I know I know I know if you're a new Amazon FBA seller sourcing products from
overseas could be so frustrating tedious challenging oh it was a lot of you may
have been thinking I need to hire a sourcing agent should do it for me so I
can free up my time that is fine but before you hire anybody these are the
top ten questions you must ask your sourcing agent high if they just met my
name is you ping one I share the best distressing and the money-making
contents with you to help you succeed back to the questions for the sourcing
agent the top one question is are you willing to share the factory address and
take me to visit the real Factory the reason this is so important is because
if the sourcing agent is not a willing to take you to see the factory then you
have a zero control when they switch out as a factory and you have a very little
chance chance to develop any real relationship with the factory this is
critical when you hire a sourcing agent the question number two is are you a one
person service provider where you have a team and a company the reason you need
to ask about this is because everything zapathon take over the e-commerce world
there are a lot of sourcing agent popped up and a lot of them are individual
sourcing agent don't get me wrong these individuals work very hard to please the
customer because they're trying to make a living
the problem is these individuals can start up very quickly but they can
disappear very quickly too so if you are working with a one single service
provider of your sir your your sourcing agent is a one-person game then you need
to be a little bit more careful so the question number three is how long you
have been working as the sourcing agent you
could be working with a sourcing agent one individual but if this lady or the
gentleman has been working as a sourcing agent for the past ten years this person
would be a lot more resourceful and more dependable than the sourcing company who
that may be only established for three months you see what I mean so ask how
long you have been working as the sourcing agent it's critical to know how
resourceful resourceful this person is and the question number four is are you
specialized in sourcing certain product certain commodity or specialized in
certain industry you know a good sourcing agent that is good in sourcing
electronic product would be different from the sourcing agent that is good in
sourcing injection-molded product like a plastic because the inspection process
are quite different so ideally you will find a sourcing agent that is good in
sourcing the product that you are looking for and so the question number
five is are you able to give me a satisfied customer referral for me to
check out your background a good sourcing agent that provides value they
will have a lot of happy customers and they will be happy to provide you with a
good customer contact so you can check out you know what is this sourcing agent
the most good I date are they good in finding the best price or inspecting the
product they're very good with the communication where all of the above so
ask the sourcing agent to see if they are willing to provide you with a
referral a reference customer contact if you're happy with what you hear from the
question number five from the a referral a reference to customer you can ask your
sourcing agent question number six how do you qualify the factory to make sure
their product and on-time delivery are dependable a good sourcing agent do
factory inspection they should have a factory inspection checklist and they
should have a product inspection checklist during the prop
production process they should stay on top of the communication to make sure
that the production is going to be on schedule and the delivery date can be
met and they should relate that information back to you as your sourcing
agent how do they qualify the factory now the question number seven is do you
perform the quality inspection or you'll hire a third party to do the inspection
when the product is done so the reason you need to ask about this because some
sourcing agent only do sourcing they don't do any inspection you have to hire
a third party to go outside to perform the inspection which is extra money and
extra work so if the sourcing agent don't do the inspection you need to know
upfront now the question number eight is money question for the sourcing agent
how do you want it to charge for your service is that a one-time flat fee or
is a percentage based on my order value one is not necessarily better than the
other depending on the type of the service you want and also the type of
the relationship you want with the sourcing agent if this raising agent is
very capable you wanted to develop a long-term partnership you might want to
consider a percentage based on your order value if this is just a one-time
deal you just want it to find someone to find a product for you you might want to
consider the flat fee so it depends on what you need you can decide which way
works best for you the question number nine is the difficult question for the
sourcing agent it asks the sourcing agent do you accept a discount or
referral fees from the factory and if you do are you going to be transparent
about it this is such a sensitive subject even if you ask the question you
may not get the honest answers back but I would suggest you to ask the question
anyway because a good sourcing agent should not and they will not accept as a
factory kickbacks or discount at the same time charge you the Commission so
even give is a hard question you may not get the honest answers ask anyway so
the finally the question number 10 for the sourcing agent is could you please
define the surveys scope based on the fee you charge do they do sourcing do
they do factory inspection do they do product inspection do they do shipping
do they do consolidation define it as detailed as possible so there won't be
last-minute surprise in the sourcing agents say you have to pay an inspection
fee when the product is done I hope this is helpful guys if you're contracting
the sourcing party to an agent please be super careful and do your
homework finding a good sourcing agent is just as important if it's now more
important than finding a good Factory so if you have more questions feel free to
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