What do you think about the new ecigarette??

Never heard of the one you're referring to but I assume it's the same as Dragons Pen?

http://www.thesmokefreezone.com/prices.html

Some info about the ecigarette.

HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - It feels like a cigarette, looks like a cigarette but it isn't bad for your health.
A Chinese company marketing the world's first "electronic" cigarette hopes to double sales this year as it expands overseas and as some of China's legions of smokers try to quit.
Golden Dragon Group Ltd's Ruyan cigarettes are battery-powered, cigarette-shaped devices that deliver nicotine to inhalers in a bid to emulate actual smoking.
"The nicotine is delivered to the lungs within 7 to 10 seconds," said Scott Fraser, Vice President of SBT Co. Ltd., the Beijing-based firm that first developed the electronic cigarette technology in 2003 and which is now controlled by Golden Dragon.
"It feels like a cigarette, looks like a cigarette, it even emits vapor. In many ways, it is like an actual smoking experience, and that's what makes us different," he told Reuters.
The cigarettes sell for around 1,600 yuan ($208) apiece and are already available in China, Israel, Turkey, and a number of European countries, but not yet the United States.
Golden Dragon's competitors include global giants Pfizer and Novartis AG, which sell more familiar nicotine replacement products such as chewing gum, patches, and inhalers.
But Golden Dragon's financial results show it might be onto a good thing. Sales more than doubled to HK$286.1 million in 2006, after surging more than ten-fold to HK$135.6 million in 2005, a year after the technology was perfected.
China -- home to 400 million smokers and a roughly $160 billion dollar tobacco industry -- accounts for 65 percent of Ruyan sales. The firm estimates around 10 percent of China's smokers are attempting to quit, and averaging a 2 percent success rate.

I'm not a smoker but used to a singer in clubs, so I think it's an excellent idea.

However, if some of your clients start to get a 'kick' from 20 a day, you need to check out what are the regulations on the nicotine and what too much can do to the system.

Interesting.

Cheers,

Keith

N4THA said:

The reason why i'm asking this is because i have the opportunity to own exclusive rights to distribute the product in the UK. I'm very excited about this.

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Are there many manufacturers for these then? I know of an existing UK supplier, we've just done a job for them, and there's the one mentioned above - if they're coming from the same manufacturer then you might want to check that exclusivity clause maybe?

Marzipan said:

Are there many manufacturers for these then? I know of an existing UK supplier, we've just done a job for them, and there's the one mentioned above - if they're coming from the same manufacturer then you might want to check that exclusivity clause maybe?

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Interestingly, I was chatting with a client the other week and he was telling me one of his mates has the UK rights to a product like this.

(I can't remember if it was exclusive rights, but the guy is a successful and experienced importer, so it probably is)

So, there may well be a number of these products out there.

Steve

N4THA said:

I would be grateful for some advice, well isn't that part of the reason why we are all on here. I want to know your opinion to this new product in the market. It' been a big hit in China. I have a lot of faith in the product myself. Do you think this is a gimmick ??

The reason why i'm asking this is because i have the opportunity to own exclusive rights to distribute the product in the UK. I'm very excited about this.

As i don't have much experience in the import export game i would be happy to receive any advice. As this is a health product and is regulated by the Chinese authorities, would i be faced with a lot of barriers getting it into the UK market. Would i have to adhere to regulations??

Some mentor tips would be great. It's so hard to find a mentor these days, well especially as a young newbie.

Thankyou

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Hi,

1) I don't really understand the product apart from being a battery operated cigarette which personally I think is a non-starter. :|

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2) If you have an opportunity for exclusivity the last thing you should do is post on a public forum.

Although negative (which I don't like being) I hope this helps.