These guides are written from the purchasing workflow our agents run every week — districts, samples, inspections and consolidation — not from a desk outside China.
How to Buy from Yiwu Market: A Step-by-Step Guide
From product list to loaded container: the exact sequence a first wholesale order follows — and where first-time buyers usually lose money.
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Yiwu Market Guide: Districts, Categories and How to Work Them
The market rewards buyers who work it by district and category. This guide maps the zones we can evidence from the floor-guide boards and booth rows.
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Yiwu vs Guangzhou Sourcing: Which Base Fits Your Order?
Yiwu wins on breadth and mixed cartons; Guangzhou wins on deep single-category runs. A practical comparison — including where Shenzhen fits.
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1688 vs Yiwu Market: Screen Prices or Market Booths?
Both channels sell the same small commodities at wholesale prices. They differ in risk, mixing power and how much work lands on you — here is the honest split.
Read the guideChina Sourcing Agent Fees: How the Charging Models Work
Commission, flat fee or per-service: what each model does to your agent's incentives, and the questions that reveal a fair quote.
Read the guideHow to Buy from 1688 as a Foreign Buyer
1688 prices assume a Chinese buyer. Here is the working route around the language, payment and export walls — and when to use it.
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Yiwu Market Opening Hours: Plan the Visit Around the Work
Hours change by district and season; a buying trip succeeds on route planning, not on a timetable. How to structure the days you have.
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Sourcing Agent vs Buying Agent: What Is the Difference?
The titles are used interchangeably in listings. In practice they describe two different centres of gravity — finding supply, and executing the purchase.
Read the guideStart with a compared quotation
Send us your product list, target prices and quantities — you get compared quotations, not a single take-it-or-leave-it price.
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