a whopping 49% of the world’s steel production. To put this into perspective, the U.S. was responsible for 5% of global steel production. Naturally, China is upset…
Turning Your Single Private Label Product into a Product Line You’ve made the big step and private labeled your product. Congratulations! While that’s a great accomplishment, you might still feel you’ve got something more left to give. It’s time for expansion. How do you move forward to turn your product into a business, to turn…
You’ve heard us say it before: Making a trip to China to the Canton Fair saves you time, money, and headaches when you are sourcing your Private Label products. You skip the endless waiting (hello, time zone difference!) and frustration that goes along with finding suppliers via email on sites like Alibaba and Aliexpress, you…
You’ve heard it from us before, but we cannot stress this enough. When you’re importing your Private Label products: Assume nothing – all the time! Take nothing for granted – all the time! Be skeptical – all the time! (If you’re new here, welcome! You can check our previous posts on product supply and importation…
Well, that’s another fantastic event done and dusted. We had such an amazing time with everyone who joined us last week at our Private Label Business Blueprint workshop The Import Success Colorado Live, and we can’t stop talking about it! We wanted to share with you some of the highlights, as well as some photos…
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