Recent content by Yuriy

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    New Business and need help please

    I'm so touched! So cute! I wish you all the best!
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    Phone or Email?

    Personally I hate phone calls. And I don't like people calling me. It's much easier to handle all the matters via E-mail, because everything is recorded. Even when having a call I'd ask the person to send me the E-mail with his thoughts or propositions. Not because I can't remember, but because...
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    How much cheaper is it to et products from China?

    Thanks to Chinese slaves! hahaha, just kidding
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    Leadership Development - a worthy investment or a waste of time?

    Hi, Natalia! What do you mean invest in LD ? Rising salary ? Believe me, money is not the only way to motivate someone. Besides it's often not the best way. So, as for me, investing in LD is a waste of resources. You'd better work on your idea and thus attract people so that they have feeling...
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    importing from China, any advice ?

    It only means that you did a very good job. It's really tough building trust in China, especially for newbies.
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    Which name to use ? DoingJobs.com or WonderBees.com

    DoingJobs sounds more robust and more concrete. WonderBees - is a good name for a kindergarten, so I suggest you use DoingJobs.
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    How to advertise overseas?

    I'd suggest to use Google ads or its analogue. In Russia its Yandex (Russian's most popular search engine). As we start everyday with going to Google, the majority of Russians start their day by going to Yandex. So you might consider advertising over there. I've been providing Yandex ads...
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    Looking for owners of online shops. Supplying goods from China.

    Hi everybody! If you have your own store, you came to the right place! My name is Yuriy, I work with a Chinese company called Lightake, which is based in Shenzhen, China. The company is specialized in wholesales of a huge range of products: tablet PCs, players, flash cards, phones, toys and so...
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    Starting A Business. Questions?

    Because even if you know Chinese, it doesn't help much when it comes to actually buying something from Taobao. First of all, not every seller accepts PayPal payments. Secondly, even if you ordered the stuff, you are still not sure if it's what you wanted, as you don't have pictures of real...
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    Starting A Business. Questions?

    Hi, Thomas! I was wondering which taobao agent are you using ? I work with Zarmark and they seem to be fine, it's just their English is a bit far from perfect. Thanks! Yuriy.
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    Question for clothes/fashion retailers

    Hey, man! In case you need nice quality copies of brands - I might help you, as I'm working with a Taobao agency, which supplies lots of clothes and stuff to Russia and Ukraine. If you have any questions - PM me, or add my skype: yuriy.palamarchuk Or check out our website Zarmark.com (I know...
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    Shopping tips on importing items from china

    Taobao items are not crap. Some items ARE, and I also have bad experience with LED-nunchaku, which appeared to be some plastic tubes which hadn't had much common with nunchaku. Just need to be cautious and pick a right seller. <<Promotion removed by mod>>