What I’m Learning While Arranging a Shipment from China to France 📦 I’m building XIANGHAI INTERNATIONAL TRADE in Yiwu, China, and documenting the real work behind the business. One current task is arranging a shipment of approximately 15 kg of clothing samples from Yiwu to Marseille, France.

5 SEO Lessons I’m Learning While Building a Business in China I’m building XIANGHAI INTERNATIONAL TRADE in Yiwu, China. One part of this journey is learning how to make our website easier for the right people to discover. Here are five principles guiding my approach. 1. Start with real que

A Real Sourcing Request From France 🇫🇷 One of our current sourcing projects is for a French buyer looking for: • Portable Air Conditioners • Split Air Conditioners • 7,000 / 9,000 / 12,000 BTU • Good quality • Competitive pricing The first step would be one 20FT container to test the m

One of the biggest milestones in building a company from zero is creating the company's own digital identity. Today, I continued building the official website of XIANGHAI INTERNATIONAL TRADE. I am responsible for 义乌市向海国际贸易有限责任公司, a Yiwu-based international trade and sourcing company in Zh

A real customer request is taking me out of Yiwu. I’m currently sourcing air coolers, air conditioners, fans and related products for a customer in France. The requirement is not just a few samples. We are looking at approximately two containers. That changes the way I need to approach sou

I finally registered my company domain. XHVIA.com ✅ Cloudflare shows the registration at US$10.46 for one year, with renewal at the same price. Sounds simple. It wasn’t. After choosing the domain, the real problem became payment. I had to work through questions involving Chinese b

I spent seven days trying to choose between DHL, FedEx and UPS. And I still haven’t chosen one. At first, I thought this would be simple: compare the prices and pick the cheapest option. My actual case is quite small: around 15 kg from Yiwu, China to France, with a carton around 63 × 30 ×

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If you know nothing about international trade, this spreadsheet can look confusing at first. So instead of starting with complicated trade terms, I want to do something simpler. Let’s read the table from the beginning. This is Part 1: understanding what the numbers actually mean. The fi