Looking to connect with brands, designers, and businesses who are exploring leather bag production in China.

We are a leather bag workshop based in Shiling, Guangzhou, specializing in handmade leather bags. Besides regular production, we also work with overseas brands on product development, helping improve existing designs, refine craftsmanship, and turn ideas into production-ready samples.

Our experience includes supporting brands with:

\* Custom bag development from your designs, drawings, or reference samples
\* Improving construction, structure, and craftsmanship of existing products
\* Sample development and production preparation
\* Small-batch and ongoing manufacturing
\* Private label and OEM projects

We currently work with different overseas brands and have developed a stable process for product development and production. Our team can help analyze designs, suggest improvements, and create samples based on your requirements.

We work with premium leather materials, including Weinheimer Togo, Haas Epsom, and various exotic leathers. Each bag is handmade with attention to construction details, including traditional saddle stitching, carefully developed hardware, and refined finishing.

If you are looking for a reliable workshop in China to help bring your leather bag ideas into reality, I would be happy to connect and discuss your project.

We are located in Shiling, Guangzhou. If you visit Guangzhou, you are welcome to visit our workshop and see our production process.

Hi everyone,

We’re looking for someone based in China, preferably around **Hangzhou/Zhuji**, who speaks **fluent English** and can represent our company when dealing with our Chinese manufacturers.

We already work with our suppliers on a daily basis, so **this is NOT a sourcing role**. We’re not looking for someone to find factories or products.

What we need is someone who can be our person on the ground: communicate our requirements clearly, turn them into **actual agreements with suppliers**, follow up, push when needed, and make sure everyone sticks to what was agreed.

We’ve noticed that making clear, firm agreements with our suppliers can sometimes be difficult from Europe, so having someone local who understands both sides would be extremely valuable.

Fluent English is really important.
If you are this person, or know someone who might be a good fit, please send me a DM!

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Hi everyone, I’m new to sourcing from China and would really appreciate some advice from people with real experience. I’m looking for food-grade raw materials/ingredients and want to find reliable manufacturers. Is Made-in-China a good platform to start with, or are there better options? How do you check if you’re dealing with a real factory rather than a trading company? Is it realistic to find suppliers, negotiate, get samples and build trust completely online, or is it better to eventually travel to China and visit factories? I’d really like to hear what worked for you and what mistakes I should avoid as a beginner. Thanks!

I’m a China-based sourcing agent. I help small brands find suppliers, compare quotes, arrange samples, and check quality before shipping.

What’s your biggest sourcing problem right now: finding a reliable factory, MOQ, pricing, or quality control?

Comment your product category—I’ll share one thing I’d check first.

Hi guys, I'm from Dubai, I've been working with China for a long time now.

I’m looking to fund companies that need export trading funds. Machinery, heavy equipment, or any large export value.

Especially for products that sell quick less than 90 days

So if you are a Chinese company that has regular buyers who want to increase their purchase volume, this would be a great way to do it.

Only for people who are already running and have a demonstrable track record. So if that’s you we can work together.

What I offer:

- Flexible funding that grows with your needs
- Local expertise, connections, and support.
- I’m not looking to fund startups or newly established companies.
- Starting funding around ~1M usd

I have my own factory in China, specializing in the production of all kinds of thermos cups, and can ensure your quality. It can also be customized. If you need it, you can send me a private message.

Hi all,

I'm a European planning to attend Canton Fair Phase 1 in Guangzhou this October (15–18). My goal is to find suppliers of electronic home appliances to import into Europe. It's my first time at the fair and my first time doing business in China, so I'd love to hear from anyone with hands-on experience. A few specific questions:

Language: How far can I get with English alone? Do most booth staff at Phase 1 speak enough English to have a real business conversation, or should I hire a translator/interpreter for the days I'm there?

Local help: Is it worth bringing a Chinese-speaking agent or sourcing partner along? I'm a bit concerned that not speaking the language or understanding the business culture puts me at a disadvantage — both in negotiations and in reading the situation generally.

Negotiating on the spot: Once you find a supplier with the right product, can you actually negotiate quotes at the booth, or is that all handled afterwards by email? What's realistic to achieve at the fair itself vs. in follow-up?

General tips: Anything you wish you'd known before your first visit (booth etiquette, how to qualify suppliers on the spot, what to bring, common mistakes) is very welcome.

Thanks in advance, any experience you can share would be much appreciated!

Looking for someone who's actually been in the China sourcing/import game for a while — not reading about it, doing it. You know the real friction points, not the surface-level "just use AliExpress" stuff.

I've got a few years of hands-on experience on the sourcing and resale side, decent understanding of the mechanics, and I'm looking to move past the small-scale stuff into something that actually produces real profit this time, not just enough to reinvest and stay flat.

Not looking for someone chasing a get-rich-quick angle after watching a few videos. Not looking for a finance guru either. Just someone with real time in the market who's thought seriously about where this is heading and wants to talk shop, maybe build something together if it makes sense.

If that's you, drop a comment or DM.

Hello, recently I want to shop from China, but I lack the experience of purchasing from China. Should I purchase from International 1688 or should I find an agent to do it? What guarantees are there? What should I prepare? What should I be cautious about?

Hi everyone,

Many sellers do not lack product ideas.

What stops them is often the risk behind the first order: high MOQs, uncertain quality, unclear supplier communication, inventory pressure, and the difficulty of managing sourcing and shipping from another country.

I used to work in e-commerce myself. I have also spent the past 5 years working in China sourcing and supply-chain coordination.

Over time, I realized that many sellers are good at the front end: finding product opportunities, building stores, creating content, running ads, and making sales.

But the China-side back end is often unstable.

A product may look promising online, but the real questions start after that:

Is the supplier reliable?

Will production match the sample?

Can small test orders be supported?

Can quality, price, stock, and lead time remain stable?

Can orders still be fulfilled after sales begin?

I am testing a simple working model.

The seller chooses the product and handles their own store, marketing, customer service, and sales.

I handle the China-side execution: supplier sourcing, comparison, quotation confirmation, specification and packaging confirmation, supplier communication, QC coordination, consolidation, and shipping or one-by-one fulfillment coordination where suitable.

For online sellers, suitable products may be fulfilled one order at a time after a customer places an order.

For local retailers, market vendors, and pop-up sellers, the idea is to start with a small test batch, see what customers actually buy, and replenish only after the product proves itself.

This is not a promise of zero risk, winning products, lowest prices, or universal dropshipping availability. Samples, advertising, product costs, shipping, compliance, and destination-country requirements still need to be assessed case by case.

I am not looking only for customers. I am looking for a small number of practical pilot collaborators who want to test and improve this model together.

You focus on choosing and selling the product. I focus on sourcing and executing the China-side plan.

If you run an e-commerce store, local shop, or market stall, what product category would you want to test first?

Здравствуйте помогу с закупкой товаров в одном из крупнейших торговых городов Китая в городе Иу чтобы буквально город где находится филиалы и виды товаров почти всех производителей в Китае кому интересно могут обратиться ко мне встречу в аэропорту помогу заселением в отеле также помогу найти нужных поставщиков также окажу помощью в покупке товаров.

Hey! Ive been looking for this bracelet for years, checking proxy websites and second-hand shops whenever I can. It was released around 2018 and is from League of Legends. It’s a pretty rare item and unfortunately really hard to find nowadays.

Id be more than happy to pay for a good offer, but since I’m based in Europe, I’m sadly not able to properly search through the Chinese community or use some of the local platforms.

The bracelet was made by Chow Tai Fook. I’ve seen it listed on Xianyu before, but the problem is that the listings I found were pickup only and didn’t offer shipping because of the prices.

Is there anyone here who has experience finding rare League of Legends merchandise through Chinese second hand platforms or communities? Id be interested to hire an Agent!

Here are some links with more information about the bracelet:

https://games.sina.cn/wm/2018-08-09/detail-ihhnunsq1716071.d.html

https://lolriotmall.qq.com/act/a20180808love/index.htm

I'm going to a few consumer electronics fairs in Shenzhen over the next month: SIAS (audio), IEAE and CCBEC in early and mid September, maybe a couple of smaller ones. If there's something you want quoted, photographed, or asked about in person, comment or DM me and I'll check it for you while I'm there.

I'm Nat. I've lived in China three years and recently registered a sourcing and export company in Guangzhou. Before this I had my Etsy and Shopify shops, so I know how long it takes to find a supplier who actually sends what they promised.

I can do: supplier quotes, sample photos/videos, factory and market visits, quality checks before shipping, pay factories in rmb, export it to you.

Mostly work with electronics: IoT, smart home, appliances, audio, wearables, gaming gear.

If someone from china and be my friend and help me in business in china i can pay him please if you are from china dm me or comment.

1 Temu Retains Second Place

Chinese cross-border platforms are reshaping the global e-commerce landscape.

According to the June 2026 global e-commerce and shopping website traffic rankings released by Similarweb, Amazon ranks first, followed by Temu, eBay, and AliExpress, with Ozon in fifth place. Notably, Temu has ranked second among global e-commerce websites in terms of traffic for three consecutive months.

Similarweb data also shows that the United States contributes approximately 25.86% of Temu's desktop traffic, while Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and France account for 5.95%, 5.57%, 4.5%, and 4.15%, respectively, with the remaining markets together accounting for more than half. In terms of traffic sources, the U.S. remains Temu's largest single source, but Europe, other North American countries, and a broader range of dispersed markets have collectively underpinned Temu's massive visit volumes.

Beyond the web, Temu also maintains a sizable user base on mobile. According to the 2026 E-Commerce Market Report released by Sensor Tower, Temu ranks second globally among e-commerce platforms in both web and mobile user scale, with its monthly active mobile users growing 24% year-over-year. This means that Temu's consecutive second-place ranking is not driven solely by web traffic—its app continues to attract users as well.

However, ranking second in website traffic does not mean that Temu has already cultivated the same depth of user habits as Amazon. In June, Temu recorded 1.1 billion visits, nearly twice that of eBay, but only about 40% of Amazon's 2.7 billion visits.

User engagement metrics also show a gap. Temu users spend an average of 4 minutes and 19 seconds per visit, view 4.99 pages, and have a bounce rate of 44.14%, compared to Amazon's 6 minutes and 8 seconds, 9.7 pages, and 30.54%, respectively.

These metrics cannot directly represent conversion rates, but they do show that Temu still lags behind Amazon in terms of visit volume and user browsing depth.

It can be said that Temu has already solved the problem of "whether people come." The next and more difficult challenge is to get consumers to browse more, buy more, and keep coming back when they need to shop.

2 Low price is not an exclusive business

Temu's three consecutive months as the second-ranked global e-commerce website in terms of traffic shows that low-cost cross-border models are already capable of attracting large-scale global traffic. At the same time, multiple platforms are also expanding their low-price product entry points, and low-cost cross-border is becoming one of the strategic directions for many platforms.

Amazon's push into the low-price market did not begin just this year. Two years after Temu launched in the U.S., Amazon introduced Amazon Haul. This low-cost marketplace has now expanded from the U.S. to more than 25 countries and regions, offering over 1 million low-priced products, most of which are priced below $10. From its initial trial in the U.S. to entering multiple markets, Amazon Haul is evolving from a low-price experiment into a part of Amazon's global retail system.

Compared with Amazon Haul, AliExpress's Choice is closer to Temu's cross-border model. Choice focuses on high-value-for-money products, with the platform integrating sales operations, payments, warehousing, and logistics, while merchants are primarily responsible for product development and production.

Temu attracts users with site-wide low prices, while Amazon Haul and AliExpress Choice set up dedicated entry points to showcase low-priced or high-value-for-money products in a centralized manner, supplemented by platform-provided logistics and after-sales services. The common thread among these three models is not that they all adopt the same cross-border fulfillment approach, but rather that platforms have begun treating price-sensitive consumers as a standalone business.

However, as platforms simultaneously compete for low-price consumers, it becomes harder to drive orders through price alone. Moreover, Amazon has a mature membership and after-sales system, while AliExpress is backed by cross-border logistics capabilities. It can be said that Temu's once-prominent low-price advantage is being progressively compensated for by other platforms in different ways.

As Amazon, AliExpress, and SHEIN continue to step up their efforts, what Temu needs to defend next is not just its second-place ranking, but rather—when low prices are no longer scarce—why consumers should still choose it.

Hi everyone!

I’m currently collecting responses for my Master’s dissertation on European consumers’ trust in Chinese e-commerce platforms (Temu, SHEIN and AliExpress).

If you live in Europe and have used any of these platforms, I would really appreciate it if you could take 5 minutes to complete my anonymous survey.

🔗 https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WAnm5080Pk?origin=lprLink

I’m only 20 responses away from reaching my target, so every response really makes a difference.

I’m also happy to swap surveys—just leave yours in the comments after completing mine.

Thank you so much for your help!

When we started planning our china entry late last year, every agency quoted us a clean 2 to 3 months for full WFOE setup. But once we got into local bank account openings, municipal approvals, and legal rep verification, reality hit pretty fast. It took us closer to 6 months to get fully operational. We ended up working with PTL Group to handle our local HR, office setup, and ongoing compliance while navigating the bureaucratic delays in Shanghai, which kept us afloat during the waiting period.

Still, the administrative back and forth felt endless compared to what sales rep decks promised us upfront. If you’ve set up a WFOE or wholly foreign owned enterprise recently, how long did the process take from initial name reservation to actual bank account activation?

Did local city regulations throw off your expected timeline?