When you are a new fan buyer and have no experience, but you need to find a real fan factory in China to cooperate, you will first search for fan manufacturers on Google, and you will find a lot of ads. Some trading companies publish them on the homepage by paying for advertising. How can you find a real fan manufacturer? Here are some experience sharing.
1. Select a candidate list of fan suppliers
Where can you find fan suppliers?
Browser search: Google
Video platform: Youtube, Tiktok, WeChat video account
B2B platform: Alibaba, Made in China, Global Sources
Social media platform: Facebook, linkedin
How to find a fan supplier?
Find the search box on the B2B platform and enter the type of fan you are looking for, such as table fan, desk fan, stand fan.
There will be many links to fan-related products, and you can communicate directly online or initiate an inquiry.
If you just search for product keywords in other places, all that will come out are retailers. You need to add words indicating the factory identity and regional attributes after the product keywords, such as: table fan manufacturer, stand fan factory, desk fan supplier, China charing fan.
2. Select a reliable fan supplier
What questions should you ask the fan supplier?
(1) Are you a trading company or a factory?
Many experienced buyers will ask this question because trading companies will increase prices to increase profits. But the reality is that many companies are actually traders and will answer that they are factories. They can provide you with many factory pictures and videos, and it is difficult to tell whether they are real factories through online communication. At this time, you can ask that you want to visit the factory. The real fan manufacturer will immediately respond to your request and welcome you.
(2) Where is your factory located?
This question is very important because you need to know whether their office and factory are together. In China, many factories and offices are not located together. If you want to visit a factory, you may go to the office. When you want him to take you to see the factory, the factory may be far away from the office and take several hours to drive. However, you only have half a day to visit the factory, which is a hassle for your field trip. After placing an order, you may not be able to quickly and conveniently know the order production progress at any time. Another reason is that when you know the location of their factory, you can roughly know which port they are shipping from. If you are dealing with many suppliers and they all ship from the same port, you can merge your orders and ship them as a complete container, which can maximize your shipping costs.
(3) How many workers do you have in your fan factory?
Ask this question to know the size of the factory. Some factories may have only 50-200 people, and some factories have 1500-2000 people. Factories with fewer people may be more flexible to meet your needs, give you a lower MOQ, and let you try many different colors. Factories with larger scale may have better systems and quality control, better and faster delivery time.
(4) Which markets are you supplying?
If they supply your country, then they have a better understanding of your local market, which is very helpful for you to determine the order. And you can judge their factory's quality standards and prices by their main supply markets. For example, if a factory focuses on the African market, then the quality standards may not be so high and the prices will be relatively low. If they mainly supply the Japanese, Korean, and German markets, then the quality standards may be relatively high, and they are mainly looking for cooperation in the mid-to-high-end market, so the prices may be relatively expensive.
(5) What brands do you supply?
Once you know which brands they supply, you can search for stores under the brand online and read customer reviews of the products to know the quality of these suppliers.
(6) Have you supplied any retailers or department stores?
Because if they supply retailers, let's say they supply products to Walmart, it means that their supply volume is particularly large, which means that they have managed to design the products to the lowest possible cost.
(7) Has your fan factory completed any third-party audits?
Some factories don't do any certification, which doesn't mean they can't pass, but if they do, it means they must meet higher standards and specifications. Once you ask this question, they will also know that you are looking for a top fan manufacturer, and they will produce your orders according to the highest quality and specification standards.
(8) What new products have you been developing?
Top fan suppliers will continue to innovate products and develop new products. They usually only promote these products to old customers and offline exhibitions at first. It is difficult for you to know the information of these products online. After you ask this question, if you are also a good customer, the supplier will share this information with you, so you can lead the market.
Edon is a professional small appliance manufacturer in China. The electric fans it produces are supplied to the world, especially Japan, South Korea and European countries. It focuses on product quality and innovation. Since 2008, EDON's supply volume has increased year by year. We often supply to retailers or department stores, provide OEM and ODM services for many brands, have BSCI and other third-party certifications, plan to develop new products and hold offline exhibitions. If you are looking for a top fan supplier, please contact us!
Whatsapp: +86 18807400053
Website:https://www.edonstore.
