qualifying requirements
To qualify, your business needs to comply with the following criteria:
The following needs to apply to your business
- You are an existing business with more than 3 years‘ trading history.
- You are knowledgeable and experienced with the specified product.
- You buy/procure/manufacture more than R1m of the product or product line per year, with repeat orders, or
- You buy equipment on an ad hoc basis with a value of more than R2m per shipment.
We build trustworthy, long-lasting partnerships with our key clients.
80% of the value add that Great Time Sourcing Partners offer our clients, happens before final order confirmation. This precludes us from being able to assist with small, ad hoc orders or start-ups.
frequently asked questions
Here are some of the most common questions and answers.
Great Time Sourcing Partners most often work on a shared savings model.
We will source a similar – or better quality – product, at a better price. The saving generated is then shared by us and the client.
Yes, Our staff consolidate all orders from different factories or suppliers into one shipment.
Depending on the solution we propose for our customer, we can
- do the entire import by ourselves, and make a local sale after importation, or
- import through the customer’s existing channels, or
- set up a new legal entity, with shared shareholding.
It all depends on the scope of the project and the customer’s needs.
Our Hong Kong office is responsible for logistics up to FOB. They prepare, submit and book all shipping documentation.
However, you only deal with our South African office. They will take care of all the rest.
We can do complete product development.
We can assist with:
- IEC reports and LOA applications, if required
- Packaging design
No, unfortunately we cannot assist with small, once off orders.
Chinese manufacture products range from rubbish quality to the best of the best.
Our biggest value add is finding the factories for our customers that can supply the right quality of product at the best price.
Most often the challenges is to find a product that is good enough, at the best possible price.
We can source according to your needs – whether that is best quality or best price.
Definitely find the right suppliers!
Unfortunately, you have NO WAY of confirming whether suppliers you meet online are really who and what they say they are.
Without visit a number of similar factories, it is impossible – and costly and time consuming – to determine where your goods are coming from, and by who it is really manufactured.