- Do I need a company like WalkerWorldTrade if I want to import?
- What are the risks and challenges of buying from a manufacturer in China or any offshore supplier?
- I found my own China manufacturer through a search engine. How do I know if it is a legitimate company?
- How does Walker insure specified quality levels?
- Can Walker design and produce from a rough sample?
- How quickly can a product - or prototype - be developed from a rough sample?
- What industries does Walker cover?
- Can you service small, start up volumes?
- Why should I use WalkerWorldTrade?
- Do I need a company like WalkerWorldTrade if I want to import?
- Yes
- You must use a licensed and bonded freight forwarder and Customs broker
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- What are the risks and challenges of buying from a manufacturer in China or any offshore supplier?
- Currency exchange can cause prices to rise, or fall
- Oil costs will affect pricing on products and freight
- Distance
- Language
- Larger order quantities per shipment mean reduced cash flow
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- I found my own China manufacturer through a search engine. How do I know if it is a legitimate company?
- You will not know if the China manufacturer is legitimate or not.
- China does not yet have a reliable system of credit or factory certification.
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- How does Walker insure specified quality levels?
- Quality levels are set by the client's acceptance of samples or prototypes
- During production samples or pictures are available
- The level of quality = the price clients are willing to pay
- Third party, professional, Quality Control companies are available
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- Can Walker design and produce from a rough sample?
- Yes.
- Asia manufacturers can engineer backwards from rough samples
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- How quickly can a product - or prototype - be developed from a rough sample?
- At best, without tooling, thirty days.
- In some cases, with tooling: sixty to ninety days
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- What industries does Walker cover?
- Our 65 worldwide offices have access to all manner of industries.
- The following are a few examples:
- Electronics
- Home improvement
- Hand tools and hardware
- Building supplies: MDF, particleboard, fasteners, flooring
- Kitchen and bathroom cabinets
- Marble and granite
- Shower and bath: faucets, sinks, toilets, accessories
- Shower stalls, whirlpool baths, steam rooms
- Furniture for home, hotel, office (nine factories)
- Wicker and willow products
- Knives and kitchen implements
- Ceramic products
- Metal stampings
- Plastic injection products
- Outdoor recreational products
- Camping and hunting items
- Fishing rods, reels and tackle
- Fishing waders
- Rainwear
- Boots
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- Can you service small, start up volumes?
- Yes.
- We manage production, shipment of small, start up volumes
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- Why should I use WalkerWorldTrade?
- One stop shop
- Factory due diligence
- Product development
- Packaging
- Freight and Customs management
- You focus on your core competencies, we provide complete import management
- Most importantly: our experience and relationships.
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