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Seven Guides for People Who Buy Apparel From China
Buying guides on telling a factory from an agent, importing without stalling at the fabric stage and what a minimum order actually pays for. Comparison guides on seamless against cut and sew, and on using an agent against buying direct. A material guide on what nylon, polyester, spandex, cotton and modal each do in a composition. A process guide on how sampling really works. Every figure quoted comes from what this manufacturer publishes, and where a figure does not exist the guide says so.
How to Find a Reliable Clothing Factory in China
Five checks that separate a factory from an agent, and the questions that get a straight answer from either.
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How to Import Apparel From China Without Surprises
The order of operations that keeps a first apparel import from stalling at the fabric stage or at the port.
Read the guideApparel MOQ Explained for New Brands
Why the minimum is 200 on a hoodie and 300 on a seamless legging, and the one sentence that lets you negotiate it.
Read the guideSeamless Versus Cut and Sew Activewear
What changes for the wearer, for the buyer and for the minimum when a body is knitted in one piece.
Read the guideActivewear Fabric Guide for Nylon Polyester and Spandex
What each fibre in a composition is doing, read off the compositions this factory actually publishes.
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How the Apparel Sampling Process Actually Works
What happens between sending a reference garment and approving a sample, and where the time goes.
Read the guideSourcing Agent Versus Buying Direct From the Factory
What you gain and what you take on when the factory answers the email instead of an agent.
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Technical questions are answered by email during office hours in Yiwu.