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First get handson experience in importing from china. dont think high profitability first .do your research online and offline . I attached example . use google keyword planner to check. we took marketing decisions based on it. it actually got us many paying customers. still it is .example in screenshot (with target country as india) has monthly search count of 170 for longtail “remote helicopter with camera” . its pretty high for a long tail. that means there is robust demand for it in india. shortlist products as per your budget,working knowledge of product and market demand.dont select a product thats too technical .Search in amazon india ,ebay india,flip kart etc on lightweight items that has lot of recent reviews .select product in which you have working knowledge and that has reasonable amount of good reviews . for example atleast 50 reviews with 4 out of 5 rating in amazon india.find a supplier that can work with your terms in alibaba kind of sites. only accept paypal as a mode of payment . dont accept western union kind of cash dealing .dont invest more than usd 100 to usd 250 to test a seller’s supply capability . prefer gold suppliers in alibaba or equivalent to shortlist verified suppliers . read reviews about them in alibaba and in relevant forums . google them.electronic items may have thin marginbuy samples . some supplier may send you free samples buy you may need to pay shipping cost .Also check google keyword planner(keep target country as india) for monthly searches. if the searches are significant then proceed. significant searches means 1000/month and above. check for longtailsgo to the website of cossman international. he is a renowned international marketer. according to him you can also market many products (of foreign manufacturers)in your country by just obtaining rights instead of buying them as importer/ acting as agent. his teachings are downloadbles as pdf elsewhere. he showcased how a student of him marketed plastic wheel barrow into USA market using this rights method(ie no investment upfront). ie wheel barrow manufacturer was a netherland company who was looking for persons in usa to represent them. this guy obtained rights to market this company’s products in usa . obtaining rights is different than being an importer or distributor or agent.try with products that are available in mall . ie fast moving products. research offline and onlinegiven is the link from government of india’s ministry of commerce official website for export import data. you can get export and import data, countrywise,commoditywise . any combination . use that as starting pointUse import genius or info drive kind of trade intelligence info providers to find genuine suppliersyou can also use reputed consultants like Barai overseas. he is in twitter also. he has written an ebook in amazon india on same subject. Barai overseas gives daily updates (tweets)on most important developments in import export field in indiapreviously import genius allowed us to see import data for free(blocked it now for some reason). I was able to see the shipment(import) details of my friend’s granite company in ohio. his family owns a granite company in my hometown . he imports and sell those in america. he also imports from srilanka. i was able to get the seller details in srilanka using import genius . shipment details means everything including vessel name,date ,importer name, commodity name, import price , consignment handling agency details,bill of lading etcyou can also ask world trade center mumbai . they were selling leads. ie recent shipment info . you can buy them to identify suppliers.most new importers and exporters do not know you can obtain basic data for free from zauba dot com. get free login in zauba . use the import export search form there. example is latest import(into india) details of tooth brush from chinafree , trade info from zauba is much better than data from department of commerceIf you already have experience in importing then setup a lead generating page using lead pages dot net or similar service. you can even use wordpress (free) or weebly or wix .you can setup lead generating website easily yourself. goal of a lead generating website is to get you customer 24x7 . have a closeup shot of the product in the home page(and the only page of the website)have a descriptive domain like rccopter importer dot in(if you import remote control copters) . describe in detail on the product you are importing . it will get indexed in search engines and you will get customers continuously if you do keyword research ,basic seo and web copy writing.you just need to spend rs 100 for domain (godaddy coupon) and use weebly for free. use aweber /mailchimp/madmimi/ininbox for email marketing. you can use last three initially . free upto a limit.newsletter is an easy way to get new customers.dont write anything other than product details with phone ,email form in front page(sales page/lead generating page). no other story. goal is to get you more customers from sales page.google keyword planner recently (8th sept 2016 onwards?) is not showing the exact search count . like 1550 /month . instead its showing like 10 -100 ,100 - 1k , 1k -10 k etc . nevertheless its of great importance to new marketersyou can also use the expertise of ECGC . government company whose advice will help you to determine upfront if the supplier can delivernot affiliated to any of the linksin your case see the website of HKTDC . they have verified suppliers .verification done by globally known brands such as Bun and Brad ,SGS. example in image . they are leaders in business credibility records and maritime trade inspection respectively.verification stands good at the time of inspection date given . so always use inner instinct . verified suppliers may not accept your terms like low volume or mode of payment like paypal. they insist TT /Letter of credit.but ask themsmall time suppliers may accept your terms .in malls you can see that many chinese products are there. buy one of them (the product you like to market)if you feel that they are of good quality . you need not even buy if you can see the website url in the product cover backside. write to the supplier by emailfew years back I used same technique to get free samples of a good quality plastic wall hangers with suction cup(which I saw in a retailer shop in forum mall bangalore). I wrote to the manufacturer in china after seeing their website. I attached scanned copy of my IE Code as well stating that I am a possible and genuine buyer and that I am ready to pay the sample cost including shipping fees. then I forgot about this thinking that they will not respond for trivial enquiriesafter few months I got a call from foreign postoffice ,museum road ,bangalore stating that I need to pay tax for a shipment from china . when I went there i found that its a lie. they got some money from me (bribe) to give me the sample parcel. it was stated on the cover in big letters that its a sample .In the image as below you see that tooth brush pieces(3 dozen for Rs 91)are imported by somebody. that is most likely a samplesee the last url for commercial news usa (to use in rights method as above)which has advertisements and export news from all over the world. digital edition is freesubscribe to digital editions of various export trade journals and read them. you can find a supplier who can work with your termsuse google local (now called google my business) to get customers from local area,your state and even countrywide . register in google local . upload your product picture(like the rc copter example) so that its image file name is same as the longtail keyword(and describes the image correctly) you want to target. google my business is free and no website required. uploading product photos image file name same as targeted longtail keyword helped us to get paying customers for free consistently.Also see last link on same topic. my opinion is that you invest minimum amount only and get acquainted with the process.when you have own website (wordpress/joomla/drupal/other CMS ) with focus on a particular category of products or niche (in which you have hands on experience . technically or in sales)then its easy to get suppliers(from china) and buyers(retailers in your case). just concentrate on longtailsalso see FIEO in link. we got buyers via thatyou can pay seller in china to send sample. some sellers just ask for shipping fee of sample . like USD 5 to 10 .some seller ask us to pay them by paypal . you can use credit card or can use debit card . like icici ,axis bank,PNB debit cards. not all debit cards gets authenticated by paypal . list is available in shoutmeloud.GOVERNMENT OF INDIAMinistry of CommerceImportGenius | International Trade Databases for Import-Export BusinessesCossman International MarketingWelcome to ZaubaDIY Website Promotion | How to Create and Submit Websites to Search Engines like Google | Free Site Submission | Website Ranking | Do It YourselfHong Kong Suppliers and Hong Kong ManufacturersExport USA - The export promotion magazine of the USABring Our Money Home Again!http://www.vskills.in/certification/foreign-tradehttps://www.fieo.org/nonmemberregistration.phpHow You Can Make Big Money Importing From China - The Rise and Fall of My Empire...