Author Archives: DE International

The right questions upfront can save you from a shipment stuck in limbo later. Here’s what to ask before you commit to a provider.

Tracking a door-to-door shipment means following it across several different systems, not one single tracking number.

A door-to-door shipment passes through more hands than most importers realize. Here is the process broken into its real stages.

Online sellers importing stock from China face a different set of pressures than one-off importers: smaller batches, tighter timelines, and more frequent restocks.

Port-to-port is cheaper on paper. Door-to-door costs more upfront but removes work you may not have the time or contacts to do yourself.

Door-to-door shipping sounds simple, but a lot happens between a factory in China and your shop in Dhaka. Here’s what the term actually covers.

How to get custom packaging, labels and barcodes made in China for your Bangladesh brand: box and pouch types, what to put on a retail label, the MOQs to expect, and how DE International manages it.

Turning an idea into a manufactured product with a Chinese factory: specs and drawings, prototypes, tooling and moulds, the MOQs involved, and how DE International manages development from Bangladesh.

Chinese New Year shuts factories for weeks and disrupts shipping. How the shutdown affects lead times, when to place orders to avoid delays, and how DE International helps you plan ahead.

A guide to where products come from in China: the Yiwu wholesale market, the Canton Fair, Shenzhen electronics, and online platforms like 1688 and Alibaba, and how DE International sources from all of them.