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The SFY LED lighting blog is written for importers, wholesalers and contractors who buy LED lighting from China. Learn how to request an accurate quote, choose floodlights, sensor lights and downlights, and check quality before your order ships.
Sourcing & Importing 8 min read
Quotes from Chinese factories are often slow, vague or impossible to compare because the inquiry left out key details. This guide lists the 6 details a lighting factory needs, explains what the Incoterms FOB, CIF, EXW and DDP each require from you, and ends with a copy-and-paste inquiry template.
Read these three guides in order before your first order from a Chinese lighting supplier. Together they take about 17 minutes.
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The 6 details every quote needs, and what FOB, CIF, EXW and DDP mean for your price and paperwork.
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Using slim “Small Apple” floodlights as the example: trade names, DOB vs separate driver, and 7 checks to run on samples.
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Aging, waterproof, electrical, color and packing checks to agree with your supplier before the goods leave the factory.
Inquiries, trade terms (FOB, CIF, EXW, DDP), samples and working with a Chinese lighting factory.
Slim tablet (“Small Apple”) and PIR sensor floodlights: trade names, specifications and sample checks. See our LED floodlight range.
PIR and microwave motion sensors: how they detect, where each works best and what to specify. See our sensor lights.
Cutout sizes, wattage, CCT, beam angle and drivers for wholesale and project downlight orders. See our LED downlights.
The inspections to agree with your supplier, from aging and waterproof tests to final packing checks.
A full 40HQ of our LED downlights, sensor wall lights, spike lights and wall lamps, made, packed and loaded at our Zhongshan factory and shipped to Australia.
The 6 details a Chinese lighting factory needs to quote you, what FOB, CIF, EXW and DDP each require, and a copy-paste inquiry template.
What the “Small Apple” (tablet) floodlight is, why it has that nickname, DOB vs separate driver, and 7 checks to run on samples before you order.
A practical checklist for comparing LED downlight types, cutout sizes, wattage, color temperature, beam angle, drivers and OEM requirements.
Understand the practical differences between PIR and microwave motion sensing before selecting security lights for your market or project.
A practical overview of aging, function, waterproof, electrical, color, appearance and pre-packing inspections for LED lighting orders.
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