Smart business owners are always looking for high-quality valve suppliers, but sometimes it is not an easy thing to verify a reliable and responsible China valve supplier. So how do you make sure you’re doing business with the right supplier who you can trust? Don’t worry, This article offers simple and effective strategies for better making decisions and doing market analysis.
Step 1. A good supplier should be at least 5 years’ history and have an export/import business for at least 3 years.
Step 2. Search the manufacturer on GOOGLE and visit its website. If there are too many useless flashes, you have to re-consider before starting cooperating. (Websites should be used to show their products and help clients find the required information in the easiest way.)
Step 3. On top of checking the supplier’s website, go through all their pages, and make sure they clearly listed their contact information, physical address, and telephone number. An alarm should be sounded in your mind if a supplier only listed a mobile number but not a telephone number. For your information, a standard Chinese landline number should be +86 aaa bbbb cccc or +86 aa bbbb cccc. “86” is the country code of China, “aaa” or “aa” the area code, and “bbbb cccc” is the landline telephone number. And a standard Chinese mobile number looks like +86 1xxx xxx xxxx, totally ten x.
Step 4. Pay attention to the location of their address. If they only show a Hongkong, Taiwan, or other address, then they probably don’t have their PRC factory and are a remote middleman of some sort.
Step 5. Usually but not absolutely, it is better to use suppliers from Eastern China. Such as Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang. In most cases, those provinces are more developed and can understand what customers need better.
Step 6. Focus on those manufacturers that can clearly show you sufficient product specifications in English for your particular need. Meanwhile, experienced manufacturers should have their own products brochure so that clients can check and review them more conveniently.
Step 7. Looking for clear video or pictures about their office, staffing, and manufacturing workshop with equipment. Professional Valve manufacturers will directly show this important information on their websites.
After you have done the above, you can make contact as per the followings:
Step 8. Send an email asking for your interested product’s price, minimum order quantity, and production lead time. (It is better to tell them the specific product name, your sizes, and estimated quantity you may need.)
Step 9. Make sure their sales team can communicate in English well and 100% understand your basic requests. If you ask for information about CL150 but get information about PN16, you will need to change to another supplier without any hesitation.
Step 10. Tell the supplier what you need in detail, Chinese suppliers can supply products almost at any price — If you want good quality, you should tell them directly. Obviously, price is very important but you must not only consider the price factor. So it is better to start a business relationship from some trial order. The trial order’s result can tell you 1> The manufacturer’s product quality level. 2> Their professional handling level.
The best way to do business (regardless if you’re trading online or offline) is for buyers and sellers to conduct proper due diligence and research before entering any transaction. Be meticulous with these 10 steps and you will know if it is your right valve supplier that can be trusted, have fun and good luck!
