Specifically, if you want to find good sources of goods on Alibaba, you need to pay attention to the following three points:

(i) Quality

The traditional interpretation of quality is good or excellent. For purchasers, the definition of quality should be: meeting the requirements or specifications of the purchase and sale agreement is good quality. Therefore, purchasers should try to understand the extent to which suppliers understand the quality of their own goods. Suppliers with more complete management systems should have the following documents related to quality:

●Quality certificate

●Commodity inspection certificate

Purchasers should obtain the above information from suppliers to facilitate future transactions. In my country, the product implementation standards of commodities include national standards, professional (department) standards and enterprise standards, which are divided into mandatory standards and recommended standards. However, in sales contracts or orders, quality is usually expressed in one of the following ways:

● Grade of goods on the market ● Brand ● Commonly used commercial standards

● Physical or chemical specifications

● Performance specifications

● Engineering drawings

● Samples (seller or buyer)

● Combinations of the above

When purchasing, the purchaser should first reach a mutually agreed quality standard with the supplier on the quality of the goods. Where possible, for some products, such as rice, clothing, home textiles, shoes, etc., the supplier should be asked to provide samples for sealing to avoid future disputes or legal proceedings. For defective products or goods damaged during storage and transportation, the purchaser should request a return or refund when purchasing.

(II) Packaging

Packaging can be divided into two types: inner packaging and outer packaging; inner packaging is used to protect, display, or explain the goods, while outer packaging is only used for protection during storage and transportation. Well-designed inner packaging can often increase customers' willingness to buy and accelerate the turnover of goods. Purchasing personnel should persuade suppliers to learn from good companies in this regard and make improvements to facilitate mutual sales.

(III) Price: In addition to quality and packaging, price is the most important item in all purchasing matters. High quality and low price. If the purchasing personnel judge that the price of any intended product cannot attract customers after adding a reasonable gross profit to the purchase price, they should not purchase from the supplier.

Before purchasing, purchasing personnel should investigate the market price in advance and should not rely on the supplier's one-sided words. If there is no market price for the same product to check, the market price of similar products should be referred to. When purchasing prices, purchasing personnel are best to analyze costs or prices first; when several suppliers are bidding, purchasing personnel should select two or three suppliers with lower bids, and then purchase from them separately to obtain fair and reasonable prices. However, when using the bidding method, purchasing personnel should not think that the supplier who can offer the lowest price is the best supplier. We must comprehensively select a supplier who can provide support in terms of delivery, after-sales service, marketing support, other sponsorship, etc.