Use alibaba only if your local suppliers can't supply you, if they can you should negociate the margins with them and work with them because once you got sales and you hit the "Sold Out" title, you'll have to wait 1 month to get a new order from China, customers will slowly lose interest as you got no stock for them and won't get back.I'm interested in starting a Fashion Brand one day. I have a great market picked out, solid marketing plan, but the process of getting designs and factories is where I fall off - don't know anything about this other than "use alibaba" so I appreciate what you are willing to share on this.
In other hand, if you work with your local suppliers, they normally have a constant stock and then you would just have to make a call and make an order in 5 min and it's done.
The margins are taking a 'shot' sure, but you're saving a precious time.
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