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How to Buy from China

Step 2Window Shop China

Window Shop China
So - what are you going to buy? and how do you find it?

I recommend starting with some recreational window shopping. This will start to give you a sense of the nearly incomprehensible scope and magnitude of The Greatest Store The World Has Ever Known

There are several large web directories of Chinese companies and their products.. These sites are the place to start for window shopping. These are the largest ones:

Alibaba
Global Sources
Made In China

Just type something interesting into the search bar on those sites. For example:
"electric car"
"mp4 player"
"rgb led flex"
"solar water heater"
"led belt buckle"
"laser cutter"
"electric bike"

and you can also find things by theme:

"cute"
"kitty"

etc.

did you try a few of those? welcome to the red pill.
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2 comments
Jul 15, 2009. 12:57 AM123456789pos says:
why does it not show the price?
Aug 17, 2009. 8:08 AMUlthran says:
Sellers want you to come to them, rather than them having their prices on display, they can change the prices when they want (perhaps even for different people) without all other buyers knowing that some people may get "special treatment".

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Dan Goldwater is a co-founder of Instructables. Currently he operates MonkeyLectric where he develops revolutionary bike lighting products. He also writes a DIY column for Momentum magazine.