How To Buy Goods In Yiwu Market

Generally speaking, many importers buy products from Chinese fairs, Alibaba, or market in Guangzhou, but you can only attend the fairs in specific times, and there are so many suppliers on Alibaba, some do not have enough experience for the business. Also, the market in Guangzhou is mainly selling electric products and other single category product.

So I highly recommend that you come to Yiwu Wholesale Market, Which is the biggest wholesale market in the world. I am sure you will find the proper supplier for yourself.

1. Where is Yiwu?

Yiwu is located in central Zhejiang province near the central eastern coast of sourcing products china. It's famous as the world's wholesale commodity center. It close to Ningbo port and Shanghai port.
There are more than 70, 000 booths in the Yiwu market exhibiting different products. It makes Yiwu be more of a huge fair instead of a market. And what distinguishes it from all the other open fairs is that Yiwu market is open all year round, except during the Spring Festival. Many suppliers also come from different parts of China, they concentrated their superior products on the Yiwu market to sell, which makes it easier for customers at home and from abroad to make centralized purchases.

2.The map of Yiwu market

Yiwu market has a total of 5 districts, each district have 3-4 floors, it is better to know where is the product before you go inside, you can refer to the map below:

3. How to communicate with the suppliers in the market ?

Most of the suppliers in the market understand basic English, like price, quantity, delivery time, they usually show you the RMB price from a calculator .So if you do not have special requirement for the order and can pay cash, you can do yourself .

But if you want a deeply communication for the price, or the packing, it is better to get a translator .The translator will help you negotiate the price, tell the suppliers all your requirements, like MOQ for customizing packaging and so on . The reward of a English translator will be about $40-$50 per day .

But the translator will help you only in the market, after leaving the market, the rest will be not her job . It is better for you to find a agent to do the rest work for you.

4. How to find a yiwu market agent?

If you are abroad but want to find a good agent in advance for visiting the Yiwu market, then you can search for "Yiwu Market Agent" on Google, where you will find some Yiwu agents. If you have already arrived in Yiwu, you will see a lot of advertisements about Yiwu agents at the airport, train station, and even at your hotel entrance. You can choose one of them. it is important to find a good company and build trust with them, since long-term cooperation is important.

5. What does the Yiwu market agent can do for you?

1)If you plan to come to Yiwu, the agent can book tickets and hotel for you, and pick you from the air port or train station to the hotel .
2) The agent will take you to the market to find the products you want , and help to negotiate price with suppliers, and make records for all the information of the product, like price, qty/ctn, cbm/ctn, size, weight, delivery time, and take photos.
3)The agent will print all the products information for you before you go, also send to your email. It is easier for you to choose the items, and save time.
4)After you decide to make an order for some items, the agent can help you to arrange the order, and follow the order to make sure it can deliver on time .
5)The agent usually have their own warehouse in China, which can protect the goods well. They will also check the goods when the supplier deliver, and can send you inspection pictures in you need.