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Buyer Name: Mr.Shaheen Haroon

Company Name: OTAA (Australia)

Title: Managing Director

Website: http://www.otaa.com.au

Background:
-based here in Melbourne Australia
-Own online business for nearly 2 years
-Focus on Men’s Fashion Accessories, e.g. Bow Tie, Skinny tie…etc
-Selling majority products on OTAA.com, eBay, Gumtree

Shaheen Haroon of OTAA, an Australian company, explains how AliSource has benefited his business

Shaheen Haroon, managing director of Melbourne-based online retailer Online Ties Accessories Australia (OTAA).Having run his own online business for almost two years, specialises in men’s fashion accessories, from bow ties to pocket squares, meaning that quality has to be king. Fortunately, AliSoucePro service has helped to take much of hassle out of procuring the right products. After making an application to AliSource, he can get a response within 48 hours and compare all of the suppliers, based upon the images or descriptions. He could also see whether they can produce the smaller minimum order quantities, and get it done in an effective and timely manner.

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  • If you’re running your own business, you know just how important it is to choose your products wisely. To do that, you need the right supplier - but that in itself can be easier said than done. There are plenty of choices to make and a huge variety of options to contend with, which can mean putting in lots of legwork.

    "The main difficulty at the start was probably trying to find the right supplier. We were trying to find a supplier who was willing to work with us. With offline, you get to meet suppliers face-to-face, speak to them and work hand-in-hand. But with online, it is more efficient, more effective.”

    Sourcing via the internet offers a number of shortcuts to save valuable time and resources. Because you can filter through the thousands of possible suppliers to find prospects that could meet your requirements using a simple search function, you have the opportunity to whittle down your options and compare them side by side. Finding and contacting suppliers has suddenly become much faster.
    "You could have a response within 24 hours, With offline, you would actually physically have to go and try out supplier after supplier. If it is a primary product, I tend to source it myself. But, if it is a secondary product then I tend to source it online."
  • "We want to be able to work with a supplier who is willing to work with us and forge a long-term business relationship. A lot of small businesses start off purely by looking at the price structure. The main thing for me is whether a supplier or manufacturer can build that relationship together. I really look at starting small and gradually building."

    But sourcing online can present its own difficulties. As well as keeping track of every email and communication between buyers and suppliers, businesses still have to spend time individually researching every prospect, contacting them directly and liaising with different suppliers to obtain and compare quotes. Then quality control, delivery and payment all present different problems - after all, buyers and suppliers have not necessarily met face –to-face. That’s where a single online platform to manage the whole procurement process can add real value to a business.
  • Alibaba’s AliSource service has proved to be “particularly efficient and effective” for keeping track of the sourcing process. Instead of contacting lots of different suppliers separately, buyers submit a single Buying Request which includes all the important details - a detailed product specification including rough quantities, price range, geographical restrictions and anything else a supplier might need to know.

    From this point on, suppliers can view the request and submit quotes, eliminating all the hassle of obtaining them from different companies - and because only those which best fit the requirements of the Buying Request make it through to the buyer, they can then easily compare relevant bids from Alibaba.com-verified suppliers.

    But that isn’t everything. AliSource is equipped to handle the whole sourcing process, including communicating with suppliers to negotiate the deal, requesting samples, quality control and making delivery arrangements. It even features a payment service so that when the time comes to complete the transaction, money can change hands securely and quickly. .

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