Course Description

The first part (The beginners guide to importing from China) shows you the basics of how to source on 35 lectures and 2 hours of video content with straight forward and practical advice. The professional edition adds over 28 new lectures and another 4 hours (!!!) of video content to this and is constantly updated whenever things change. Follow me navigating trough videos & screencasts how I am sourcing on Alibaba and calculate shipping costs!

Most other courses only teach you the very basics but the truth is there is a lot more to running an import business than some of those self proclaimed experts want to admit. In the the professional edition of the guide to importing from China you get access to learn how to run your business like the big guys do from day one.

I guide you trough sourcing & importing with practical examples, screencasts & 10 years of sourcing experience.

Learn from my Experience, Avoid Costly Mistakes

The problem most people have with sourcing is that it is a complex topic. There are many things to keep in mind, to consider, to figure out and master. The professional edition of the Import Bible takes the guesswork out of crucial decisions and acts as a reference of what to do whenever a question comes up.

How do you build lasting relationships with suppliers? How do you make sure you get the best prices without encouraging suppliers to cut corners on quality? When is it worth travelling overseas to trade shows or visiting factories?

These are some of the questions that you might already have but certainly will pop up sometime in the future and we want to make sure you are prepared for this.

Thats not everything,

Take the Next Step, Get the Best Prices & Source Directly in China

I have added a bonus chapter that deals exclusively with travelling in China, finding the best factories, visit exhibitions and how you go on about finding the right suppliers.

14 lessons of which 8 also come in video format. 1 hour of video content in this bonus section.

If you are serious about your business you will visit China or other countries you are sourcing from sooner or later. Factory visits are a crucial next steps once you have found reliable suppliers and want to grow your business relationships with them.

In this bonus guide to “Business in China" you learn when it makes sense to think about visiting factories, the benefits of sourcing at tradeshows and how you can do all of this even on a tight budget.

Here are the Chapters:

PART 1:

Re-Orders and what to keep in mind

The Chinese New Year & what it means for your business

Staying in touch

Common Mistakes when importing

Price increases and how to deal with

Advanced negotiation

Shipping & Courier services (Screencast of how I calculate costs)

Quality Control (QC)

Proper Alibaba Supplier identification (screencast video of how I source on Alibaba)

Legal requirements & certifications on products

Anti- dumping rates

Product Liability Insurance

what products do not make sense to import

Making prototypes / mock up samples

Private labels, brands & trading no-name items

Instruction Manuals

Keeping track of your payments / invoices & expenses

Factory standards (ISO, BSCI, SA8000…)

Subcontractors & raw material suppliers

Using proper (internal) supporting documents

Production areas in China

what to expect from a sourcing company

Finding a product in China that you saw on EBay/Amazon

More drop-shipment sites other than Aliexpress

My top picks on products for 2015 and where you can find them

PART 2:

Take your import to the next level, GO TO CHINA

First timers guide to China and what this Part is about

Do's & don't in China

Why go to China?

Start your preparation

Competitor research

When is it even worth it?

How to source for suppliers (in unusual ways / beyond Alibaba)

Travel chapter (Visa, Hotels, Language etc.)

Business in China

At the Exhibition & how to prepare

at the factory

after the trip

Summary & 10 ways to save you money

Ulearning's No.1 China Expert

Manuel Becvar

My name is Manuel and I was born in Austria in a little town called Melk. For me Asia and its perks always fascinated me since I can remember. I remember watching Bruce Lee & Chinese movies as a kid and was hooked right away. My professional career started in 1998 when I worked for Austria's biggest DIY retailer (bauMax). I moved to Hong Kong in 2005 when I was offered a position as an intern to work for one of the biggest Sourcing Offices in Hong Kong with a staff over 200 people. For more than 10 years I worked with the biggest retailers in the world on developing, sourcing and finding new products for them. These retailers included: Metro, Rewe, OBI, Carrefour, Tesco, WalMart, Amazon, Auchan, Lowes, Sears, Homedepot and many others. As you can imagine the big retailers expect their products to be more than just conform to standards and regulations when they purchase them in Asia. They need to be at the highest standard and quality. These retailers cannot afford to have a product re-call due to quality problems or defective components. These products need to be top-notch. In those 10 years I got to know all the standards and product requirements there are and additionally gained a lot of experience and insight working with factories in China. Not just that. I learned a lot about China, its culture & manufacturing. Where & how to find the best suppliers, how to negotiate and communicate with them, how to arrange business travel for my Customers and a lot more. In the busiest seasons (April & October), I was accompanying up to 30 Buyers within a month to exhibitions, factories and showrooms to help negotiate, develop products and follow up the Buyer's requests after they were gone. I got to know all the tips & tricks you need to return home from your trip successfully. I now have an Import/Export company based in Hong Kong that you can find under my links. This course is aimed to make students become a professional Importer in a few days, in what took me over 10 years. This course will guide you step by step on how to import goods from China. This course aims to take away all worries & doubt and help you to take a students idea to the next level! I will cover all aspects there is to importing from China. Be it to start with Alibaba, get to know about importing procedures, dealing with factories, find your products, how to inspect and ship your goods, find out what legal import requirements your products needs to meet up to and a lot more. When I started my own company in late 2013 my goal was to provide affordable consumer electronics to customers that don't have a Buying office in Asia or customers that do not import by themselves. In the first few months I felt that many of my new customers are un-educated or unaware about importing procedures and many didn't know the advantages & disadvantages. So instead of explaining everything in detail in every email I decided to make a guideline that they could use every day. What started out as a few pages quickly turned into a book. I wanted to duplicate this success into an online course. With this course I want to help students having the same success as many others I taught with this course in just a couple of months of hard work. Yes, hard work. Don't let the title of this course fool you. To take your ideas or business a step forward takes a lot of hard work. It is also a great tool for you or your new Employee as a general guide and introduction to import. There are a few chapters that may or may not apply to you. I recommend going trough them anyway and then decide for yourself to apply these processes or not. Enjoy!

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1 - Introduction and what you can learn in this course

    • Intro PG
  • 2

    Chapter 2 - Re-Orders and what to keep in mind

    • Time your re-orders right and make them hassle free.
  • 3

    Chapter 3 - The Chinese New Year and what it means for your business

    • Avoid delays and understand the impact of this holiday for your business and warehousing needs.
  • 4

    Chapter 4 - Staying in touch

    • Learn why it is so important to keep in touch with your supplier and how to build lasting relationships.
  • 5

    Chapter 5 - Common mistakes when importing

    • The top 5 common pitfalls when importing from China.

    • Supporting documents

  • 6

    Chapter 6 - Price increases and how to deal with them

    • Don't let suppliers easily increase prices. Understand how to deal with this in a professional way.
  • 7

    Chapter 7 - Advanced negotiation tactics

    • Insider tips & tricks to negotiate and get the price you want!
  • 8

    Chapter 8 - Shipping and courier services

    • When does it really make sense to ship by AIR, SEAR or even SEA/AIR.

    • Supporting documents

  • 9

    Chapter 9 - QC - Quality Control

    • Make sure your QC process is top notch from day one.
  • 10

    Chapter 10 - All you need to know about Alibaba

    • Avoid being scammed and sort out time wasters from the get go. 20 minute screencast how I work with Alibaba

    • Supporting documents for this lecture
  • 11

    Chapter 11 - Legal requirements and certifications

    • Know the absolute minimum requirements your products need to meet.
  • 12

    Chapter 12 - Anti dumping rates

    • Reasons why these rates exist and how to avoid them.
  • 13

    Chapter 13 - Product Liability Insurance

    • Don't test your luck, decide when to have insurance for your products.
  • 14

    Chapter 14 - What products do NOT make sense to import

    • Product categories you should absolutely avoid.
  • 15

    Chapter 15 - Making Prototypes

    • Its never been easier to make prototypes of your designs.
  • 16

    Chapter 16 - Private labels, brands and trading No-Name items

    • How you can create your own Amazon private label with little upfront investment.
  • 17

    Chapter 17 - Instruction Manuals

    • Your customers will thank you for proper instruction manuals in English.
  • 18

    Chapter 18 - Keeping track of your payments

    • Save every file you ever get, you might need it one day.
  • 19

    Chapter 19 - Factory standards (ISO, BSCI, SA8000 etc.)

    • Which quality management standards you need to know and how they differ from each other.
  • 20

    Chapter 20 - Subcontractors and Raw Material suppliers

    • Not every factory makes everything themselves. Matter of fact they all outsource these days.
  • 21

    Chapter 21 - Using proper and internal supporting documents

    • Save yourself from a nightmare. How to keep your supporting documents organized.

    • Supporting documents

  • 22

    Chapter 22 - Production areas in China

    • Know the main production areas in China and why you shouldn't buy electronics in Beijing.
  • 23

    Chapter 23 - What to expect from a sourcing company

    • Learn about the different pricing models and how to get the most out of working with sourcing companies.
  • 24

    Chapter 24 - Finding a product that you saw on Amazon/eBay

    • Guaranteed ways to find the products you are looking for.
  • 25

    Chapter 25 - The brutal and honest truth about developing your own products in China

    • Understand the difference in private labelling (ODM) & developing your own designs from scratch (OEM).
  • 26

    Chapter 26 - More drop shipment sites other than Alibaba

    • Yes, there are many more sites out there that are just as good.
  • 27

    Chapter 27 - Better websites to source from than Alibaba

    • Seriously, try them!
  • 28

    Chapter 29 - Take your business to the next level - go to China

    • Not so fast, the most important things to consider before you hop on a plane.
  • 29

    Chapter 30 - First times guide to China

    • Why you should visit the factories in person.
  • 30

    Chapter 31 - Do's & Don'ts in China

    • Ni hao! Eat some delicious dumplings and try your Chinese.
  • 31

    Chapter 32 - Why go to China?

    • When is the right time to take the trip and why you need to go sooner or later
  • 32

    Chapter 33 - Start your preparation

    • How to prepare for your trip and get the most out of it

    • supporting documents

  • 33

    Chapter 34 - Competitor research

    • Whats the other guy doing at my factory?

    • Supporting documents

  • 34

    Chapter 35 - When is it even worth it?

    • Your private label is selling well? How about creating a brand?
  • 35

    Chapter 36 - How to source from suppliers in unusual ways

    • There's more than Alibaba and these places will blow your mind.
  • 36

    Chapter 37 - Travel Chapter (Visa, Hotels, Language etc.)

    • The smartest ways of travelling within China.

    • Supporting docs
  • 37

    Chapter 38 - Business in China

    • Why you don't really need a translator.

    • Supporting documents

  • 38

    Chapter 39 - Visiting exhibitions and how to prepare

    • How to find real factories and great products at exhibitions.
  • 39

    Chapter 40 - At the factory

    • Make the best out of a factory visit.

    • supporting documents
  • 40

    Chapter 41 - After the trip

    • Time to sit back & relax? Unfortunately not.
  • 41

    Chapter 42 - Summary and ways to save you money

    • A short summary & some smart ways to make sourcing in China work.
  • 42

    BONUS eBOOK

    • Download the entire eBook of this course here