Guides
Written for people placing their first few international orders. No jargon for its own sake, and no pretending the awkward parts do not exist.
Sourcing guides
Türkiye or China: which should you source from?
Lead time, minimum order quantity, customs duty and total landed cost, compared side by side — plus the categories where each origin clearly wins.
Read the guideWhy factories insist on minimum orders
What an MOQ actually represents in a factory's costs, why arguing rarely works, and the four legitimate ways smaller buyers get around one.
Read the guideImporting into the EU: the basics
EORI numbers, customs duty, import VAT, Incoterms and product compliance — the groundwork nobody explains before your first shipment lands.
Read the guideThese guides are orientation, not advice. Customs, tax and product-safety rules depend on your specific goods, commodity code and country, and they change. Use these to understand the shape of the problem, then confirm the specifics — which we will help you do on a real order.
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