Do you have a small business or even maybe a small eBay business that you want to grow by offering new products, however you are getting bent over by local distributors. Finding out how to work directly with manufacturers in China, India, Philippines, and other locations around the world is often thought of as a difficult undertaking and risky adventure especially for a small business owner. However with today's access to people through the internet and online outsourcing companies like oDesk that provide checks and balances and reliability it is possible to hire someone on the ground for a very reasonable hourly rate or fixed rate to help source product ideas for you with manufacturers in China.
When hiring an outsourced individual to support your needs with sourcing products it is best for your first time to use someone that has a great reputation in community and logged lots of hours and completed many similar projects. This way the person you are hiring will already know many of the questions to ask you that you may not know about the process.
If you have a great idea and want to see it materialized into a product and shipped to your door but are unsure how to do it all start looking around oDesk and other outsourcing websites and you will find someone that can help get your ideas in front of the right people so you can receive quotes, designs, etc.
Make sure that your sourcing agent is knowledgeable about the product in its entirety. I recommend providing a bonus option if the person meets all of your objectives including price, any project oversight, and general assistance to ensure that the transaction goes according to plans.
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