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Hidden market ni sebenarnya adalah manufacturer directories yg ada online version DAN ada printed version sekali. Ada banyak manufacturer directories yg hanya berbentuk online version sahaja. Selalunya kita boleh register online as a free member. Kebanyakan B2B portal spt Alibaba, EC Plaza dll mmg ada manufacturer directories yg berbentuk online version ini. Kita tak nak manufacturer directories yg begini
Selalunya manufacturer directories yg ada printed version ni mmg mahal harganya. Nak masuk/listed kat dalam tu kena bayar dulu. Yellow Pages is a good example. Disebabkan kena bayar dulu tu lah yg menyebabkan kebanyakan agen atau broker tak nak masuk ke dalam tu. Jadi hanya yg betul2 manufacturer sahaja yg nak masuk ke situ. Secara tak langsung masalah menapis agen/broker dah dapat dikurangkan dgn banyaknya.
Ada manufacturer directories yg hanya ada printed version. Kalau kita nak beli selalunya harga mahal . So some of them have online version as well for reference purposes. Some of the online version are open to the public without prior registration while for others you need to register as a guest first to see the online content.
So once inside you can safely say that nearly 95% of them are real manufacturers. They produce finished products. We approach them as a supplier first to sell their finished products. But always keep in mind that for them to come up with finished products they must first have raw materials. So they are already confirmed buyers. Usually if we can show them that we can perform, at one stage they themselves will ask us to source for their raw materials. When this happens we make money from both ends
