INTRODUCTION.
Through my eBook on safe sourcing and easy importing I have helped thousands of people in more than 40 countries learn how to enter the high profit world of importing. Their questions through my support channel provide the subject matter for all of what I plan on posting here.
There are myths and misinformation in abundance on forums everywhere. I am here to dispel those myths and correct the misinformation that I see being published daily in business forums.
A bold claim? Yes, but all you need do is ask me some questions about sourcing and importing and you will soon find that because I have been there – done that for most of my long life, I do actually know what I am talking about.
I have been self-employed since 1967, and I started with just enough cash to buy a typewriter and some letterheads. My first job after college was with a big shipping company. Eleven years after I started that first business in 1967 I began exporting my products to Asia/Pacific countries including China which I have visited on countless occasions.
After selling that business in 1987 I began importing from countries including China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brazil. This new business sold products B2B. I had no retail sales. Business boomed and soon I ran out of family members to employ, so I expanded by selling franchises until I had franchisees operating my importing business in 4 countries.
Heart surgery a few years ago forced me to sell that business but my brain won’t slow down so I wrote my book and am now having more fun than ever helping new entrepreneurs get a safe start into importing.
Fire away with your questions.
Walter
EDIT: This is a long running thread and product sourcing and importing is always subject to changing conditions. For this reason you should be careful about relying on early posts without doing a search of the thread for the same subject to see if I have posted a revision.
It should also be noted that this is the reason why I revise my book every year. Over a period of a year there are many changes, some of which are extremely important. As a service to my previous book buyers I provide a free copy of each new edition. Those who don't have the latest version which I announce on the forum when it is published, need to contact me via PM with details of which version you have, and evidence of purchase.
P.S. My book now shows you how to locate manufacturers in 40 countries.
Through my eBook on safe sourcing and easy importing I have helped thousands of people in more than 40 countries learn how to enter the high profit world of importing. Their questions through my support channel provide the subject matter for all of what I plan on posting here.
There are myths and misinformation in abundance on forums everywhere. I am here to dispel those myths and correct the misinformation that I see being published daily in business forums.
A bold claim? Yes, but all you need do is ask me some questions about sourcing and importing and you will soon find that because I have been there – done that for most of my long life, I do actually know what I am talking about.
I have been self-employed since 1967, and I started with just enough cash to buy a typewriter and some letterheads. My first job after college was with a big shipping company. Eleven years after I started that first business in 1967 I began exporting my products to Asia/Pacific countries including China which I have visited on countless occasions.
After selling that business in 1987 I began importing from countries including China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brazil. This new business sold products B2B. I had no retail sales. Business boomed and soon I ran out of family members to employ, so I expanded by selling franchises until I had franchisees operating my importing business in 4 countries.
Heart surgery a few years ago forced me to sell that business but my brain won’t slow down so I wrote my book and am now having more fun than ever helping new entrepreneurs get a safe start into importing.
Fire away with your questions.
Walter
EDIT: This is a long running thread and product sourcing and importing is always subject to changing conditions. For this reason you should be careful about relying on early posts without doing a search of the thread for the same subject to see if I have posted a revision.
It should also be noted that this is the reason why I revise my book every year. Over a period of a year there are many changes, some of which are extremely important. As a service to my previous book buyers I provide a free copy of each new edition. Those who don't have the latest version which I announce on the forum when it is published, need to contact me via PM with details of which version you have, and evidence of purchase.
P.S. My book now shows you how to locate manufacturers in 40 countries.
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