Unlocking efficient wholesale sourcing and logistics for small businesses and resellers.
While many know LoongBuy as a consumer marketplace, its powerful platform is a secret weapon for small resellers and business buyers. Navigating bulk purchases, international shipping, and logistics can be daunting. This guide provides a clear roadmap for using LoongBuy to streamline your business procurement, coordinate large orders, arrange freight forwarding, and optimize your entire supply chain for efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
A Step-by-Step Guide for Business Buyers
1. Establishing Your Business Account & Product Sourcing
Start by creating a dedicated business account. This helps in communicating your commercial intent to sellers. Use LoongBuy's powerful search and filtering tools to source multiple suppliersalways request samples firstwholesale prices and MOQs (Minimum Order Quantities)
2. Coordinating and Consolidating Large Orders
Unlike single-item purchases, bulk buying often involves multiple products from different suppliers. LoongBuy allows you to manage separate orders in your dashboard. The key strategy is to instruct all your suppliers to ship their goods to a single consolidation warehouse
3. Arranging Professional Freight Forwarding
This is the core of business logistics on LoongBuy. Partner with a reputable freight forwarder or shipping agentsea freight for high volume/low cost, air freight for speed, or express courier for smaller batches). They quote based on volumetric weight (CBM) or actual weight.
4. Optimizing Logistics and Cost Management
Optimization involves planning and calculation. Consolidate shipmentsall costs: product cost, domestic Chinese freight to the warehouse, international shipping, insurance, duties, and taxes. Use this total landed cost to calculate your final profit margins accurately.
5. Streamlining Customs Clearance and Final Delivery
Your chosen freight forwarder will typically manage the export and import customs clearance
Pro-Tips for Success on LoongBuy
- Build Relationships:
- Leverage Communication Tools:
- Start Small, Scale Up:
- Understand Incoterms:
- Invest in Quality Control: