ChinaDirect Sourcing make it possible for Western companies to deal direct with the factories in China – whilst reducing the risk involved.
Our head office is located in Brisbane, Australia. ChinaDirect also recently opened an office in Sydney to serve those businesses that are situated in N.S.W. The backbone and delivery side of the service is carried out by our office in Guizhou, China; which currently employs 10 team members.
| Lindy Chen BSc(AppMaths), BA(Ed) |
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ChinaDirect Founder & Managing Director
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Lindy is a world leading authority on doing business with China.
- Author, ‘Import From China. How To Make a Million… and Not Get Burnt!’
- Finalist – WIB Qld Businesswoman Of The Year, ‘08 and ‘07
- Finalist – Small Business Champion Awards, Entrepreneur of The Year ‘08 and ‘07
- Finalist – Australian Institute of Management Owner Manager of the Year ‘08
- Member, Australia China Business Council
- 15 years experience in international trade
- Board Member, Focus Certification, Quality assurance company certifying ISO 9001
- Given seminars at James Cook University, ANZ Bank, Australian Institute of Management, Bank of Queensland, Australia Post, Qld Police and Gold Coast Institute of TAFE
- Lecturer, International Trade, TAFE SA
- Lecturer, Business Administration, The City Business College, SA
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| Charmine Cheng BEc |
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China Operations Manager
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Charmine has experience across many industries, and has accomplished:
- Started a successful translation/interpreting business, with mainly Australian business clientele
- Managed numerous Chinese companies
- Bachelor of Economics
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| Sue Ding Bcomm AIMM |
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Sourcing Adviser (Head Office)
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Sue has worked with importing companies around Australia, and has extensive business experience in China and the West.
- Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Management, Media Studies and Asian Studies
- Member of the Australian Institute of Management
- Experience across various industries including import and wholesale, print advertising and online media
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| Alex Cao Bcomm & MIB |
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Sourcing Adviser (Sydney)
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Alex migrated from China in 2005, and has 7 years experience in international business.
- Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting
- Master in International Business from the University of Wollongong in Sydney.
- Experience in various industries including electronics within both Australia and China.
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| Apollo Bai MBus |
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Import Coordinator
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Apollo has worked for some of China’s largest companies in International Trade, and brings a wealth of experience to the team.
- Master of Business, major in International Tourism & Hospitality Management, Griffith University
- Bachelor of Economics, major in International Trade, Nankai University
- Chinese Customs Specialist certificate
- Accredited professional translator in English and Chinese
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| Our friendly China team in Guiyang, Guizhou Province |
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Hi
I am wanting to start up an online store and party plan business selling good quality children’s shoes. I am a Mum of 3 young children who spends way too much money on expensive kids shoes and would love to offer other families good quality shoes at a reasonable cost. I am not interested in selling brand name shoes like see kai run etc.
I have been searching online and found a few suppliers of the types of shoes I would like to sell eg. http://www.fitkids.com.cn. I have become aware that to sell these types of shoes the minimum order is large. I don’t want to offer a huge selection of shoes but even so the cost of the minimum order for only one shoe style seems like it would be a lot. I would like to be able to see if I can sell the product first without losing $1000’s and being left with a whole lot of shoes!! Any advice you could offer would be great ie would it be worth it? Obviously being a home based business my storage space would be limited unless I paid for off site storage. I couldn’t access your feasibility test so I hope I have sent this to the right area.
Thank you for your time. The information on your website has been great in clarifying lots of things that I have very limited knowlege about.
Kellie
Hi Kellie,
Firstly, I can understand your difficulties in terms of Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ). There are a number of issues you need to take into account when you are starting out in importing. Firstly, often the suppliers that can be found online are very western savvy, quite large (high MOQ) and their prices may reflect their preference for western clients. In order to find ‘fair market price’ sometimes having local’s to search for you can be very helpful.
Secondly, often people make the mistake of thinking that everything is cheaper in China, no matter the order size. The actual product on the factory floor may be 30-50% cheaper, but once on costs such as freight and customs duties are added, it could be better to simply have the product made in Australia or your home country.
The feasibility test is now working and is something I recommend you complete. The key information that you need to enter is the amount you wish to order of each product, and how much each unit would cost if bought from a supplier in Australia.
Cameron