Helping Clients Reduce Sourcing Cost
One of our clients says “Marks United helped me in sourcing a hot item. Using them helped me reduce my sourcing cost by 22% resulting in additional profit of US$30,000 every year. I passed this saving to my customers and this made me a dominant player in that product my market.”
Saving Time For Business
One Business client retained our services to inspect goods they had ordered from a factory in China. When MarksUnited inspectors inspected the goods, they noticed that they had manufacturing defects. We alerted the client about these quality defects before the goods could be shipped by the supplier. We provided this service at a minimal cost, yet it helped the client save money and lost time. It also protected our client's product brand image, which is invaluable. The client has retained our preshipment inspection services ever since. When we asked him if he would recommend pre-shipment inspection services from MarksUnited to his friends he said "Visiting the supplier location before parting with funds is a worthwhile expense. Marks
United does this for me and it saves me time and travel costs. I tell my friends that this is like buying an insurance premium - very wise. I recommend MarksUnited because they know how to do it well".
Make Stress History
Currently we manage and control and handle all shipments for one of our clients from China. He says "MarksUnited has reduced the stress and workload of doing business in China for me. Now I have the time to concentrate on managing my business and doing the activity that brings me the money: sales” This client a committed buyer for goods from China has seen his business improve and sales have grown so much so that he has started new business ventures.
Access to Variety and New products
Marks United has been working closely with a business that buys their stock entirely from China. By working with us, this buyer was able to introduce 6-8 new products every month to their product range. This gave him an advantage over his competition.
“Before they can even finds out that such a product exists we have already 2-3 consignments on order” says the Director. “ This helps us keep our margins higher and this has helped us keep our bottom line increasing, and has given us a dominant position in the competitive market. An almost 'monopolistic' advantage.” , He adds.
Managing Samples, Helping block the Fakes and Poor Quality Goods
For another buyer we coordinate and manage all his samples from China. Our efficiency and added value service has saved the buyer thousands of dollars in courier costs, not to mention the time. Many times, acting on his behalf, we reject defective or unqualified samples. This saves him couriers charges. We give the buyer un-biased feedback on the samples. The buyer takes action on this advice, which saves them from spending money on shipping samples that would have been eventually rejected, any way. We act like their eyes in China thus increasing their efficiency and speeding up the ordering process.
Documentation: Monster Tamed
Documentation errors and uncompromising customs rules can bring business people to their knees. There was one buyer who kept dealing with new products and new suppliers very frequently. Very often he would have a challenge trying to explain the Chinese supplier's staff exactly how he would like his shipment documents to be prepared, in order to avoid problems with customs at clearing time.
In spite of that, due to language barriers and inexperienced staff there would still be mistakes. This often resulted in long delays in customs and the port to clear the merchandise. It was costing the buyer more and more in extra port charges, and customs penalties and fines. He contacted MarksUnited for Help. Now Marks United handles all their orders. We ensure that the client receives the documents in perfect condition. We prepare all and inspect all documentation in our offices and check it against the clients rules, irrespective of who the manufacturer is or which supplier they order from in China. The Client is very happy “It has saved me the headache. I don’t need to spend time and money on follow ups or port and customs penalties. I am now more focused on my business and can guarantee my clients timely delivery. I am glad I found Marks United”, they said.