Online marketplace helps stone supplier sculpt profitable landscape

Member: Mr. Dai
Company: Xiamen Boxiang Import and Export Co., Ltd.


Country: [China]
Industry: Construction&Real Estate
Products: Headstone, building materials, sculpture, landscape stone, stone basins, stone carving handicrafts and other stone products

The impact of global economic crisis is omnipresent and nobody knows how long it will last. There is no exception for stone industry. Serious influence can be seen not only from shrank orders from domestic and overseas but also from the close down of those thousands of stone factories, which makes the stone industry undergoes a recession period.

However, everything has two sides. Economic crisis also means opportunities. In this situation, attitude is everything. We, the team of Boxiang stone, keep positive, as we know that no matter how much complain we make, we can not change the global market, especially the crisis, what we can do is to act positively, to minimize the impact of the crisis and maximize the opportunities. Therefore, as an export-oriented company, we joined the membership of Alibaba.com last November. The payoff came almost immediately. We get some serious inquiries from buyers every month, from which some deals have been closed with large amount in terms of value. Unlike some other factories, our factories have been busy this year. Meanwhile, negotiation is still going on regarding new deals. So when friends or counterparts from other stone companies ask us “how is business this year”, we reply with “Fine” proudly, instead of “Just so so” or “Tough” from others.

In addition to business, we became good friends with some of the customers via Alibaba.com. They are so glad to share their market situation and culture to us, which makes us know more so that we can handle the business with other customers from the same country more successfully. What is more, some customers also introduce new customers to us, which shows that they are confident in our production ability as well as our service. Thus, the business tie strengthens our friendship. Friendship propels the business with win-win results.

In conclusion, under the situation of globalization and information era, E-commerce is playing a more and more important role. And we would like to say: Alibaba.com, a good choice for your business. Find Alibaba.com, find business opportunities.