There are many advantages of buying through a Buying Agent and they outweigh the fact of paying a fee for our
services. Just a few:
We do regularly buy in large quantities and we get lower prices than individual
customers, useful to Small and Medium Companies.
Living in Indonesia, we can follow up on a daily basis without
having to trust that "when they finish, they will send." We
do
constant monitoring and control during production.
Our customers do not incur any fixed cost as they should not
displace staff or immobilize resources in Indonesia.
We have already made a good selection of vendors and rejected those
who do not meet the necessary conditions for export, quality, price,
time, etc.. Our customers will save costs and errors during opening
they supply market.
We control the quality of products before you pay, which ensures
you will only receive material ready for sale.
We speak Indonesian with the suppliers, so we can explain
better your requirements.
We talk to our clients in English, and we can understand much better
the requirements and understand what is the target market, the
required quality, and so on, and those are details that suppliers can not usually
do.
We will get your products from various suppliers. Each vendor does only what
it does best, and we distribute your purchase orders to the best
suppliers in each field, and the customer receives it all at once,
without requiring multiple shipments and / or international
transfers.
Most of our customers require a "Company Verification"
before starting to work with a new supplier.
The number of factories in Indonesia is
steadily growing, and our customers want to be 100% sure that the
information they provide is true and verifiable before sending them
money.
Currently on the Internet (especially in
Alibaba), it is
common to find some impressive appearance websites. However, the
reality may be completely different from what you see on the website.
Company verification (background check) is a must-do before sending the
money to any company.
Sure! You can come directly to Indonesia without any
Buying Agent. But you will need more time, effort and money as you
learn how to deal and how to reach the best suppliers.
We encourage our customers to come at least once, we
can meet personally and can better appreciate the advantages of
working with a Buying Agent. In these cases the client and the
Buying Agent worki together for the first few days. After that the
purchasing agent handles all the monitoring and management of the
purchase cycle.
Sending and receiving the goods involves a complex
bureaucratic process. However, relying in a buying agent at origin
and a customs agent at destination, makes the process completely
transparent to the customer.
The buying agent is responsible for the organization of the
transport, checking the quality of packaging and the documentation.
Once everything is correct, goods are is sent to
the customs agent chosen by the customer, who is responsible for the
entry of goods into the country of destination and delivers it in
the store chosen by the customer.
If you do not have appointed yet a customs agent,
we will provide (for information purposes only) a list of agents in
your area.
Te Honu does not charge any commission for
managing the shipment of goods, as we understand it is an integral
part of the service of buying agent.
The purchasing agent is responsible for managing the
transportation so far comes from the country of origin.
While you are on the way it is the responsibility of the company office
and the shipping or airline chosen.
When he arrives at the destination, it is the responsibility of the
customs agent, until he is delivered to the recipient.
The moment of transfer of ownership and
responsibility of the merchandise is clearly defined in terms
INCOTERMS, defining the rights and obligations of both parties in
detail.
Indonesia usually uses the term Ex-Works
for small orders and FOB for larger orders.
The minimum purchase amount required to be profitable
depends on each particular client. Obviously, a larger quantity best
global prices, but even relatively small shipments of material (about
3,000 ) make the import-export profitably.
Buying at origin is always profitable.
Once certain items that they want to buy, they can
send samples for inspection of all items they want.
Both samples such as sending borne by the customer, because due to the
amount of requests we received via email, this is the best way to sift
through to the curious of the genuinely interested, and can provide
better service to customers potential.
A good starting point is to consult our catalog where
you can find over 26,000 products nowadays. As you will see, the
catalog is made of public collections of some of our suppliers.
If the products you are looking into these catalogs is that we only
ask for prices and conditions.
If you are looking for products not in these catalogs, if you send
us a detailed description or photos, we can look for suppliers, with
no commitment on their part.
To be able to work with some very low intermediation
margins and to meet the requirements of suppliers, we require a down
payment (deposit) of 50% of the expected value in the pro-forma
invoice, once approved by both parties.
About a week before the completion of the purchase or production, we
require the payment of the remaining 50% and the approximate value
of the shipping costs. Once closed the management of purchasing,
back to the customer the rest of the money (if any) or keep it for
future purchases, a customer's decision.
Obviously, we study each client and the request to purchase
individually, and that fit those parameters as appropriate in each
case.
We understand the concerns of customers on payment in
advance, which is totally logical, but this is the way to work of all
producers in Indonesia, because producers are usually small factories
that require payment of deposit and the remainder at the time
collection. To provide the best price to the customer (ie, maintain our
intermediation costs to a minimum) we have to work with the client's
money, not ours.
No doubt there are agents who take advantage of Purchasing this to keep
the money from the client and not sending the merchandise, and half
world away little or nothing can be done to recover it, but this is not
our style.
Honua offers you a personalized treatment (many purchasing agents, which
actually do is sell, we will focus on buying) and is based on trust. If
they wish, we can give you some of referrals from our clients because we
have never had any problem with this style.
We have a society completely legal in Indonesia is
the recipient of customer funds and the issuing of invoices official
purchases, so that the transfer of money abroad (increasingly
controlled by the Ministries of Finance) is completely justified by
our customers.
For more information about the Buying
(Sourcing) Agent, Company Verification, Selling Agent, and Cargo
Management Service, please read our FAQ or send us an
e-mail, and we will answer you as soon as possible.
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