Custom / Contract Manufacturing

C3 Marketplace works closely with retailers to source and produce custom and contract (re-orderable) manufactured items. C3's quality control monitoring and solid communications allows retailers to order with confidence.

Developing a custom product and packaging program overseas can be a difficult process. Clear specifications and communications are critical.

C3 facilitates the process by offering:

Sourcing Services that meet specifications

Negotiation Support

Product Development Protocol Implementation

Quality Control Protocol Implementation

Product Marketing Support including branding, packaging, advertising)

Logistics Support

Sample Facility Review Document

General Merchandise Programs
International Buying Services for the Independent Retailers and Distributors

If you sell general merchandise, IT'S TIME TO CHANGE HOW YOU ARE DOING BUSINESS! Whether you are a wholesaler, distributor or retailer… C3 Marketplace can develop buying programs designed to give you a competitive edge. It's no secret… the big stores are using their buying leverage to buy direct. The effect on wholesalers, distributors and small to medium sized chains has been dramatic as they lower prices, consume production capacity and increase their margins.

How are you going to compete? Great service, specialized offering, and convenience are just a couple of ways… but you also need better than competitive pricing and great products. And, more importantly, you need to be able to buy a broad array of products with minimum order quantities that make sense.

Now, C3 offers the ability to buy great products at direct pricing without having to order full containers of each product. That's what C3 Marketplace is here to do. To find out how we do it, read on.

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The Process:
C3 differentiates itself through its service offering which extends well beyond the purchase of the “cheapest” products. C3 has developed a client-centric structure designed to partner with companies requiring overseas buying services.

Successful implementation calls for working closely with key personnel to understand their product requirements, supply chain issues, and costing factors. As a buying service, we invite our client partners to work with us on sight to select products, manufacturers and shop the marketplaces.

Marketing
If the volume of unit purchases is sufficient, C3's marketing group can play a key role in providing private label branding, and package design for a product or product line.

Sourcing
C3 Marketplace has full-time in-country professionals who know “where to go” and “how to get it”. Critical to the general merchandise business is navigating the commodity marketplaces to efficiently acquire products from virtually every category including household goods, hardware, luggage, domestics, toys and more.
Customized Catalogs

Custom Catalog
Our general merchandise program comes complete with a custom catalog of products that you have selected. Each product in the catalog lists the following:

Item Size	Carton Price (FOB)
Item Price (FOB)	Carton Duty
Minimum Order Quantity	Carton CBM
Carton Quantity	Carton Weight

Consolidation & Coordination
Key to the success of C3's Merchandise Program is the consolidation center in China. As orders are placed from the custom catalog, the CBM calculator will let you know when you have filled a container In ordering goods, C3 will bring all products to its consolidation center for quality and quantity inspection and quantity and delivery preparation.

Logistics
Price and product quality become incidental if logistics are not handled correctly.
Keys to success:

Maximizing container shipments

Constantly monitoring shipping companies for turnaround and price efficiencies

Duties and customs requirements

Efficient, well coordinated land freight