How can i sale our product to South Africa straightly?

[shani]

Hi all:

I am in China.

We sale products to South Africa but by trade company , now our boss want to have ourself customer. not dependant on trade company. but we would not contact trade company's customer, it's unfair to trade company.

So how can we sale our product to South Africa?

Any comments is appreciate.

Anybody understand my meaning?

[Dave A]

We sale products to South Africa but by trade company

That trade company - is it a Chinese company or a South African company?

[shani]

The boss is from Taiwan,but company is in China.

[shani]

You get up so early, Dave

[Dave A]

You get up so early, Dave

Not enough hours in the day just at the moment.

For my part, the offshore supplier companies I take seriously are the ones that promote themselves at local trade shows. Hard to say why, exactly. Probably because it shows a level of commitment to giving support in the region that an email or other online campaign doesn't really reflect.

[shani]

Thanks for shares your opinion. Dave
So the local(South Africa) trade show is very important?
Am i miss understanding?

[AmithS]

What sort of products are we talking about?

[shani]

lighting products,

Actually , i have two potential customer in South Africa.

They may need our products oneday,, ha ha...... who knows

so go hard working is the right way.

come on everybody!

[murdock]

low voltage LED lighting ?

[AmithS]

If you don't mind me asking, what has lead your company to believe that South Africa is a good \ lucrative market for them to sell their products in?

[shani]

If you don't mind me asking, what has lead your company to believe that South Africa is a good \ lucrative market for them to sell their products in?

No, I don't mind you asking .

Good market are around world. This is depend on product's quality , price and service.

Our product is indoor lamps. we have more than ten years experience in this field.

I am responsible for Africa and Oceania market.

[wynn]

You need to have a distribution depot in RSA with stock of your product.
The problem most South Africans have with Chinese manufacturers is the importing of the product and the lead time from placing orders to delivery at the place of business.
This is probably true for most SME's in RSA because we don't have the wherewithall to import enough product to make it worthwhile, better to source from local suppliers as you get product within days if not hours.
The big businesses import by the containerload and don't have a problem because they have the finances and staff to do this.

Perhaps if a few Chinese manufacturers reps get together and set up a importing and distributing depot you will get more business.

I mention this because there are a few products I would buy if I could get them locally when I have a demand for the same.

[Dave A]

This is probably true for most SME's in RSA because we don't have the wherewithall to import enough product to make it worthwhile, better to source from local suppliers as you get product within days if not hours.

I think that's the crux of the matter for most of us. We can't (or don't really want to) tie up any more capital than we need to in stock.

[yuemax]

Hi Wynn,

The MOQ's can be negotiated down quite a lot with Chinese suppliers, especially here in Southern China (Guangdong Province). They should give you a FOB Hong Kong price, which makes shipping easy. Note also that a lot of Chinese suppliers are quoting in Renminbi and not US$ anymore, now that the dollar is going soft.

If you do import, get in touch with me and I can assist you with the quality management.

Cheers
Max

[robinsonwang]

Just put your product on bidorbuy.co.za or you can also list your products on shopmania.co.za.