Sourcingmap, an online consumer electronics wholesale drop ship company, is based in Shenzhen, China. Founded by Hongkong business people, with staff from Hongkong, the UK, and several provinces in China, Sourcingmap ships products to resellers all over the world. Business is done in English and in U.S. dollars.

All products are exclusively from Chinese manufacturers in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and greater Guangdong Province. To ensure consistent high quality, products are thoroughly evaluated by Sourcingmap, which maintains a warehouse with adequate stock to supply small, medium, and large order quantities. All orders are carefully checked before shipment, and all products are covered by a 12-month warranty.

"If You Aren't Already Looking At China, Start Now"

You can't afford to ignore China these days. Maybe you grew up thinking it is a distant, closed-off land, but this is no longer the case.

In the past few years Western national newspapers have started carrying a lot more news about China-- some have even got special daily "China Business" sections-- and it's not just hype.

China is the world's fourth largest country with one fifth of the world's population. The GDP of China is now over 10 times larger than what it was in 1980, when the previously closed country began opening its doors to international commerce. Chinese people and culture are spreading more than ever, and in turn Chinese people are eagerly looking abroad to Korea, Japan, Australia, Europe, and the USA - absorbing and learning from foreign culture and business know-how.

China is now known as "the factory of the world" and the chances are that, at this moment, you are reading this text on a computer with at least some of the components made in China, wearing clothes made in China, sitting on furniture made in China... and planning on making a profit from buying and re-selling even more goods made in China!

China has already taken a leading position in the economy of the world, and you need to be ready to take advantage of the opportunities this presents.

Recent economic developments such as new Chinese stock markets, ever-increasing investment in the domestic market by western multinationals, and aggressive entrepreneurial expansion by Chinese exporters, mean that China's economy is still evolving and actually growing faster than ever.

But the big difference for you and other business-people around the world is really going to be the improvement in communications that mean you have no excuse for not doing business with the Chinese!

"Visiting China -- A Good Investment Of Time and Money"

In the first part of this mini-course I told you it's possible to get into importing from China without leaving home, thanks to the power of internet communications.

But first I think it's important to talk about actually visiting China yourself, because this can really give you a head-start. I know a lot of you are interested in visiting China on business, or already planning to, because of the responses we got for our Sourcingmap Trade Fairs Tour in Nov 2006.