maybrowne:
By popular demand, we will be discussing about top websites that you can use to start your importation business. The one thing I want to make clear is that knowing these websites is not what matters in importation; it is more like the one of the steps in a 15 step process.

Some people just catch a glimpse of an import portal website, then they go ahead and order for products there without following the right step by step process only to come back to say that they have been scammed on the site, but then the truth is that they scammed themselves.

How?

Simply because they failed to recognize that there are steps and processes to follow in order to be successful as an importer. Either for your personal use or for commercial purposes. So below are few of the top import portal sites that you can import portal.



www.Alibaba.com
Standing on top as the number 1 merchant site in the world, Alibaba is sure one place to get great products for very far cheap and almost incredible prices, though based in china Alibaba boasts of the best of quality in products ranging from phones to clothes to car accessories to foot wears to electricity accessories and just about anything you can think about, the list is endless.

Keep in mind though that alibaba is fully a wholesale point of meet, i.e on Alibaba you will be dealing with manufacturers and wholesalers so be ready to order in bulk or least meet the seller’s MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) which can range from hundreds to thousands of pieces depending on the product and the seller.
Alibaba is also quite tricky to deal with, being the No 1 merchant site in the world makes it the perfect nest for scammers, there are lot of ways and medium to get scammed on this platform so one has to be very careful here because if you rush in, you will be conned inside out and unlike many other platforms, there is little you can do.



www.Aliexpress.com
Aliexpress is the brainchild of www.alibaba.com . While Alibaba was created for manufactures and wholesalers, aliexpress is meant to serve retailers. It is very good place to start your mini-importation business; this is the exact same website that those gurus have back from you.

Aliexpress is based in china, therefore most (not all though) are Chinese products, far from the mindset that anything from china is of low quality. Most of the popular and top quality brands have their products manufactured in china, so yes you can get great quality products from china.
They are a general merchandise store so they offer almost anything you can think of, a top gun once joked that apart from human parts there is almost nothing you cannot get on aliexpress.



www.Dhgate.com
Just like aliexpress, this is another retail marketplace based in china that is meant to serve small and medium buyers. They offer a lot of great products at very cheap prices. They also are a general merchandise store so they offer just about anything you want.



www.DealExtreme.com
Deal extreme just like aliexpress is a china based site that sells different range of products; it is a very good place to get quality products for cheap price. They are as well a general merchandise site, so that means that they are lot of things you can get at great price.



www.1688.com
A b2b (business to business) website based in China where things can be gotten for far cheaper price, unlike every other site in the list which is made to service the international market, 1688 is specifically made to service the Chinese market. It is somewhat like the china’s version of konga except on a much larger scale. Due to the fact that this site was meant for the chinese populace, it is therefore strictly written in chinese language thereby making foreigners to back off but then there is a way around. You can download this free report to know how to work with the site



www.Ebay.com
With millions of quality products to choose from, ebay has been rooting itself as the best online shopping website for years. Based in the US, ebay runs as an auction site that is you get to bid for the price you want to pay for a specific product but also with the option to “Buy Now”. It is a good place to get London used phones, laptops and lots of other gadgets; it is also a general merchandise store.



www.Amazon.com
Ebay’s No 1 competitor and top rival, there have been lot of arguments about which is best among the two. Some say ebay is the best while amazon is the largest e-commerce website while some say amazon is both the largest and the best e-commerce website.

Well whichever way it goes, the fact is amazon is really one great place to get products. They have different products ranging from clothing to new, refurbished or used electronics, computers e.t.c from amazon.



www.NewEgg.com
A site that deals with the technology aspect of life. Here you can get products ranging from laptops, computer and phone parts, convertible tablets, accessories and high tech products at very great prices. This site has been great resource for those in the electronics line.



www.CellularCountry.com
This website deals majorly in selling phones. Here you can get different phones from different top quality brands. They deal in refurbished, used and new phones. You can get blackberry phones, I-phones, Samsung tablets and other phones for very cheap prices. This is a great resource for those that deal in London used phones.



www.Martview.com (Formerly IpMart)
Martview formally known as impart is an online store that trades majorly in GSM unlocking device, computer/phone gadgets and electronic accessories. They are based in china, so their products are china made notwithstanding that, their products are of great quality and they offer them at great prices.

Closing Thoughts:
There you have top ten guaranteed portals that you can import from but then the list is not limited to these as there are more portals that offer quality product as great prices. You need to understand that while they have their similarities, they are distinct in operations. So you need to understand how each one works, well if you are able to get the basic principles behind importation and sourcing, you will most likely be able to find you way around each and every one of them.

Wishing you the best with your importing deals
Committed to hear your success story,
Murphy Bolarinwa Browne
Signing Out....

Source: http://blog.importationblueprint.com/2015/09/top-10-import-portals-to-source-from.html

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salms:
PLs Nairalanders, can anybody tell me some of the fast selling products on Nigerian E-commerce sites, especially jumia, konga, etc. Importers and e-tailers pls help a brother out

thank you