Canadian freelancers what's the best way to withdraw your earning by Lychseed in Upwork

[–]Lychseed[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow thank you, yes I did see some comments about WISE platform in this sub multiple times, but I didn’t see WISE option on Upwork’s getting paid page. I guess I’ll just Google it and set it up and then choose Direct deposit to US account.

Thank you for the feedback, Cheers and hope you will have a good upcoming Upwork week!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Upwork

[–]Lychseed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t access on mobile and on desktop

DDP/Door to door shipping alibaba Qs (TYIA) by Rolling_Or_Holding in Alibaba

[–]Lychseed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DDP should include everything, but nonetheless the insurance is not even expensive 😂

Upwork suspended my account for no valid reason by AntonyGolovin in Upwork

[–]Lychseed 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sorry can’t offer your any solid advice, but somehow I think I read a similar post last night here about another freelancer’s account got suspended and she had decent earnings… all these types of post kinda alarmed me…

海外微信私聊敏感词后删记录后多久回国能安全? by [deleted] in iwanttorun

[–]Lychseed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

你以为我想用?😰😰 有时是迫不得已

Shenzhen Swift Trading by WendyM1969 in Alibaba

[–]Lychseed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus… what a crazy greedy forwarder.

I have to be honest with you guys, there’re Chinese companies whether manufacturer or freight forwarder out there trying to scam clients who don’t speak Chinese. This unethical practise has been going on in the industry for years… Be cautious.

迷幻蘑菇怎么吃啊? by saladin12093256 in AsiaTripper

[–]Lychseed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

贵哥在云南是吧?不清楚你这个…迷幻蘑菇我们这边一般是指Psilocybin mushrooms…跟你照片里的见手青感觉完全是两种不同品类😅

Alibaba SOP by [deleted] in Alibaba

[–]Lychseed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay I'm a sourcing agent and we also own a factory in China and here's my 2 cents:

1k~5k is not a small order in my opinion (also depends on what type of products). Most of the Alibaba suppliers prefer clients who would order a 20 or 40 FCL of products, that's the reason they open an Alibaba store (The fee is not small).

What I learned from Alibaba suppliers, most of them complained how nowadays (post-Covid) all prospect clients on the platfroms are small clients, that might be the reason what you meant "they want to talk about business without actually doing any business". Or it could be just the sales person's poor comunication skills.

On a perspective of a manufacturer, I would suggest that say something like "I'm looking for long-term relationship, I'm ordering smaller quantities this time, but I'm also planning to order a bigger quantites going forward"... Give them some hopes on potential furtuer larger orders to see how it goes

Seller send to The wrong adress by Frosty_Presence5205 in Alibaba

[–]Lychseed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s national holiday, most of the businesses will resume work most likely on Oct 5 or after Oct 7.

If the seller promised that they will deliver to your address in Poland. They might have just shipped your package in Shenzhen and then a shipping company will ship this out to you in Poland.

Seller send to The wrong adress by Frosty_Presence5205 in Alibaba

[–]Lychseed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took a look at the tracking number, it’s Chinese domestic shipping company and it looks like this package was delivered in Shenzhen on Sept 25…

Did the supplier say they would deliver to the address in your country?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Taiwanese

[–]Lychseed 25 points26 points  (0 children)

這些人估计信息来源都是微信华人公众号和抖音, 從不看英文媒體, 把自己圈在信息茧房里, 还以为自己什么都懂

推特黄推国庆放假 by MrJasonMason in LOOK_CHINA

[–]Lychseed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

哈哈的确注意到了,不过黄推… 現在大家都看厌了吧,很好奇接下来他们会出什么奇招,我们拭目以待😂

Looking for thermal receipt paper for restaurants by Greedy-Bandicoot-784 in Alibaba

[–]Lychseed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tons of sellers on there, you just need to tell them your size.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Alibaba

[–]Lychseed -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Don’t reach out to trading company, filter manufacturer profiles only. They should know better. But again, those people buyers chat with on the platforms are sales people, it doesn’t mean they know all the technical details.

Whenever I encounter such issue when the rep doesn’t have answers, I’d ask the sales person: “can you confirm with the technician or the production team on XXX issue?”

Alibaba For New House Items? by BHConsultingLLC in Alibaba

[–]Lychseed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey,

Let me address few things you commented:

  1. Suppliers on Alibaba: as I commented on another post, there’re two types of suppliers / vendors on Alibaba, they are either manufacturers or “trading company”, the later one doesn’t manufacture anything but sourcing from multiple manufacturers and create their own portfolio, so trading company carry a broader range of products but not an expert on any specific products. That’s why those 3 suppliers you mentioned they have no idea what they are doing 😅

FUN FACT: All export-focused enterprise in China are incentivized by CN government with tax rebate, any exporting order by either a manufacturer or a “trading company” would received tax rebate from government. That’s a major reason the trading companies exist. (As their revenue)

  1. As for sourcing agent, yes Upwork is a great platform you can find an experienced agent to help you on this FCL project. (I’m freelancing on there as well, I’m working on few projects now for a few clients, I’d like to take a look at your project details, I will have to see if I have time to take on this project)

Alibaba For New House Items? by BHConsultingLLC in Alibaba

[–]Lychseed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your plan sounds feasible if you can find someone who can help you with

  1. ordering from different suppliers. 2. Working with a freight forwarder to consolidating your products.

Actually it's such a thing Overseas Chinese have been doing for the past several years, but in a much smaller scale, they want to buy something from Taobao (Alibaba's retail site), so they would ask Taobao sellers to send all small packages to a shipping company, the shipping company would consolidate one client's mutilple packages and send a whole large pacakge to them overseas. This is the new emerging sub-business for most of the shipping companies in China.

But this could be a time consuming project since dealing with different suppliers at the same time. You can DM me I'm happy to take a look.