We need more information if we are to provide useful answers to most of your questions.
Here are my comments on some of the matters you raised:
Walter
- Is the product totally new and your own design?
- Are you sure you are dealing with a real manufacturer, or a middle man?
- Is it an improvement on an existing product?
- Why 1000 kg? Have you been quoted an MOQ?
- Have you been quoted a unit price?
- Are you sure you can sell for €50? Could you charge more?
- Is the product a consumer product or is it suitable for B2B sales?
- If the product is shipped to you, is time a major factor? If not, sea freight would probably be your best option.
Here are my comments on some of the matters you raised:
- Profitability will depend in part on the price you have to pay, packaging and freight costs, duty etc.
- Packaging will be required for shipping to Europe, but that will usually not be packaging suitable for display or for presentation to customers.
- If you ship to customers direct from China, you will have to pay the fulfillment service in China a fee for storage + packing for shipment, + shipping cost.
- If you ship to customers direct from China, your customers will most likely have to pay duty and VAT.
- There are risks in entrusting orders to a Chinese fulfillment service.
Walter
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