Right! Let’s get started – it’s easy! First thing you must have is a mailing address like your
home address or wherever you live. This is needed because the parcels would most likely
need a signature upon delivery.
Secondly, you need a good email address. I know you have one already since you received
this file off me, however, I suggest you set-up another email account for ‘business’ use. Your
new email address that you’ll be setting up soon must look professional, e.g.
“th3dud3@hotmail.com” just won’t look good and the companies will probably ignore you.
What you need is a good email address, one that won’t get you ignored, e.g. if your name is
Peter Piper, then an email address like peterp@executives.com would be ideal to have.
Below is some of the ideal email hosting services that I know of. Don’t use the common
services like Hotmail or Yahoo considering the usernames that you can think of is taken and
they are well known for spam.
www.mail.com - free
http://www.econofinance.com/free_email.html - free
www.xrs.net - free
www.techemail.com - free
www.joinme.com - free
Next thing I would suggest is you open a free account with UPS, FedEx or DHL courier. You
will get issued an account number. This number will come handy on the off chance that a
company wants you to pay for the delivery costs – can’t be bad for something you’re getting
for free!
Anyway, if you’re not familiar with this method, imagine it as your credit/debit card for
delivery. You can include this account number with your emails to companies. If they want
you to pay for the delivery, they can simply enter your shipping account number on the
international airway bill for the parcel. Then the delivery costs will be billed on your
credit/debit card on your shipping account. Bare in mind that you don’t want these parcels to
be shipped overnight or by any other expensive means! I mean you wouldn’t want to be
billed for an arm and a leg if you’re getting a widescreen television sent overnight by UPS
from Taiwan!
The best thing to do is check with your courier/shipping company that your account is with by
phoning them. Speak with customer services and find out which international shipping
method would be the cheapest. DHL is one I know of being the cheapest since they offer
slower delivery than FedEx courier.
Make sure you know the name of the type of shipping you want, e.g. International Economy
Rate. Mention this in your email to the manufacturer/supplier that you want this type of
shipping method. Bare in mind, the paying for shipping is not necessary to receive free
products. The cost of the sample is usually not a problem for the manufacturer or supplier;
the problem for them is the delivery/shipping costs.
FINDING THE FISH
Let’s get down to finding our companies!
For phones, laptops etc and many other great products, try the following sites:
http://www.ebigchina.com/main.phtml
http://www.worldbid.com/
