Non Woven Bags Sales

[Usman Muhammad]

Hello Everyone.

I am the Director of Asia’s biggest manufacturer of Eco Friendly Non Woven Bags called The Pluto Packaging.
Could you guys help find clients in UK? I offer the cheapest rates. We empower women by provision of better jobs and work environment, as these bags are made by hand by women community.
Any help would be highly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[fisicx]

Hi @Usman Muhammad and welcome to UKBF.

Are you looking for a paid agent or is it commission only?

 

[MOIC]

I am the Director of Asia’s biggest manufacturer of Eco Friendly Non Woven Bags

Biggest?

Could you guys help find clients in UK?

How did you find clients in the other countries that made you the biggest manufacturer in Asia?

We empower women by provision of better jobs and work environment

Help us to understand what better jobs mean, the work environment and pay.


Any agent or person selling your goods will need to know all the above.

My advice is to start with exhibitions in the UK.

Not cheap.

 

[IanSuth]

Biggest?



How did you find clients in the other countries that made you the biggest manufacturer in Asia?



Help us to understand what better jobs mean, the work environment and pay.


Any agent or person selling your goods will need to know all the above.

My advice is to start with exhibitions in the UK.

Not cheap.

Or find a UK charity whose aims are aligned with what you do and go into partnership with them if you want to push the ethical side.

 

[fisicx]

I'm a little surprised that Asia's biggest manufacturer of Eco Friendly Non Woven Bags isn't more visible on Google. The only results are a packaging company in Bradford

 

[Usman Muhammad]

Hi @Usman Muhammad and welcome to UKBF.

Are you looking for a paid agent or is it commission only?

Paid or commision based. Both are welcome.

 

[Usman Muhammad]

Biggest?



How did you find clients in the other countries that made you the biggest manufacturer in Asia?



Help us to understand what better jobs mean, the work environment and pay.


Any agent or person selling your goods will need to know all the above.

My advice is to start with exhibitions in the UK.

Not cheap.

Our main product is non woven rice bags and tote bags for which our Asian cliental is based in Singapore, Thailand, Pakistan and Malaysia. Our middle east clients are situated in KSA and Oman. We are just entering in the European and US market. We were able to compete with China and India in Asia and Middle east region. We hope we can achieve that in UK, USA & other European Countries.

We found clients through PR and seminars.

By jobs we mean that our hand stitching units are run by women by 80%. We even train them to have the skill to be able to do that.

Thank you for your advice. Could you recommend which exact exhibitions to mark for in this year?

 

[fisicx]

Paid or commision based. Both are welcome.

So how much?

Agents in the UK will be expecting much higher wages than you are probably used to paying.

But you will need to exhibit in the UK and trade shows.

 

[Usman Muhammad]

I'm a little surprised that Asia's biggest manufacturer of Eco Friendly Non Woven Bags isn't more visible on Google. The only results are a packaging company in Bradford

We just started to build up our online presence. We never really needed that for our capacity at that time. But now we are gearing up for other B2B markets as well.

 

[Usman Muhammad]

So how much?

Agents in the UK will be expecting much higher wages than you are probably used to paying.

But you will need to exhibit in the UK and trade shows.

You are right and we are willing to offer a salary plus commision on sales as well. The amount we can not disclose here but it will be very well enough.
Commsion base model is more preferable for the agents as well because in that way they will be flexible in their working way. If they are under employment then they would have to meet certain targets and criterias.

 

[Usman Muhammad]

We just registered ourselves in the UK now, and we are going to be based in CHEADLE.

 

[Usman Muhammad]

Hi @Usman Muhammad and welcome to UKBF.

Are you looking for a paid agent or is it commission only?

Visit our website
theplutopackaging

 

[Mark T Jones]

The big retail shows in UK are the Spring Fair in Feb and the Autumn Fair in September

Many exhibitors also use them to recruit agents.

Before booking a stand, you really need to think about your marketing strategy in a competitive segment.

Research and focus on retailers/users who directly align with your ethical standards.

 

[Usman Muhammad]

The big retail shows in UK are the Spring Fair in Feb and the Autumn Fair in September

Many exhibitors also use them to recruit agents.

Before booking a stand, you really need to think about your marketing strategy in a competitive segment.

Research and focus on retailers/users who directly align with your ethical standards.

Homsense, TJmaxx, MORRISONS and other stores like these are my target market for the time being. Does anyone have any contact in them?

 

[Mark T Jones]

Homsense, TJmaxx, MORRISONS and other stores like these are my target market for the time being. Does anyone have any contact in them?

It's fairly easy to find contact names for buyers in all of these - they even host 'Meet the buyer' days.

Google is your friend

 

[Paul FilmMaker]

We just started to build up our online presence. We never really needed that for our capacity at that time. But now we are gearing up for other B2B markets as well.

Hi and welcome to the forum!

So I'm half Chinese and strangely am trying to close a deal in Pakistan at the moment. I'm video production, not tote bags.

I just want to point out you may find the sales environment in the UK and Europe... a little different. And you need to do some things to help your salespeople / agents be effective.

It's nice saying all of this but a cursory search and your business has no online presence. If you were to call Morrisons (you can find a list of their buyers and phone number online and they even hold 'meet the buyer days'), they wouldn't buy from you. You need evidence, website, marketing package etc... How do we know you have those factories in other countries? Where is the video of your 80% female staff happily making bags and smiling at the camera?

Another option is getting a distributor. I grew up with the Indian CEO of a major food wholesaler in the UK who distributes to every, major supermarket. Morrisons, Sainsbury, Tesco etc... He could sell your product into major retailers. However, to get him to distribute, you'd still need a marketing package. He doesn't know you. Never dealt with you. How can he trust you to deliver what you say you can? What's your price point compared to the competition? What deals can you do? How is your product different from Morrisons current range of Tote bags?

So you need a marketing package. And even to warm up prospects with some kind of marketing campaign. Or if you're going through a distributor which already has a tremendous sales network, what can you show them to work with them?

 

[Usman Muhammad]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

So I'm half Chinese and strangely am trying to close a deal in Pakistan at the moment. I'm video production, not tote bags.

I just want to point out you may find the sales environment in the UK and Europe... a little different. And you need to do some things to help your salespeople / agents be effective.

It's nice saying all of this but a cursory search and your business has no online presence. If you were to call Morrisons (you can find a list of their buyers and phone number online and they even hold 'meet the buyer days'), they wouldn't buy from you. You need evidence, website, marketing package etc... How do we know you have those factories in other countries? Where is the video of your 80% female staff happily making bags and smiling at the camera?

Another option is getting a distributor. I grew up with the Indian CEO of a major food wholesaler in the UK who distributes to every, major supermarket. Morrisons, Sainsbury, Tesco etc... He could sell your product into major retailers. However, to get him to distribute, you'd still need a marketing package. He doesn't know you. Never dealt with you. How can he trust you to deliver what you say you can? What's your price point compared to the competition? What deals can you do? How is your product different from Morrisons current range of Tote bags?

So you need a marketing package. And even to warm up prospects with some kind of marketing campaign. Or if you're going through a distributor which already has a tremendous sales network, what can you show them to work with them?

Hey Paul.
First of all thank you for joining in and sharing your perspective. You are absolutely right and we are working on it to market our brand as fast as we can but you know better that building up your online profile takes time. We have all these brilliant things about our company which are documented, but just need to be published online.

Meanwhile, we got to keep knocking at the doors. Somewhere sometime, some one might take the risk on us and it will turn out it to be the best service they ever got. You can pull up your marketing strategy and be at the top of google searches, but in my experience they always end up ruining the buyer’s experience as they could not deliver what they were showing for and buyers are now aware of this and they have so many restrictions to filter down. We first perfected our product, our service, our maintained quality through out repetitive orders and always provided our clients a smooth experience and, now that our back end is strong we just need to work on our marketing strategy.

 

[Usman Muhammad]

Hi and welcome to the forum!

So I'm half Chinese and strangely am trying to close a deal in Pakistan at the moment. I'm video production, not tote bags.

I just want to point out you may find the sales environment in the UK and Europe... a little different. And you need to do some things to help your salespeople / agents be effective.

It's nice saying all of this but a cursory search and your business has no online presence. If you were to call Morrisons (you can find a list of their buyers and phone number online and they even hold 'meet the buyer days'), they wouldn't buy from you. You need evidence, website, marketing package etc... How do we know you have those factories in other countries? Where is the video of your 80% female staff happily making bags and smiling at the camera?

Another option is getting a distributor. I grew up with the Indian CEO of a major food wholesaler in the UK who distributes to every, major supermarket. Morrisons, Sainsbury, Tesco etc... He could sell your product into major retailers. However, to get him to distribute, you'd still need a marketing package. He doesn't know you. Never dealt with you. How can he trust you to deliver what you say you can? What's your price point compared to the competition? What deals can you do? How is your product different from Morrisons current range of Tote bags?

So you need a marketing package. And even to warm up prospects with some kind of marketing campaign. Or if you're going through a distributor which already has a tremendous sales network, what can you show them to work with them?

And also Paul, about the indian CEO you are talking about and how price competitive we are, we have good packages prepared being shared to wholesalers and they are showing interests. If you could get me linked with him and you join in as well in between, Im sure it will work out great for all of us. Just a little leap of faith haha!

 

[Paul FilmMaker]

And also Paul, about the indian CEO you are talking about and how price competitive we are, we have good packages prepared being shared to wholesalers and they are showing interests. If you could get me linked with him and you join in as well in between, Im sure it will work out great for all of us. Just a little leap of faith haha!

I'd be delighted to have a discussion when you have your marketing package in place. Website, customer list, video testimonials of delighted customers, videos of your factories, product shots etc... Just the normal stuff.

For a substantial business with the level of success you are professing, I imagine this will take a little while but happy to see it when you have it.

As for potentially offering me a %, that's very kind and I appreciate the generous gesture. However, in this case, the important thing is getting it right. I went to school with this guy from the age of 13. He introduced me to the extraordinarily beautiful woman I married... and then divorced. I helped him get a job in investment banking through one of my contacts before he went into the his incredibly successful, family business. So it's not about money. It's about having all the elements in place I can take to him.