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Canvas Pictures: Is it possible to buy them overseas?
Acquiring canvas pictures from overseas suppliers is an area that when you first look at it should be fairly straight forward quite simple. With large amounts of money treat it as you would any risk and act with the utmost caution. All very straight forward thus far, usual business practice. But this is where things start to take a few twists. If you you are normally buying from UK sellers then you are possibly not aware of the level of risk there is. At the very least you have a common language, local police and if everything fails the knowledge that there are a host of rules and bodies to help you in recovering your losses.
I'll back track slightly here with an observation. If you are importing for resale then you would have shopped around extensively on the internet to locate the best prices. Your research will undoubtedly have brought foreign suppliers to your attention and the many products very appealing.
The countries most likely to feature will be Singapore and Indonesia. A great selection and something of a great start. The most logical thing to do is to begin looking through their websites and get some quotes. Still all very manageable. So what's the issue? Well firstly you are only viewing the ones you saw on the net, which means just the ones who have the highest search engine position, unless you went back to page 27.
I really don't feel comfortable with that method of selection, I would rather find the best, most suitable supplier. What I'm after in essence is a reliable supplier who meets strict criteria. If you are aware of The Good Pub Guide , then you know what I mean if you also try using pub reviews from the web. The issue is of independent reviews, these suppliers are sales people and will occasionally make elaborate claims to get your money.
This is where the web sources such as Alibaba can be able to help with their gold suppliers etc. Instead they are just simple advertiser which will prioritize paying advertisers and therefore number of viewers an ad gets the same that major search engines sells its ppc ads.
This is where the directories such as Alibaba should be able to help with their gold supplier status etc. Instead they are just simple advertiser which will prioritize paying advertisers and therefore number of viewers an advert gets the same that Google sell its ppc ads.
So given that it's like the old days of the west out there what can you do? Well at Moko Art we were forced to rely upon good old fashioned intuition and common sense. I ignored Hong Kong suppliers after a terrible experience with another business and after looking at the paintings on offer China seemed the best bet.
It was a very price as well as item driven decision but the prices and the supplier had yet to be verified. several emails later the choice was quickly narrowing. This is where online messengers comes into its own, a chance to quiz the person and judge a few characteristics. I'll tell you now this eventually failed as he claimed to be the business owner but was in fact a simple farmer turned salesman. The draw of the dollar was enough to turn this guy into a raving criminal.
This is the big problem the dollar is king and with poor wages then the chance to make a weeks salary off of selling to you means the temptation to say anything is huge.
The eventual problems I had were product quality, they fulfilled the order but to a low standard. Minimum possible level of quality. That is where you need to focus, find as good a supplier as possible then question your self how do I know what I am going to receive and what can I do about it if isn't what I thought you were buying.
Ian Howes
Director
Moko Art
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