Ep. 7: Sourcing Your First Product from China Remotely

Today’s guest Terry Lin is the host of Build My Online Store, a podcast that helps ecommerce entrepreneurs grow their businesses by interviewing successful entrepreneurs, industry experts, and thought leaders.   A few months ago, Terry decided to create an ecommerce product himself from scratch.   He was able to find a manufacturer in China, get a sample made, and get the first production run done, while being remote the entire time.   Today, we’ll discuss how he decided on the product and the process he went through to source the product from China without ever setting foot in the country.

EPISODE CONTENT:

• How Terry came up with the idea of an ecommerce product

• What he did to estimate demand for it

• How he did product design using Amazon reviews and Pinterest

• Learn how he managed the entire sourcing process remotely, without setting foot in China

Episode Mentions:

• Build My Online Store Podcast: Episode 5 Selling Condoms Online

• Alibaba: website for finding suppliers. See also Aliexpress.

• Dynamite Circle

• Terry’s blog post about how he created his product

You can connect with Terry:

• Check out Build My Online Store

• He’s also on twitter as @itsmeterrylin

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