How to purchase goods when opening a shop on Taobao?

Let's talk about my shopping today As for what to sell, first, we should consider what is convenient to purchase, such as whether relatives have factories or what is convenient to purchase in the surrounding wholesale markets. Second, we should consider what we are familiar with and interested in. For example, girls know more about clothes and accessories, while boys may be better at computers and mobile phones. I didn't know I wanted to sell clothes at first, but when I went to Taobao, all of them sold clothes, dizzy. Later, after comparison, I decided to sell private clothes, because I thought that the seller didn't want clothes to be so flooded, and the bra was smaller, so it was easier to take pictures and deliver them. In addition, the demand for private clothing, especially for women, is growing. I bought the goods in Alibaba at first, and delivered them directly to my home by express delivery, which is very convenient. After a while, I was not satisfied with the exclusive purchase of goods online, because after all, I was looking at pictures and it would take three or four days to get them back from other places. Being born in a big city has one advantage: there are many sources of goods. Wuhan is no exception, and we go to the wholesale market to inquire about the market every day. This is more convenient. Many businesses provide pictures, so you don't have to take them yourself. Then talk about wholesale or agency. It depends on the specific situation here: first of all, if you are an agent, Alibaba has many agents, mostly in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Therefore, it is generally the product of one company, because the agents are all from home. If you represent two companies, and a customer wants to buy your products, the postage can't be calculated, while acting for a single company has single items, so my conclusion is that if you want to earn some pocket money, or experience life, or there is no wholesale market around, you can choose an agent. No inventory, no filming, no drawing, how relaxed and comfortable. What I want to say is that if you are an agent, you should change your Taobao information address to the location of the agent. For example, if you are from Hubei and want to represent Shanghai, change Taobao information to Shanghai. The agents are all at home, so it is easier for you to calculate the postage. Then if you do wholesale, the goods will be more complete. But you have to buy it yourself. If you do Taobao full-time, then you must have inventory. That's what I am. After working for a period of time, I found that my goods were too few, and I almost became an agent in Shanghai. But on second thought: No, what if a customer comes to ask for two clothes, one is my stock and the other is my agent? What should I do if I mail them? So after careful consideration, I decided to base myself on the local market and only do wholesale. Look at my goods. This is my goods. Compared with the goods that just came in, is it spectacular? My family used to run a local specialty store, and now that shelf is just being used by me. Then how do you understand it according to the local situation? My trick is: the goods I bought in the local wholesale market are mainly sold in my spot. In case I am short of cash, I can go to the wholesale market at once, because I always go, so even if I buy a small amount of goods, the boss will still give me the wholesale price. This means that I have tens of millions of wholesale warehouses as the backing, so the possibility of out of stock is very small, hehe. Then I want to talk about the integrity of opening an online store and how I feel that the new store will slowly open up the situation. Here is a story about me. At the beginning of my business, one day, a customer asked for a men's nightgown, and that nightgown was only available in one of my local suppliers. When the customer placed the order, I just didn't have it at hand, so I immediately contacted the supplier and got the reply that it would be available in two days. Fortunately, the customer was very accommodating and agreed to wait for two days. Sadly, after two days, the supplier said it was still out of stock, and it would take two more days! How is that possible? So I immediately ran out of the wholesale markets in Wuhan. It's really scary. Only that one is available! Now that I think about it, I really regret it. At this time, I should reply to the buyer that it is out of stock. It would be nice to change a style, but I was fascinated by the supplier and said it would be available in two days! So, say to send a gift to the buyer and let him wait for another 2 days! Two days later, I finally reached the most tragic situation-there is still no goods! I really don't have the courage to open the buyer Wangwang, especially such an accommodating buyer. Some people think that since it is easy to talk about, everything will be easy and buyers will understand. But I don't think you can say that. The most important thing in doing business is honesty. The key is not how good the buyer is, but that your store gives people a feeling of dishonesty. Once you have the goods, you must go back on your word. Will he come again later? If I were you, I wouldn't come to such a store again. But at this time, I can only communicate with buyers with great sincerity and take responsibility, hoping to restore buyers' confidence in the store. The final solution is: through negotiation, I changed a style for the buyer and then gave him a pair of CK underwear at the purchase price. Some people think that you don't have to do this at all. At most, you can return it and say it's out of stock, and then welcome to come again next time. I don't think so, because there are very few customers when the new store opens. You can only try to catch a customer and try to make him your repeat customer. Only in this way can you slowly open the situation. Just like the teacher said when attending Taobao training before, increase stickiness. Others say, is it effective for you to do this? Will the buyer come back next time? I'm not sure if this buyer will come next time, but at least I tried my best to keep it. Doing things is doing your best. The so-called "let it be", and leave the rest to God. After summing up my experience, I decided to increase my inventory to avoid similar incidents. It is not enough to increase inventory, because wholesale is inevitably out of stock, and then I have made great efforts to get more familiar with and understand many of my suppliers, so I have my small warehouse now, and I have hired MM to help me deliver goods. I work at the front desk. After experiencing ups and downs, the store has grown up like its own children, with sadness and unknown hardships, but more happiness and happiness. It's very gratifying to see that buyers give themselves good comments and everyone likes the private service of the shop. I think all the hard work is worth it. The store is still in the early stage of its business, and its scale will be bigger and bigger in the future. All novice sellers are the same. I believe that as long as we persist, we will eventually break out of our own world in Taobao. Just register a member on Alibaba and publish the purchase information and product name specifications. Many sellers will contact you actively.