Actually, there are many different ways to locate your Chinese chemical suppliers, no the best way, but only can find the most suitable way for you.
In order to help you jump-start your search, we have gathered the best methods available. These methods are bound to help you get a chemical supplier for your product:
Online Free Wholesale Marketplace
This includes online marketplaces such as Alibaba.com, Global-sources.com, Dhgate.com, and Made-in-China.com.
On these types of websites, you won’t only find products that are similar to what you want, you’ll also see that capability of each manufacturer. If you dig deeper, you’ll be able to get information such as their business licenses, business categories, addresses, etc.
Now, you may feel you should have no trouble getting a good supplier, right? Not so fast. Sourcing for a product on these online suppliers marketplace is not 100% hassle-free. Usually, you’ll find suppliers in categories such as “Gold Supplier,” “Verified,” “Manufacturer,” “Trading Company” showing up when you search for some certain products.
But the truth is, some of the factories are not real factories even though they are labeled as “Manufacturer.” They usually have absolutely no control over the manufacturing process.
Social Networks – LinkedIn and Facebook Groups
More Chinese manufacturers are realizing that building a company profile can help them get access to foreign buyers. Therefore, you can search by “industry + manufacturer” on these two social networks. Doing this may lead you to the profile of the factory you are in need of.
Instead of doing the first screening, you can opt for the social media option. Using social media to double-check your candidate is a really great option.
The only downside is that you may not get many supplier options from these social networks. This is because many Chinese manufacturers still don’t have a social account for their companies.
Google’s Search Engine
Using the correct keyword is very important. People use different keywords for marketing because of culture difference. Most of these manufacturers are not good at English marketing. Therefore, they may not use the common keywords a western entrepreneur would use.
So, changing your keywords in different ways and different forms is necessary. You can adopt the following method:
“Keyword” + manufacturer + China
“Keyword” + wholesale + manufacturer + China
“Keyword” + factory + China
“Keyword” + factory + wholesale + China
Google is no doubt the most powerful search engine. But when it comes to looking for manufacturers in China, you won’t get much information. We will cover the reason why that happens in a later chapter at the end of this article.
Referrals
Ask your friends, relatives, or partners to see if they can introduce you to an overseas country, contact or middleman. Many of our customers are as a result of introductions made by one client to the other.
Local Industry Trade Association or Chamber of Commerce
The local industry trade association is a bridge for Sino-foreign trade cooperation. The Chamber of Commerce also organizes study tours by organizing various exhibitions, promotion meetings, conferences, and other business activities to help companies promote products and services, find business partners, and serve as member units.
Chinese or Global Industry Trade Fair
Trade shows are still some of the most efficient ways to find a reliable manufacturer in today’s world.
Nowadays, Chinese suppliers go to famous industry exhibitions around the world to participate in the show. You can spend a few days meeting a large number of suppliers and having face-to-face communication with them.
Sourcing Companies
Finding a professional and reliable partner to help you with your importation business is quite common. Especially since the local experts know how to check the legitimacy of the manufacturer in their local way.
They’ll be able to help you ascertain the best manufacturer in your industry as well as provide you with some local business hacks. This kind of local, professional agent company is invaluable. They can save you a lot of time and money.
Let me tell you the truth is to find and locate the Chinese suppliers is easy, but to find the qualified and reliable chemical suppliers is a headache problem.
