Alibaba.com! A Great Wholesale Provider!

This is one of the leading sites where you can buy practically anything wholesale!

Here are some guidelines while buying from Alibaba:

• Do not buy Name Brands like Apple products from Alibaba! They are scams! Not necessarily scams but what they do is take a similar product, let's say a sony xperia z. They will either brand it as sony or not and maybe put a processor that's slower. It could turn out to be very reliable at  cheaper price.
• Complete your profile so your sellers can see all the information about your business
• Many of the sellers don't speak 100% English, so try to make your messages as simple as possible.
• Test buy products from Alibaba. Only buy samples at low quantities to see if their quality is right for you. Also, keep in mind if their quality is good it might not be that way forever. I once bought high quality plushes from Alibaba and then one shipment it was not high quality anymore. Always be ready to find and test buy the same product from a different seller. 

Now you might be asking why buy from Alibaba if they might have unreliable products? Well put it this way, if America had the same population as China we would have as much scammers as them, but that also means we would also have as much high quality products as China. Remember, China has the highest population out of all the countries. Imagine if you could find a high quality product and it was at a severely lower price!

Contact your seller with specifications

A good example:

Hello, I am interested in your product!

I will require:

1. Samples
2. Lead Time
3. Payment Terms
4. MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity)

Thank you for your time!