Just wondering how do they start?

Lets say i wanted to sell some car accessories item, but where do i get the stock?

Seriously…

Local distributors or Tongsan suppliers, pick your poisons.

u dont even have source....
want to sell at shopee?

just do markup sell lah. much easier
little capital

you want to

buy and flip; or
slap your brand?

Google and learn about dropshipping. You can find tonnes of dropshipping suppliers online.

Which gives the best outcome?
U mean i go to retailers, buy it and mark up the price and sell it?

Buy n flip

Yes but is not free, have to top up credit in their account and sync it to shopee / lazada

U need formula.
U need creativity.


U need deep understanding about E-Commerce ( Marketplace ecosystem )

give you 1 easiest ecom tricks :

1 Hero Product ( Cheapest in Shopee, alot ppl buy, eg like toilet paper )
- sell rugi

in my shop got thousand product ( not cheap, not expensive )

some stage promo, like RM50 xxx, RM100 xxx

called fishing.

buy from china (Taobao, 1688, pinduoduo)
open pre-order price; if full payment then price $, if deposit payment then price $$ (deposit make sure lepas per CoGS)
order extra for ready stock (price $$$) by 10 to 15% of the total confirmed order.
Don't take profit yet; roll for a few months until you can survive without pre-order sales (increase the ready stock percentage by demand, don't keep stock).

Tumpang thread, I was looking at Aliexpress for some clothing supplies, but the seller from lazada are selling at much lower price...
Are there other reliable options for non Chinese speaker besides tabao for supplies. Mainly for export so I'll need oversea shipping option which unfortunately is not available on lazada. Many thanks in advance.

For non chinese speaker, Aliexpress is still the best option.

If you can find a friend who can read Chinese, https://www.1688.com/ has tons of supplier.

Any layman term for this bro? 😅

Get a pretty female partner, wardrobe malfunction frequently during live, profit