Five Profitable Ways to Sell China Imported Products

This is a guest post written by Corry Cummings

Home based import export businesses are exploding in online popularity. In these current times, many Internet sellers are taking advantage of the opportunity to import products and goods cheaply from China and resell them in the United States of America for enormous profits. Taxes are minimal, and in buying from an outside wholesaler you save incredible amounts of money and open the possibilities for a huge volume of profit. There are several ways to go about operating your import export business. Many entrepreneurs do so online, and choose to sell their products of choice to consumers via e-commerce sites. Because there are so many of these sites in this age of technology, it helps to know what direction you should go in and what to look for when deciding upon an ideal site with which to sell your China imported goods.

Five Profitable Ways to Sell China Imported Products

eBay: eBay is the most popular online commerce venue. Millions of sellers use this site to sell or auction off theirimported products from China. The advantage of eBay’s open market is that you can research your product of choice ahead of time before importing it from China. You can choose a hot trend item that would sell to a wide market of consumers, or you can choose a niche item that would sell only to certain circles of shoppers at higher prices.

Personal Website: Setting up your own personal store website can be a lucrative and attractive way to advertise and sell your products. With current advances in technology, website design is becoming simpler and increasingly user friendly. It is also becoming one of the more popular ways that China importers choose to sell their product, as you are not required to pay processing or subscription fees to a larger e-commerce site. It also allows more creative control, as you aren’t working through a middle man website.

CraigsList: CraigsList can be an ideal market for importers looking to sell hard to find niche products. Potential customers who frequent CraigsList are typically seeking out specific goods and will most likely come across your ad more quickly. The number of shoppers on CraigsList is enormous, so it can prove to be a very successful and profitable e-commerce choice.

Kiosk: Rather than selling online, you can choose to sell your imports in person using a Kiosk. You can choose to set your Kiosk up in a mall, airport, or other heavy foot traffic areas (provided you are allowed to do so). This puts your products right into the interested or bored patron’s eye, as it is placed in a location where they must pass on foot. It also gives you face to face access to multitudes of peoples that vary in age, interest, and personality. Kiosks have been a popular selling venue for importers for many years.

Small Business Establishment: An option that is much like the Kiosk (though sometimes requiring larger financial investments) is starting up either a home business or renting office space or a building in which to sell your imported goods. The benefit to owning your own physical business establishment is that, in meeting potential customers face to face, you can know them on a personal level and be more able to cater to their interests and sell your China imports.