China-Buy is a specialist sourcing and buying office, serving clients from every nation and assisting them with their China, Taiwan and Hong Kong import projects. We began as a small trading company assisting global importers with sourcing, inspections, translations/interpretation, negotiation, introductions and site visits, shipping formalities, etc. These are essentially the same services we provide today, but now we have narrowed our focus to the products we know best and which our region specialises in:

Bathroom furniture Sanitary ware, particularly vitreous china ware, plumbing & tapware Home & office furniture Marble & granite tiles, countertops and other value-added stone products Ceramic tiles Stainless steel hardware and fittings Construction glass and related hardware Metal, wood and plastic special design and manufacure (OEM) work
	Foshan City

	We do the "hard yards" for our clients, constantly visiting factories, establishing close relationships, negotiating, following up production and shipping, etc. Problems arise when importers attempt to source without an intimate knowledge of the marketplace. Communication is a serious barrier. Another problem is that many suppliers do not have any significant English marketing program, including not appearing in major English-language search engines nor on major trade portals. Many factories have been serving the local Chinese market for years and have only recently entertained the idea of exporting. Furthermore, new factories and suppliers are springing up everywhere. Thus, any long-distance sourcing exercise will only scratch the surface. Even taking a trip to China is far from practical.
Anyone who has been on a sourcing trip to China will tell you that you need to spend a very long time here to get anything done, due to the large travelling distances and plethora of suppliers. Intending importers arrive in China with their list of factories to visit only to find that for every manufacturer on their list, their are another ten they never knew about, many with much better offerings. This leads to a wild goose chase and in many cases, the importers original plans are scuppered. It has taken us years to begin to understand the supply situation here, and we are located right here in the major supply hub!
We utilise our close and extensive family and business connections in China to get what our customers want, at the price they want, if at all possible.
We utilise our promotional power and overseas buying connections to attract prime manufacturers and to negotiate "better-than-factory-direct" prices for foreign importers, particularly brand new manufacturing enterprises or established manufacturers with new product ranges or those with innovative or high quality products seeking to gain a foothold in overseas markets.

SO, HOW CAN CHINA-BUY HELP?
The following should help convince you that China-Buy is your ideal sourcing partner in China.

China-Buy Ltd has extensive experience in Southern China's Guangdong province, mainly in the Foshan, Shunde, Gaoming, Guangzhou and surrounding regions, which comprise China largest construction and building materials hub. It's a huge, purely industrial place we now call home. Many of our customers who have made the trip to this region to source for their import projects have been blown away by the sheer size of the industry here. It's almost too much to handle with more options thrown up than they care to deal with. It is usually at this point that they realise the need to co-operate with someone who has already done the digging and has established an existing network of trusted suppliers and who knows how to talk the language of local suppliers. This is China-Buy. This is what we do best.

We have extensive experience in the following sectors:

• Furniture - particularly bathroom furniture, but also lounge and dining - wood and stainless steel. Over the years we have come to know the Chinese market and manufacturers so intimately that we understand every problem they face and can warn our clients well in advance at the slightest sniff of a problem. Such problems may include management changes or the headhunting of key workers, which will directly affect the quality of product. There is so much more knowledge that our clients benefit from, saving a lot of heartache.
  
  
• Glass - Having visited and dealt with most of the major local glass manufacturers, we are in an excellent position to assist with all types of value-added glass product (as opposed to standard float glass). This would include tempered and laminated glass for use in construction projects - balustrading, pool fencing, etc. We can supply standards-compliant glass for every major importing country.
  
  
• Plumbing and Tapware - We have assisted high-end importers from the USA, Canada, Australasia and Europe, from small importers to big-name plumbing companies, to source the appropriate standards-compliant plumbing and tapware for their respective markets. We have a list of key manufacturers and suppliers from China and Taiwan who have provided top quality and good service to our customers and who can handle OEM projects. We have also managed the production of OEM faucets with cUPC standards for Canada, using Taiwenese factories. Because of our good connections with these manufacturers and regular volume orders, we get excellent pricing and top service.
  
  
• Stainless steel products - We have our own favourite manufacturing setups for the production of very nice quality stainless steel construction fittings of all types, including balustrade stanchions, glass standoffs, bathroom accessories and much more. OEM product design is welcome and we can assure top quality and service all the way.
  
  
• Aluminium products - We have great connections in this sector and we can manage your OEM project smoothly.
  
  
• Ceramic & Porcelain Sanitary ware - What we don't know about the porcelain and ceramic sanitary ware industry isn't worth knowing. We've travelled, talked, dug and sweated blood and tears to find out everything and everyone worth knowing in this industry. We could write a decent-sized book about what we know. There are so many traps in this industry and whenever we get enquiries from new importers hell-bent on dealing in all the wrong places for the cheapest prices, we can't help feeling for the pain they are destined to experience.
  
  
• Marble and Granite - Through one of directors, we part-owned one of Guangdong's largest stone factories, located in Yunfu about 2 hours drive from Guangzhou. This factory is large with high investment in the machinery required to produce and professionally finish genuinely high quality value-added stone products, including counter tops, bathroom vanity basins, fireplace surrounds and various other products. Our main competitors come from Xiamen region, which competes on price and whenever you get this type of competition, it usually means corner-cutting as stone is pretty much the same price anywhere in China. We deal only with high-end importers with reasonable quantities who want a level of finished product quality that is not available anywhere else. You pay a little more, but you get the very best.
  
  
• Construction Hardware and Decorative Fittings - We work with several reliable manufacturers for all types of decorative hardware and fittings.

Be assured that we only get excited about products and manufacturers that provide the very best combination of quality + innovation + price. We have to do this as most of our customers are from highly developed countries where quality is paramount. In fact, we focus nearly all our energies on high-end importers serving quality-conscious sectors. It is easy to find cheap products in China, but not so easy to find where and how the high quality products are made. Even harder is to avoid the many traps and, of course, the language barrier. Having spent so long in our chosen sectors, we know most of the tricks in the book. We also know most of the shortcuts cheaper manufacturers take to reduce costs. We also know the regions of China that should generally be avoided and which regions have proud reputations for good quality.

We have all the connections we need - a vast network of suppliers who respect what we do. They like working with us because we provide the connection they need to the Western markets, we supply large and regular quantities and we are experienced in our field.

If you would like more information about a specific product, either a product that we can currently supply, or your own design or a product that you have so far been unable to locate, please let us know.

• WE SPECIALISE IN THE REGION THAT WE ARE LOCATED.
  No long-distance trading and nothing sight-unseen. We are right there and manufacturers know we can drop in at any time. We can nag and cajole and get things done. We also see it as a partnership for growth with all the suppliers we deal with. We help them improve their quality and they produce the best quality for our customers.
  
  
• WE SAVE OUR CLIENTS THE NEED TO TRAVEL AND SEARCH
  We do the "hard yards" for our clients, constantly visiting factories, establishing relationships over dinner, negotiating, following up production and shipping, etc. Problems arise when importers attempt to source without an intimate knowledge of the marketplace. Communication is a serious barrier. We provide a full service - from sourcing to shipping, with the all-important in-progress and pre-shipment inspections that save our clients thousands on travel.
  
  
• WE KNOW THE SOURCES YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT
  The most widely advertised companies are either the biggest or the most heavily government-backed. This does not equate to lower prices. Often the opposite. Many of the best suppliers do not have any significant English marketing program, including not appearing in major English-language search engines nor on major trade portals. Many factories have been serving the local Chinese market for years and have only recently entertained the idea of exporting. Furthermore, new factories and suppliers are springing up everywhere. Thus, any long-distance sourcing exercise will only scratch the surface. Even taking a trip to China is far from practical. Anyone who has been on a sourcing trip to China will tell you that you need to spend a very long time here to get anything done, due to the large travelling distances and plethora of suppliers. Intending importers arrive in China with their list of factories to visit only to find that for every manufacturer on their list, their are another ten they never knew about, many with much better offerings. This leads to a wild goose chase and in many cases, the importers original plans are scuppered. Even though we are located right here in the major supply hubs, it has taken us months and years to begin to understand the supply situation here!
  
  
• WE HAVE INTIMATE CONNECTIONS THAT YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM
  We have a vast family and business contact network in China extending up to government level. We utilise this network to get what our customers want, at the price they want, if at all possible. Our family connections have won contracts government-tendered power plants - something extremely difficult to do without being well-connected in China.
  
  
• ESTABLISHED REPUTATION AND VALUED PARTNER FOR MANUFACTURERS
  We utilise our promotional power, buying power and overseas buying connections to attract prime manufacturers and to negotiate "better-than-factory-direct" prices for foreign importers, particularly brand new manufacturing enterprises, established manufacturers who have new product ranges and those with innovative or high quality products seeking to gain a foothold in overseas markets.