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2005-2006.5 work as a designer
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D1YeNe6d5U Till now i have received four orders,
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1Q-}wB ^u/I I started working on Nov 2006, about three months for translating work, preparing the documents for CE certificate, making new webiste and desiging work. ( during this period i have register about 20 pcs B2B website, and for this websit if can i have sent trade leads and products information)i%i/l$Ur

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waiting for your experience.........................more

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[color=Magenta][color=Magenta][/color]At the end of Dec. i have received several inquiries,and only one from india, another from Germany, i thought i can got order from them.(IY2X2^5{1P
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For india, i have spent 3 months, and have sent the fitting to them, but i haven't received the order from him main reason is that our technology haven't reach his requirement.
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But during this time, i have sent sample to them, for sample we sent to them by free, but needed them pay for the freight, so i game him our boss pravite account, asked him to remitt 40USD.
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During this time, the express company need us wrote guarantee to them,for me i also wrote to customer hope he pay for the custom fee, He was a very kind man, he promised he would pay for it, while the sample reach to his office. At last he paid for the custom fee.[/color]
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Come on,the next one ....

looking forward to your next one......

thanks for support
} Qe i)wPyw3p i always thing maybe i have expecially experience, but i don't know how to express while use english

Your indian customer is really a kind man...thanks for share your experience.

i think you should share your exoerience with us,not always your working progress.

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m9YU5x:o9h Don't give up. Just write down as much as you can. Just insist on writing more, you'll find the progress little by little.

vq+|-Bv&D${"TM| Looking forward to your more experience.:)

i will come back tomorrow to share it :)
gGn*MhYn good night and good luck:hug:

Reply #3 monicalan's post

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1I#~ TB9G v-@'O S     my second customer from Germany, i have spent 20 days, he gave us the order, but unluckly, we haven't got export license, during that time, i persuaded cusomter pay for to our boss private account, but he refused.
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5N_&_$H*DPP7b)d     For this order i learnt i have some communicates problem with my boss, he didn't plan to apply for export license and found reliable export agent. So i reply to customer very very late about one month.(during that period, from Dec.2006 to Mar 2007)hp|%{d\|X
   
g;Xdp N+L,G)rR]](f     April was very good season for me, and our boss found the export agent, so now i though it's good time for me to contact with our customer, but the man reply to me:"your company always lie to others, i doubt whether you are the manufacturer, we don't like do business with you", while i sent the mail to them and found our mail account was spam.$g^#`Gro [%W-W6^

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[color=Magenta]At the end of July, during this time, i have got three orders and have alredy export to customer, so at this time, i though it's better write mail to germany customer,follow the mail i wrote to him:
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#UqpT+n:G6Ez       How are you going these days? We wish all things go well. 2S)voYS1I#IA3o

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Reply #12 monicalan's post

u did a good job,for your sincerely moved the client

good experience! You give me a lot!Go ahead,pls!Best Wishes to you!

[color=Magenta]      April, i always felt very good, and bring luck to me.2xk-qWV rY
      Canton fair in Guangzhou, some of our customers visited the fair, they have written email to me, and infromed us they would like visited our factroy, and asked me arranged schedule.(we haven't attend the fair in guangzhou)qOpn;TpC

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5G%x0z7W8\i9~&Oi       But two days later the man from india cancell to visiting our factory,because he was so busy, and must back to india.
3GfaW%{ZD/{H       Another from Ethiopia, everyday he called me, but his english always made me puzzled, today i would like visited your factory, tomorrow another saying. at last he planed to visited our factory.

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      One from Croatia and one from Ethiopia have already placed the order to us. [/color]

cogratulations! you did so well in your job. may i ask you some questions? i am new to do export business. hehe. is that free to list information in b2b or some other websites? and how to advertise on these websites? such as on Alibaba, especailly for free。:lol

learning it

very good experience

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     At 2pm, the guy called me, he was in Guangzhou airport, about 4pm, he would be in Xiaoshan airport, he asked us calculate the time and met him. At three pm, he called me again, because of the heavy rain, the plane was postponed to start on 4pm, but still pending.
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    At 23:30, we arrived at our country, after customer checked in hotel, we went our for food, because we were so hungry. While back to apt I called my boss, and told him the detail. The customer will wait him at downstairs at nine o'clock in the morning, and while he reach to hotel called him.
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monicalan:
?Zb]!S~2i Thanks for your sharing. You did a good job! Good luck.
*f6x~+ga QH It seems that you're not far away from Hangzhou?:o

come on for you !!:hug:

thank you !  i learn much experience from you! good luck!

Reply #22 mazy's post

yes, mazy, our factory locate in Xinchang Shaoxin,;JZW7hH\

I;Vz3Xp5pT'} I like read your article, always make people happy and engourage

Reply #17 lchlynn's post

please check this website:[url]www.dragon-guide.net[/url],  list many free B2B, but pay more attention for the advertise your published, always simply but provide right information.

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%r[Nope So     On Nov 2006, i worked in this factory, after ten days, export company from Ningbo accompany with turkish man visited our factory.
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IF)|3H5Fk?e(?    About 4 days, he visited again, he stressed we must got CE certificate.
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[color=Magenta]    I have contacted the guy from turkey, so always we talked thought MSN, till at the end of Jan. we got CE certificate, then he asked me to ask export company sending PI to them and then they opened L/C to export company in Ningbo. From Feb to Mar, our boss asked man several time to send PI to customer. I felt so funny, at last they sent PI to customer, when it's already APR.  And the man told customer the goods would be ready at the end of April. But while i asked my boss it's would be ok at middle of May. z(AF*nx"yyfMf
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&UG7YaU    So now customer complained this company, he said they have cooperated about 6 years, and they always postpone the delivery time and never pay more attention for the order.
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    About June, our boss asked me to send fax to export company. The payment is 100% T/T before despatch. While i called and asked him whether received the fax, he said we never saw this payment in China, we want to cancel the order. So shall i ask my boss, let him talk with you? And the man was angry and said it's no sense. I told this to my boss, and my boss called him, the man still wanted to cancel the order.
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