About These Guides
Independent wholesale sourcing guides for ecommerce sellers — who publishes them, what this site is not, and how sources and corrections work.
These pages are independent guides to wholesale sourcing for ecommerce sellers, retailers and resellers. They are written from the buyer’s side of the table: how to find a counterparty, what to verify before money moves, and how to read a quotation, a trade term or a minimum so that the first order is survivable.
They are not a catalogue, a directory or a sales channel.
What this publication is not
We do not sell goods, hold inventory or appoint distributors. The site name describes the subject, not a trading business. Nothing here is an offer to supply, a claim of authorised distribution, or an introduction to a named vendor.
We do not rank or recommend specific companies. Where a page mentions a platform, a standard or a government process, it is describing a mechanism a buyer will meet, not endorsing a vendor.
We do not replace a broker, a lawyer or a customs advisor. Duty, classification, certification and contract terms are jurisdiction-specific. A worked example on this site is a shape you can reuse, not a rate you can paste into an entry.
If a sentence ever sounds as if we are the supplier, treat that as a mistake and request a correction.
Who it is for
The intended reader is someone who already sells — or is about to sell — online and now has to buy in bulk: Amazon, eBay and Shopify sellers, independent retailers, importers and small distributors.
The questions the pages are built around are the ones that show up before a first order:
- Which layer of the chain should I be buying from?
- How do I tell a manufacturer from a trader?
- What must be identical across every quotation I send?
- Where does risk actually transfer under EXW, FOB and CIF?
- What is the real cost once freight, duty and defects are counted?
If you are a supplier looking for customers, this is not your listing venue.
Who writes
Jack Lau writes the guides. His background is operating ecommerce businesses — sales data analysis and product-trend evaluation used to decide what to buy — rather than working inside a distribution company. That is why the pages keep returning to what a buyer can verify, not what a counterparty says about itself.
Credentials on the author page are limited to experience that can be stated without inflation. There is no legal entity name on this site yet, and no social profile is claimed that we do not operate. Empty fields are left empty on purpose.
How a page is built
Topic selection follows a decision a buyer actually has to make. Pages that would answer the same question as an existing page are not opened; they are merged. The editorial policy is the rule set.
On a finished guide you should be able to see:
- A named author and a publication date
- A direct answer only where the question can be answered in a paragraph
- Takeaways that also appear, with support, in the body
- Sources that can carry the factual claims, preferably primary
- A content-method note when the draft was synthesised or machine-assisted
Current drafts are marked as editorial syntheses of public trade, customs and product-safety guidance, pending named-author review against those sources. That disclosure stays until the review happens. It is not a substitute for the review.
Sources, updates and corrections
Policy, standards and official procedures are cited from the issuing body — Incoterms from the International Chamber of Commerce, import basics from customs authorities, product-safety obligations from the regulator. Competitor blogs are not used as evidence.
updatedAt changes when the page changed in a way that would alter a reader’s decision, not
on a schedule. How to send a correction — page URL, disputed sentence, supporting source — is
in the fact-checking policy. Use of language models, and what that
does and does not cover, is in the AI use policy.
Contact
Editorial contact is the address in the site footer: jackdean7890@gmail.com.
That inbox is for source errors, broken claims and requests to correct a page. It is not a sourcing desk, and it will not quote, broker or introduce a supplier.
Frequently asked questions
Do you sell wholesale products or hold inventory?
No. This is a buyer's-side knowledge site. We do not take orders, appoint distributors, or represent suppliers. If a page reads as if we are offering stock, that is a wording error and should be treated as one.
Who writes the guides?
Jack Lau writes them. He has six years of ecommerce operating experience, mainly in sales data analysis and product-trend work that informs buying decisions. The perspective is the buyer's, not the supplier's.
How should I use these pages?
Use them to structure a decision — which checks to run, which term to ask for, which number to compare — then confirm the live rule, rate or document for your own shipment. Jurisdiction-specific items such as duty and certification are not settled by a guide.