As an eyelash supplier, there is suspicion of promotion of our own products and service, but in the other hand as experienced eyelash manufactures we know more about the industry, the techniques, the market and the most important in your selling—customer’s habits.
Anyway you should read through this article and take what you believe in and ignore the selling part (I will try my best not to promotion).
Let’s get to the point.
- Where to find it?
Priority to choose to ask around colleagues, friends, if your friends are willing to recommend you, generally still count. If not, you can search industry forums for related topics. You may find suppliers, and suppliers who can write original and good answers, try to talk with them. There are also the most commonly used Google search keywords, generally have suppliers to do advertising.
- Three-way price comparison.
Regardless of the complexity of your eyelashes and products, I recommend you choose at least three suppliers to talk to.
The same product, different suppliers can offer several times different, and can do the effect is not the same, listen to both sides. In this step, we should fully consider our own budget, target customers and brand positioning (high-end, high-quality or low-end, cost-effective), and then choose 2-3 factories with smooth communication and purchase samples for comparison before making a decision.
- Make an appointment to meet and communicate.
Of course, it is difficult to meet and communicate with each other in the epidemic situation, and cost is also a factor to be considered for some small businesses just starting out. Considering the above, we can make a simple video call or phone call. The business image of the salesman, whether they show up on time, whether they ask about your needs before the meeting, whether they prepare specific plans, whether they know about your company, whether they accurately understand your intention during communication, whether they always inquire about your budget or patiently listen to your needs, are all factors to evaluate whether it is reliable or not.
- Ask from multiple angles.
Communication with suppliers we should ask as much as possible to know well, like our client usually asked: company founder of the establishment of the time, background, development course, what are the famous customers, what to do if products or services are not satisfied, fee standards, MOQ, etc.
To be sure, because eyelash manufacturing industry is concentrated, businesses into the threshold is lower, so generally known customer has signed a confidentiality agreement, most customers are not willing to give their information disclosed to others, so even have to ask, your answer may not specifically, but I think this is understandable for you, after all, as a wholesaler, you don’t want your customers to know your supplier and sell the same product as you.
- Haggle.
Never accept a first offer. Don’t believe a rock-bottom price they say they gave you from the start. Like in Our lash company, for small orders the price are uniform, but there’re always negotiable prices as long as your quantity is large, because lash products are not same as service, the more you order, the cost will be lower as well, we even have a inner discount standard in each sales team so ask if you can get discounts even the current price are acceptable. In the process of price negotiation, you can also feel the emotional intelligence of the supplier and whether they really want to do your business. Even if the price is not reduced in the end, you may get additional resources as a gift.
- The quotation should be detailed.
Try to ask the supplier to provide a more detailed quotation plan, how much time is needed for each order, how much cost, whether tax is included, payment method, whether there are other possible charges. Suppliers with vague offers should be wary. Also, depending on the specific situation, such as looking for printing suppliers to do brochures, originally only planned to do 3000 copies, you can ask them what the price of 5000, 10000 is, if do more cost-effective, then you can also consider.
Hope the above information can guide you to choose a reliable eyelash supplier, you can also check from above aspects to judge if your current supplier is reliable and do long cooperation business, if they’re not, please give Our Lash a chance.
