Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Date: 2009-08-02
The first thing for Mr . Lv to do after opening the shop door every morning is to start the computer to check the email or to upload the latest sample pictures on the web. Mr . Lv deals specially in braided bags and beach mats in district F of Yiwu International Trade Mart .
In 2005 ,Lv registered in china . alibaba . com. At that time, he was not sure if this could help him in business . With the time passing by, he found the online order was increasing when he chatted with customers by the chatting software named aliwangwang. One year later he was surprised to know that his online order doubled previous year' ssalesvalue.Andin one year' stotalsales, online ones took up more than half .
Since the beginning of the summer, the beach mats and ice bags are dramatically demanded, and most of the orders come from theweb.Especially, the beach mats, no interest from customers when put in the real shop, attract great attentions when put their pictures online . Many people call to ask for information, and demand from Qingdao, Dalian and Putuo is increasing .
Jin just graduated from university and hisfamilyhasashopinF3, district G of ITM dealing in zippers . Because of the financial crisis, the foreign trade orders decreased in large numbers . Jin decided to set up a website to attract potential customers . He employed special person to design lead-in cartoon, took photos of all the zippers and uploaded them
on the website . In order to promote the website, Jin went to foreign trade companies to send business cards, and sent e-mails attached with website links to clothes and bags
factories after he searched their e-mails through enterprises directory network. Jin said excitedly that this was the third month since the opening and the web hits were over thousand . So far, he had 5 orders and one Arabian customer demanded 10, 000 zippers .
Jin said that the seasonal feature of real shop was not as obvious as on-line shop . Orders in June from the internet saw the largest numbers in invisible zippers, which is the summer style, while orders in July of zippers suitable for autumn clothes are in growing demand . Jin said, “Now we mainly depend on the real shop, and in the future we will pay more attention to the e-business .”
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