Procuring sunset paintings from abroad suppliers is an area that on the surface of it could be fairly straight forward quite simple. With large sums of cash regard it as you normally would any financial risk and act with great caution. All very run of the mill thus far, usual business practice. But this is where things start to make a few turns. If you are used to buying from UK sellers then you are possibly not aware of the level of risk involved. At the very least you rely upon a common language, local laws and if everything fails the knowledge that there are a host of rules and official bodies to assist you in recovering your loss. I'll take a step back slightly here with a statement. If you are importing for resale then you would have looked around a lot on the internet to locate the best prices. Your search will undoubtedly have brought foreign suppliers to your attention and the many products very appealing. The countries most likely to feature will be China and India. A great choice and something of a great start. The most logical thing to do is to start looking through their websites and get some quotes. Still all very manageable. So what's the problem? Well firstly you are only looking at the ones you saw on the net, which means just the ones who have the best search engine position, unless you dug back to page 20. I really don't feel comfortable with that selection process, I would rather find the most reliable supplier. What I want in effect is a reliable supplier who matches strict criteria. If you are familiar with of The Good Pub Guide , then you know what I mean if you also try using pub listings from the internet. The issue is of independent recommendation, these suppliers are salesmen and will possibly make elaborate claims to get your cash. This is where the web sources such as Alibaba can be able to assist with their gold supplier status etc. Instead they are just simple advertiser which will prioritize paying advertisers and therefore number of views an advert gets much the same way that major search engines sells its pay per click ads. This is where the web sources such as Alibaba can be able to assist with their gold supplier status etc. Instead they are just another advertising medium which will prioritize listings and therefore number of viewers an ad gets the same that Google sell its ppc ads. So given that it's like the wild 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 venture and after looking at the paintings on offer China seemed the favourite. It was a very price as well as item driven decision but the actual prices and the supplier had yet to be established. several emails later the field was quickly narrowing. This is where MSN messenger comes into its own, a chance to quiz the person and gauge a few character traits. I'll tell you now this eventually failed as he claimed to be the company owner but was in effect a simple new farmer turned salesman. The draw of the dollar was enough to make this guy into a raving crook. This is the nightmare cash is king and with poor salaries then the chance to make a months salary off of selling to you means the temptation to lie is huge. The eventual problems I had were product quality, they fulfilled the order but to a low standard. The lowest possible level of quality. That is where you need to focus, find as reliable a supplier as possible then ask your self what am I going to receive and what can I do about it if isn't what you thought you were purchasing. Ian Howes Moko Art Director
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