Buyer guides

Short, practical guides written from the questions buyers ask us most. No sales talk: what to decide, in what order, and what to watch out for.

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Sets, minimums, full cartons, barcodes and warning labels, trial cartons, FBA box labels and shipping.

4 min read

How the minimum is counted, air, LCL or a full container, FOB, CIF or DAP, and samples.

3 min read

What each material is good for, how to describe it to buyers, and which have a lab test.

3 min read

True origin, real natural materials, testing, duties, minimums, packing and documents.

3 min read

Why moisture is measured at the core, what goes wrong above 14%, and how vacuum packing keeps it there.

5 min read

Length, diameter and weight of each size, how sizes mix inside one SKU, and how tolerances are agreed.

5 min read

Which part of ASTM F963-23 the report covers, how to read it, and what it does not prove.

5 min read

How loofah is grown, dried and shaped, and what to check in samples.

4 min read

Knots, rope thickness, balls and what to test before you list hemp toys.

4 min read

Why coir frays, who it suits, and how to position it so reviews stay good.

4 min read

Bags by material, warning labels, shipping marks and carton rules for FBA.

4 min read

Who pays and who carries the risk under each term, for air, LCL and small containers.

5 min read

Every field on a B/L from a Vietnamese exporter, the draft check and the release.

6 min read

Phytosanitary and fumigation certificates, certificate of origin and EUR.1 for EU buyers.

6 min read