How to source skincare product from Korea

Here are some ideas for a better sourcing experience. Read below.

1. Try to figure out trend brands and products by identifying the current market situation. If you have found a trend brand and products, the easiest way to contact them is using their website. If the brand does not have a sole distributors or exclusive contract in your country, it will not be difficult to receive products from the headquarters. 

However, the problem is that if their MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) or MOA (Minimum Order Amount) required by the brand headquarters is huge, then it is impossible to purchase directly from the headquarters. In this case, you’d better to find several wholesalers that are supplying cosmetics with wholesale price and compare their price, then even a small quantity of products, will be able to get at a competitive price. 

Of course, it will be more expensive than receiving it directly from the headquarters. The thing to be aware of here is that there are so many frauds related to the wholesale of cosmetics, so safest way to deal is to see the products and pay after checking the products. 

However, since you are not in Korea, so it doesn’t make sense to deal in person directly, it is advisable to ask for a picture of the goods with your name written on it as conservatively as possible or make a deposit after checking the goods through a video call. Don't forget that it's more important not to be scammed than a slightly cheaper price. But one of the questions here is how to find a Korean cosmetics wholesalers?

2. There is something you will realize as you distribute the cosmetics. It takes quite a bit of time and money to promote unknown brands and make them to be sold well, and selling already well-known brands have low margins due to fierce competition. The transaction amount has become quite large and requires a lot of work, but there is nothing left as a result. 

One of the ways to think about it at this time is to launch your own brand. It is a great advantage that you are distributing cosmetics, you can catch trends faster than anyone else and quickly identify the pros and cons of the sellable products in the market. So, launching a new brand in a way that highlights the advantages and compensates for the disadvantages, the probability of succeeding the brand increases rather than making something out of nothing. 

In order to proceed with the manufacturing process, there must be a way to contact big companies well known as OEM/ODM in Korea, but due to lots of inquiries from all over the world and lacking of manpower, so hard to communicate with them. But what you need to know is that there are thousands of cosmetics manufacturers in Korea, so you don't have to work with big companies that are busy and don't respond well. So, one of the questions here is, how do I find out the appropriate manufacture among thousands of them and how do I contact them.

The solutions for 1) and 2) are simple. You can just communicate with us. We have been distributing cosmetics for six years and have our own brand, and operate an IT cosmetics manufacturing platform that connects domestic manufacturers with overseas buyers who want to create their own brand. You don't have to spend time and effort sourcing cosmetics and creating your own brand. Leave it to us and focus on how you can sell better.