Starting a pet supply business can be a rewarding but also challenging endeavor and there are a few things, please keep in mind to make sure you are successful.
1. find a niche
There are a lot of pet supply stores, so it’s really important to find a niche for your business. What makes your store different from the others? Finding a niche will help you stand out from the competition.
Do you specialize in natural or organic pet products?
Or you offer custom pet products?
Do you only offer textile-related products like pet clothes, pet beds, and pet carriers like what we do?
2. find a proper pet supply supplier
More and more people in western countries have pets and they spend a lot of money on their daily needs. So this creates a large market for pet products and which many Chinese suppliers are so eager to tap into.
However, finding reliable pet product suppliers from China can be a huge challenge, as many scams operate in business. You may want to search on some B2B platforms like Alibaba, Global Sources and Made-in-china, etc.
We’ve been sourcing manufacturing and exporting textile and pet supplies. And know that most of the suppliers there are just traders, not like direct factories. Because the real factories are always busy and have full production lines. Most importantly, they don’t even need to promote on B2B platforms.
As a professional pet supply exporter, we don’t own any factory. But within 10 years, we focus on one industry and offer all solutions to pet supply licensed and non-licensed importers. Check our YouTube Channel and see how we serve.
3. choose a right location
If you want to set up a physical pet supply store, then choose a location that has high foot traffic.
If you are starting a pet supply business online, like Amazon. It’s much more popular to work from anywhere, especially during pandemic situations. And there are tons of free and useful tutorial youtube videos to help you get started. And when you import from China to the Amazon warehouse, communicate more with your supplier about the box requirements.
4. get the right license and permits
Check with your local government to find out what you need for the pet supply business.
But if you want to import from china, then you need to get an importing license to ensure customs clearance.
Or you can also work with our professional freight forwarders to deal with customs clearance and delivery in your local. That’s DDP (Delivered- Duty-Paid), it’s our expertise.
5. marketing your pet supplies business
As a pet supply business owner, you know that marketing is so essential to the success of the business. Without effective marketing, your business will struggle to reach its full potential. Luckily there are many marketing strategies and here are a few ideas to get you started. Check the YouTube video at 03:18 for more details.
Conclude: Business is all about buy&Sell
For buying, as an experienced pet supply manufacturer, supplier and exporter, we always leave no worries on your importing business.
For selling, why don’t you sit in the pet supply store or a fancy cafe? Enjoy your favorable work atmosphere and get the profits happily from starting a pet supply business.
hipet supplies exporter in china
1. Material Sourcing
For sewing products like pet clothes, pet beds, pet carriers and pet harnesses etc, quality of fabric material is the key to the finished pet supplies. And we locate in Shaoxing China, a very well-known manufacturing city of polyester fabric, denim fabric, spandex fabric, etc. Within 10+ years of fabric and pet supplies exporting, we develop a competitive supply chain of all fabric materials.
2. Sample Confirmation
We will send out samples for your reference. You pay for the product samples, and we will pay for your international express fee.
Ready goods for quick shipment—Samples can be sent out immediately
OEM fresh order for customization–-Samples can be sent out within 3-7 working days.
3. Factory Production
After customers confirm samples and OEM orders details, we step in and communicate all processing details, track the order status and keep customers updated as a professional polyester fabric and pet supplies exporter.
And this ensures product quality, quantity and order lead time. Obviously, this step is extremely important and requires laborers to keep tracking periodically.
4. QC and Warehousing
While producing, we will do a 3-stage inspection including Pre-production, Mid-production sample check and final check before loading.
We will collect all of your required products to our warehouse, and do a responsible final inspection before loading to make sure of quality. In meantime we will send all products and inspection pictures and videos on WhatsApp Business for your approval.
If there are any faulty products, we will directly send back to factories and redo until they are all met the quality requirements.
5. Loading and Shipping
Before loading, we will check the product list again to make sure all products are right and waiting in the warehouse.
During loading, we distribute the cargo evenly in the container, basically simple rule is to put heavier fabric rolls or carton boxes on the bottom and set lighter ones on the top.
After loading, we double confirm loaded products info and send all pics of Empty Container, Half Container, Full Container, Container Door Locking, and Sealing Key for customers to keep updated.
6. Customs Declaration
As a professional polyester fabric and pet supplies exporter in China, after we complete the container loading, the next process is to do China Customs Declaration. We will have to submit needed documents to China Customs including ED(Export Declaration), CI(Commercial Invoice), PL(Packing List), DPL(Detailed Packing List) etc.
The China customs department will check and verify the documents to ensure that all details are the same as the actual cargo details in the container. The goods will be released only after approval by China customs.
Keqiao, shaoxing, china
1. History
The ancient city of Shaoxing, in neighboring Zhejiang Province, boasts a history of over 2,500 years. Widely known for its beautiful scenery and rich culture and heritage, it is also called the “museum with no walls.”
There are four national economic and technological development zones in Shaoxing — Gaoxin, Keqiao, Paojiang and Shangyu — as well as Shaoxing Binhai New Town, a provincial-level industrial park established in 2010. These development zones have been providing a wide platform for investors and career-builders.
2. textile-related industry
As an industrial city, Shaoxing is famous for its textile and mental process industries. The city can leverage its geographical edge as Zhejiang Province is located at an intersection of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road, putting Shaoxing in a great position to beef up cooperation with other cities and regions, boosted by the support of the central government’s cross-continental strategy. It is also an important export base under China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
To date, Shaoxing has completed a very developed production supply chain in textile-related industry, including grey fabric–dyeing– processing– export. Shaoxing has also a good international reputation for its business environment, providing an efficient administrative service to all investors in the city.
