Import From China Business
A practical guide for starting a small business
2010-
Import from China
Sell on eBay
Sandra Kell
Ontario, Canada
Baby Products
Profit This Year: $10,400
“I started with $1,000 and began importing baby products from China. I sell them on eBay, Facebook and in my local stores. After 8 months, I am earning $400 a week. I finally quit my day job!”
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China Watches
An Introduction to China Watches
China Watches have been a fascination with the Chinese for centuries even though it is considered bad luck to give clocks and watches as a gift in China. The word for "giving a clock" in Chinese (song zhong) sounds like sending someone off to a funeral.
Photo Credits: Seiko Lorus and Jules Jurgensen Watch -
China Watches and the Measurement of Time
The introduction of the western 24 hour system of dividing the day by using mechanical clocks did not occur in China until the seventeenth century. Prior to that, the Chinese had three different ways of dividing the day into smaller units:
- Unequal divisions using the position of the sun and set by routines of the day such as mealtimes.
- Ten watches (5 during daytime hours & 5 during night time hours)
- Twelve equal two hour units based on the sun at noon
China Watches Manufacturing in Greater Pearl River Delta
Hong Kong, now part of China is the world's second largest exporter of China watches behind only the Swiss. Hong Kong dominates the low end watch market. Lacking natural resources for its economy, Hong Kong imports raw materials, builds factories and exports watches and clocks to the rest of the world.
Shenzhen a major city situated immediately north of Hong Kong in Southern China's Guangdong Province is a manufacturing base for traditional industries such as watches, clocks and toys.
Gaoming City, also in Guangdong Province emphasizes on watches and clocks, shoes, stationary, and building supplies.
Importing China Watches
The brands of China Watches are high quality but they are much less expensive than
other foreign luxury brands.
For importers around the world seeking products to import,
China Watches definitely be on the list of Import from China opportunities.
Top Selling China Watch Brands
In China, it is the Chinese men who are the purchasers of expensive China watches. They signify business and financial success. The top luxury watch brands sold in China are Omega, Rado, Longines, Rolex and Tudor. Omega, the market leader is nearly three times larger than second place, Rado in terms of sales dollars.
Foreign watch brands also face competition from local China watches such as Rossini,
Fiyta, Tianwang and Ebohr. Even though local Chinese consider foreign brands to
be superior to China Watch brands, some Chinese brands do very well in the local
Chinese market. Such China Watches make perfect Import from China opportunities.
Rossini
Rossini Watch (Hong Kong) Limited was established in 2003 with headquarters in Hong
Kong. Its tagline of "Time always follows me" aims to define the brand which is
quality, simplicity, nobility, elegance and smoothness. With watch styles of contemporary
casual and dressy, the Rossini brand is currently one of the most popular in China.
The watches contain imported movements, mostly quartz which are installed in cases
produced by the company. Rossini also produces gold-
Fiyta
Working jointly with the Astronaut Centre of China, Fiyta is the official supplier of watches to the Chinese Astronauts since 2003. The first Chinese Astronaut to wear a Fiyta watch was Lt. Col. Yang Li Wei on board the Shenzhou 5 in 2003. The "Fiyta Spacemaster" was worn by astronaut, Zhai Zhigang on September 29, 2008 on the first spacewalk by a Chinese astronaut. By this time, the "Fiyta Spacemaster" was already the third space watch by Fiyta.
Tianwang
http://www.tianwangwatch.cn/en/company.html
The Tianwang brand of watches is owned by Tian Wang Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
The parent company is Hongkong Horologe Giant -
Ebohr
http://www.ebohr.cn/en/about/about.aspx
Ebohr watches of Ebohr Luxuries International Limited is one of the top three Chinese watch brands in China. The company focuses on R&D and quick to market resulting in the deliver of innovative and unique watch designs with a focus on quality. Ebohr Luxuries International Limited was accredited with ISO9001 designation. The Ebohr watch brand was acknowledged as a "China Top Brand" by central government.
