I would like to ask how to find a really good and cheap boutique source when purchasing goods on Alibaba.

Finding a good source of goods is nothing more than getting goods directly from manufacturers, or looking for big wholesalers, followed by just-started wholesalers. There are three ways, but these three ways have their own advantages and disadvantages: the first way: the supply of goods from manufacturers can ensure the sufficiency and quality of the supply, and the service attitude is also good. How to cooperate with them for a long time, most of them can win what they call unsalable exchange. I don't have to worry about my future business, but the wholesale volume of this kind of factory is generally high, and it is difficult for small wholesale customers to meet their requirements. If you don't have enough liquidity and don't want to take the risk of pressing goods, it is more appropriate to find other ways, but on the other hand, if you are enough to take the risk of pressing goods, this is a good way to purchase goods. The second type: the so-called big wholesaler: there are many searches on the Internet. For example, clothing wholesalers under Baidu can find their advertisements, but the supply is directly supplied by manufacturers (rarely to factories, usually wholesalers). Basically, there is no need to worry about the source of goods, and in general, there is a relatively stable advantage: it is easier to find, and you can find a lot with Baidu. Generally, it is directly supplied by manufacturers, and the supply is relatively stable. But compared with those who buy goods directly from manufacturers, they also have their own shortcomings, because they do a great job and the service will inevitably fail to keep up. Especially for customers who are unfamiliar with your small customers, they think that their customers have accumulated very well, so it is difficult for you, a new customer with a small amount, to give you any preferential treatment and negotiate with them, unless it takes a long time to become a big customer with long-term accumulation. Another point is that you can't drink directly from the manufacturer when returning the goods. Because if you exchange goods for him, they'd better contact the manufacturer. If we can meet every customer's replacement requirements, it will not only be troublesome but also reduce profits, so we will try our best to find the reasons. The third type: wholesalers who have just started: because these wholesalers have just started, most of them have slowly transformed from store managers or an industry. Generally, there are no fixed wholesale customers and no credibility. In order to win customers, their order quantity is very small, and the price is generally not higher or even lower than that of large wholesalers. At this time, you can talk to them about conditions, such as price and exchange of goods. Generally speaking, if it is not a particularly excessive condition, in order to win repeat customers, most of them will agree, and their after-sales service is generally better. This is unmatched by those big wholesalers. The disadvantage is that as new dealers, most of them don't know much about their credit and integrity, which is an environment that can't be ignored. You can search for peer reviews. Fourth, for shopkeepers who want to open or just open a clothing store, they can go to some source navigation websites, such as the famous c2c source. Why go to these websites? Because this kind of website has a lot of source information, such as consignment, source of goods or wholesale, you can choose the information that suits you and pave the way for your online shop. Of course, some information may be high, but you can shop around. There is also a possibility that some of this information may be false, which is about to play your role! Let me actually take the clothing industry as an example. First of all, clothing wholesale websites are the first to contact with pictures. It is actually wrong for some shops to choose which website has the most beautiful pictures. Nowadays, many businesses spend a lot of time processing clothes pictures on the website. After taking photos and retouching, a cheap product has become a high-end product, and the price has doubled. Therefore, when the shopkeeper looks at the pictures of a website, he must see whether the pictures of the other party have been treated too much, and he must choose the website where the pictures are taken in kind. Second, when many friends choose online shopping channels, they always think that the more styles, the better and more professional, and the stronger the other party is. In fact, this is also a misunderstanding. As a wholesaler, the inventory pressure is relatively large, and there are definitely not many styles. If you meet a website that says you have thousands of clothes, you must keep your eyes open. Third, regular clothing wholesale websites generally have their own exhibition halls, and regular websites are not afraid of you coming to the company to see the goods. Therefore, when choosing online sources, it is best for stores to visit each other's exhibition halls first, and then maintain a long-term cooperative relationship. If conditions are limited, you must pretend to visit in the past. If the other party warmly invites you, the credibility of this website will be higher. If the other party falters or even refuses, you should be careful, and you must look at the business license-most of them are intermediaries without business licenses. Fifth, we should pay attention to the quality of goods. Because it usually takes a lot of energy and financial resources for a website to hire a professional photographer to take pictures, there are many clothing wholesale and clothing consignment websites on the Internet, especially Japanese and Korean clothing websites. The clothes pictures above are imitations of other famous brands or magazines. Therefore, the pictures of clothes seen on the website are basically photos from magazines, and it is difficult to see the real quality of clothes. If conditions permit, the store can choose a variety of different materials, and different styles of clothes will be inspected first when they are wholesale. In this way, if you get the real thing, you will have a more three-dimensional understanding of the overall scale and product quality of the website. Sixth, you need to confirm the purchase. Don't take a lot of goods in the first two purchases, and don't be afraid to bear more freight. You must try it several times, focusing on the quality of each other's clothes and their service. If you are satisfied, you can cooperate for a long time. Many people think that online shopping is difficult to grasp, but as long as we understand that online wholesalers are the same as wholesalers in wholesale markets, but the carriers are networks and wholesale markets, so it is not so difficult to purchase goods. If the source of goods adopts the method of price, each wholesaler will actually have the main products, and generally purchase goods directly from well-connected manufacturers, which has certain advantages in price. Just like their own characteristic products, that is, the competitive advantages between different wholesalers, under normal circumstances, some of these products tend to attract customers' attention at lower prices, thus driving the sales of other products. In fact, generally speaking, their profits are minimized or guaranteed. If it's no trouble, you can find a number of wholesalers to wholesale their products to attract customers' attention. In practice, you can choose the wholesaler that suits you according to your own needs, so as to maximize your profits. After all, the different positioning of commodity demand is the final determinant of your choice of commodity wholesaler.